By Alex Anteau | May 29, 2024
"The mutual combat doctrine arose back in the mid-1990s. And since that period of time, there have been maybe seven or eight cases that have worked their way through the appellate courts," the plaintiff-appellants argued. "All those cases have one thing in common. The combatants … had absolutely no connection whatsoever with the establishment."
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.
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By Emily Cousins | May 28, 2024
"The (prejudgment remedy) is what triggered the conversation for us to be able to get the defendant to pay something above and beyond the $1 million policy, because all other avenues were leading back to the $1 million policy itself," plaintiffs counsel Christopher Cramer said.
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By Aleeza Furman | May 28, 2024
In an order entered just three days after the parties submitted their post-trial briefs, Judge Carmella Jacquinto of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas rejected arguments from the defendant that the jury's award for pain and suffering was too large.
By ALM Staff | May 25, 2024
New York Mets fan Alexander Swanson sued the team after he took a hit to the eye from a rolled up T-shirt fired from a cannon during a June 2019…
By Brian Lee | May 24, 2024
The panel said a 2005 high court decision doesn't bar a plaintiff mother's claim for emotional harm resulting from a lack of informed consent for certain prenatal procedures.
By Alex Anteau | May 24, 2024
"If the insurance companies are interested in seeing confusing language, they need look no further than their own insurance contracts," said plaintiff-appellee attorney Ben Brodhead.
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By Emily Cousins | May 24, 2024
"The present case involves such a situation in which factual issues exist concerning the collision that preclude summary judgment," the opinion said. "Even if the collision occurred in the decedent's lane, that does not eliminate all allegations of negligence in the complaint."
By Michael A. Mora | May 24, 2024
"Don't let someone tell you because you have an older client that should reduce non-economic damages," said William Lewis, a partner at Morgan & Morgan.
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