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.
By Charles Toutant | May 20, 2024
The accident occurred when the forklift operator was using the fork portion of the forklift to compact trash in a dumpster on the mall's loading dock, which is an improper use of the forklift, the plaintiff's attorney said.
By Charles Toutant | May 15, 2024
It's unclear why all the lights in the area were out, but it's possible that a prior accident caused a short circuit, said plaintiffs lawyer Guillermo Gonzalez.
By Charles Toutant | May 14, 2024
"The long and short of it is we're going to be looking into any sources of funding, including for fraudulent conveyances to intentionally make himself destitute," said the attorney who represented the plaintiff.
By Colleen Murphy | May 14, 2024
"Expanding the definition of 'pedestrian' to include LSES operators would advance the medical coverage goal but undermine the goal of curbing the rise of insurance costs," Justice Lee A. Solomon said. "The legislature may certainly choose to expand the availability of PIP coverage to LSES operators, as they did with motorcycles, but that policy decision and its insurance cost implications, if any, is properly for the legislature, not the court."
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