By Charles Toutant | June 25, 2024
The jury awarded $2.5 million to Mujahid Sharif and $3.25 million to Pamela Sharif on May 23, following eight days of trial before Superior Court Judge Russell J. Passamano.
By Colleen Murphy | June 13, 2024
"Indeed, when someone purchases a vacant commercial lot, that is a business decision that embraces all the attendant costs and burdens of conducting business," Associate Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis said. "We conclude that one of those costs necessarily includes maintaining the abutting sidewalks so that they are in a reasonably safe condition for innocent passersby."
By Charles Toutant | June 11, 2024
The verdict "certainly got the wheels moving" in Taylor's case, the plaintiff's attorney said.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | May 31, 2024
The case reminds us that even narrow issues can attract the court's attention if not previously interpreted by an appellate court.
By Colleen Murphy | May 29, 2024
"This was a case of a corporation breaking its promises to keep workers safe and then blaming the worker when a preventable injury occurred," David Schmid of Stark & Stark said in a news release on the settlement. "We always believed this contractor paid lip service to safety and failed to follow its own safety manual and federal safety regulations, and in the end we had the evidence to back it up."
By Charles Toutant | May 29, 2024
After the closing was announced, the scene that followed was allegedly "nothing less than utter chaos," with suitcases and garbage bags everywhere, causing extreme distress to the displaced residents, plaintiffs lawyer Paul da Costa claimed.
By Charles Toutant | May 29, 2024
The company's stance was an apparent attempt to gain leverage in settlement negotiations and convince the plaintiff to accept a nominal settlement, the plaintiff's lawyer said.
By Charles Toutant | May 22, 2024
"The record shows the trial court was misled into error here and we are confident justice will ultimately be achieved," plaintiffs attorney Gerald Clark said.
By ALM Staff | May 21, 2024
The plaintiff's counsel asserted that the defendants were responsible for keeping the premises in a safe condition, but failed to take appropriate precautions.
By Colleen Murphy | May 21, 2024
"Applying the definitions suggested by the court in 'Krevics' to the present matter, we discern no basis in the record to conclude defendants acted maliciously or willfully in failing to lower the cable on their commercial property when plaintiff did not have defendants' express consent to operate his dirt bike on their property," Judge Lisa Rose said.
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