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.
By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy | May 27, 2022
Also, a 66-year-old man who fell on black ice as he exited his apartment building settled for $900,000 in Middlesex County.
By VerdictSearch | May 19, 2022
On Oct. 27, 2019, during the evening hours, plaintiff Lester Eldridge, 64, was at the residence of Richard Austin, a family relative, in Philadelphia. Austin's kitchen was on the second floor and had a door that led directly to his deck. Eldridge claimed that when he exited the kitchen door, he stepped to the right onto the deck and fell off, falling approximately 12 feet to the ground. Eldridge suffered a leg fracture.
By David Gialanella | Charles Toutant | May 18, 2022
A woman involved in two rear-end accidents was paid $1.35 million to settle a pair of consolidated Mercer County injury suits and received the majority…
By Meghann M. Cuniff | May 13, 2022
The filings come amid trouble for Potter Handy with other judges, including one who recently dismissed a lawsuit for lack of standing after determining the lead plaintiff wasn't credible.
By Melissa Siegel | May 13, 2022
The lawsuit alleged that the defendants had negligently failed to adequately secure the premises.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward Solensky Jr. | May 12, 2022
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision is important for retail defendants who operate self-service businesses that require customers to handle the goods they seek to purchase.
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