By Jeffrey S. Lichtman | August 16, 2019
As practitioners, we are often called upon to evaluate how a court might apply the law to a client’s fact patterns. In two tort cases from the past term, the Court of Appeals reminded us that legal principles often require us to analyze the totality of circumstances, rather than apply facile but ill-fitting and rigid tests.
By Robert Storace | August 12, 2019
Cheshire attorney Frank Bartlett Jr. has secured a $1.2 million settlement for Hartford resident Tommie Buchanon, who was left a quadriplegic following a fall on construction debris on the stairs of an apartment complex.
By Verdict Search | August 12, 2019
The Miami jury awarded more than $500,000 for the fall in a Presidente Supermarket.
By Greg Land | August 12, 2019
The outbreak spurred the Sheraton to close last month, and at least a dozen cases have been confirmed so far.
By Charles Toutant | David Gialanella | Suzette Parmley | August 9, 2019
A woman who slipped on ice while disembarking from a US Airways flight at Newark Liberty International Airport agreed to a $3.1 million settlement…
By Katheryn Tucker | August 6, 2019
Defense attorney Steven Kyle of Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin accused plaintiffs counsel Lance Cooper of the Cooper Firm of violating a confidentiality agreement by talking about the case. Cooper called that an unconstitutional effort to place a gag order on the record of a public trial.
By Zach Schlein | August 1, 2019
The Third District Court of Appeal dismissed the utility company's petition for writ of certiorari. FPL is defending against a suit by Larry Cook, who alleges the company's negligence led to his lung cancer from asbestos exposure.
By VerdictSearch | August 1, 2019
On May 25, 2014, plaintiff Linda Helm, 56, fell off a handicap ramp at a residence in Levittown. She claimed that she suffered an injury of an ankle. Helm sued the property owners, Timothy Bradley and Edna Bradley, alleging that they were negligent for allowing a dangerous condition to exist.
By Charles Toutant | July 31, 2019
A plain reading of the state's Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law shows radiators are excluded from a list of items that must be insulated or covered to prevent burns, the court found.
By Robert Storace | July 29, 2019
Plaintiffs attorneys and attorneys for Columbia Gas of Massachusetts announced Monday the company had agreed to settle numerous class actions stemming from fires and explosions in three Massachusetts communities.
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