Daniel E. Cummins, Clarks Summit firm Cummins Law. Courtesy photo Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way
The year 2021 proved to be another banner year for the plaintiffs bar in terms of securing important civil litigation court decisions that favor plaintiffs' causes, some of which overturned decades of precedent going the other way. The concerted, and admirable, effort of the plaintiffs bar in continually fighting their good fight and in banding together to support certain judicial candidates to ensure that they make it up onto the bench continues to pay off in spades and in settlements. In essence, as confirmed by the decisions reviewed in this two-part article, where there is a will, there is indeed a way.Plaintiffs Have Another Banner Year in Civil Litigation, Part 1
This first part of the article will review important decisions and trends in the automobile insurance law arena over the past year, and the forthcoming second part of the article will review the notable decisions in the area of general civil litigation law.
December 09, 2021 at 12:56 PM
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Daniel E. Cummins, Clarks Summit firm Cummins Law. Courtesy photo
Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way
The year 2021 proved to be another banner year for the plaintiffs bar in terms of securing important civil litigation court decisions that favor plaintiffs' causes, some of which overturned decades of precedent going the other way. The concerted, and admirable, effort of the plaintiffs bar in continually fighting their good fight and in banding together to support certain judicial candidates to ensure that they make it up onto the bench continues to pay off in spades and in settlements. In essence, as confirmed by the decisions reviewed in this two-part article, where there is a will, there is indeed a way.
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