By Cedra Mayfield | July 18, 2022
"The business amenity offered by defendants, namely, the 'tree swing' referenced here, was an unreasonably dangerous condition on the premises because the tree limb to which it was anchored was fragile, rotten, or otherwise incapable of supporting any meaningful weight load," read the plaintiff complaint.
By ALM Staff | July 18, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By VerdictSearch | July 14, 2022
On Dec. 31, 2017, plaintiff David Brodt, 64, slipped and fell on an icy patch in the parking lot of a Burger King in Easton. He suffered a hip fracture.
By VerdictSearch | June 23, 2022
The power from the line ran down the ladder, through Mader, out his feet, and into the ground. He was shocked by 13,000 volts of electricity. The front half of both of his feet were severely burned.
By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy | June 15, 2022
A woman who sustained neck and back injuries when her car was rear-ended by a dump truck agreed on May 10 to a $2 million settlement in her Ocean County…
By Melissa Siegel | June 13, 2022
Plaintiff's expert architect opined that the sidewalk's surface was not even, and his counsel argued that the uneven surface constituted a hazard.
By Cedra Mayfield | June 6, 2022
"[The plaintiff] chose to bring a claim based solely on premises liability, and our premises-liability statute imposes a duty to keep the premises safe only on 'an owner or occupier of land,'" read the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion. "This record contains no evidence from which a jury could find that Georgia Power owned or occupied the premises here."
By David Gialanella | Colleen Murphy | June 2, 2022
A woman injured in her Paterson apartment by a falling piece of door hardware settled her Passaic County suit, Green v. LaRosa, for $765,000, and…
By Steve Hallo | June 1, 2022
In the past two years, the legal professional liability market has seen at least five claim settlements exceed $1B.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By George M. Heymann | May 31, 2022
The number of new cases in this area of law is constant. The cases discussed herein are representative highlights of some of the recent opinions regarding litigation of Labor Law §240(1) claims by workers injured in the performance of their jobs where "elevation" and "force of gravity" provide added risks to their assigned tasks.
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