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Connecticut Law Tribune

Wells Fargo to Pay $575 Million to Resolve Unfair Trade Practices Claims

On Friday, the 50 states and the District of Columbia announced they had reached a $575 million settlement with Wells Fargo over state consumer protection claims.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Federal Judge Approves $299M Settlement Over Takata Air Bags in Ford Vehicles

U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno approved the settlement despite continued disagreements over attorney fees in the litigation over ineffective air bags manufactured by the Japan-based Takata Corporation.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyer Steers Plane Manufacturer Away From $15M Lawsuit

Michael Marsh of Akerman in Miami teamed with Nixon Peabody lawyer Joseph Ortego to swerve a Broward jury from finding for the plaintiff in a $15 million negligence lawsuit, arguing that French aircraft manufacturer Daher-Socata was not responsible for a crash that left a doctor brain damaged.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jury Awards $433,534 to Cruise Passenger for Ice Rink Fall

A Royal Caribbean passenger blamed badly laced skates for his ankle injury.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jury Clears Apartment Owner After Tenant Injures Arm

The tenant blamed his fall on water that leaked into his apartment during a rainstorm.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyers Land $2.6M Verdict for Train Driver's Chronic Pain After Railway Crash

Miami lawyers Howard A. Spier and Matthew J. Grossman of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso & Spier argued that if a tractor-trailer driver had been paying attention at a railroad crossing, 29-year-old freight train driver Justin Downing would never have needed the pain management device that almost killed him.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Sales Rep Recovers $66,286 for Bad Wage Calculations

The former employee claimed his overtime was undercounted and he sometimes didn't make minimum wage.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jury Awards $20M for Bicyclist Killed by Garbage Truck

The award was reduced from $25 million when the jury assigned partial liability to the victim.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cohen Milstein's Stephan LeClainche Reached Major Settlements With Hospitals 3 Times

Most Effective Lawyers: Medical malpractice — Stephan A. LeClainche heads his law firm's medical malpractice group. Hospitals settled three of his cases within four months for multimillion-dollar awards.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Former Miami Prosecutors Reunite to Score Multimillion-Dollar Verdict Against Strip Club Coco's

Two decades onward from meeting in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, attorneys Reginald "Reggie" Mathis and Bruce Jacobs got the team back together to argue that Coco's was liable for injuries sustained by their client during a 2011 shooting outside the club.
7 minute read

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