By Ross Todd | July 23, 2024
In a 103-page report released earlier this month, RAND Corporation researchers took a look at changes in court filings, jury verdicts in personal injury cases and insurance claims and concluded that the trendlines were "consistent with an upsurge in social inflation during the 2010s."
Delaware Business Court Insider | News
By Ellen Bardash | July 22, 2024
The plaintiff had alleged speakers on Fox News began making defamatory statements about her when she was appointed the executive director of the Department of Homeland Security's since-disbanded Disinformation Governance Board.
By Emily Saul | July 22, 2024
The case was dismissed without prejudice and the filing did not provide any additional information.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Louis F. Locascio | July 22, 2024
"When the Legislature ... fails to provide guidance to property owners and innocent injured parties, it is the responsibility of the courts to do so," writes former Superior Court Judge Louis F. Locascio.
Delaware Business Court Insider | News
By Ellen Bardash | July 19, 2024
Hundreds of filings in June and July have been made in connection with the motions to block expert testimony. Meanwhile, both sides have filed motions for summary judgment that haven't been decided, and both have moved for the other to be sanctioned or held in contempt.
By Charles Toutant | July 19, 2024
At the center of the case is a dispute over a defective public sidewalk and whether a commercial property owner or a municipality is obligated to make repairs. The case is headed to the Appellate Division.
By Colleen Murphy | July 18, 2024
"The park is a 'premises' under N.J.S.A. 2A:42A-3(a), and the judge properly determined the county was entitled to LLA immunity," Appellate Division Judge Jessica R. Mayer said.
By Marianna Wharry | July 17, 2024
"The complaint generally alleges the elements for holding a medical provider strictly liable under a defective design theory, and AbbVie has not cited ... to a single case which addresses the pleading requirements in state court," wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch for the District of New Jersey. "In order for a court to find fraudulent joinder, 'it must be impossible for a state court to find that a plaintiff has stated a valid cause of action.'"
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Aleeza Furman | July 16, 2024
Court data shows that by the halfway mark of 2024, Philadelphia saw nearly as many eight-plus-figure civil jury verdicts as it did in the entirety of 2023. That statistic is especially striking considering 2023 had already marked a high point for awards exceeding $10 million.
By Cedra Mayfield | July 16, 2024
"Taking necessary depositions and calling out the discrepancies in the deputies' statements helped to progress the case," said Cash Krugler Fredericks partner Lisa McNary.
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