A convoluted personal injury case over a Megabus accident has quietly settled, and at the same time a defense attorney castigated during discovery was successful in striking the judge's order that took him and his client to task.
The case of Burks v. Tomaszewski, in which a jury was discharged between the compensatory and punitive damages portions of the trial, has settled for undisclosed terms, according to the docket. The settlement would appear to resolve several outstanding post-trial motions in the case, including whether a dismissal of the jury in the midst of a trifurcated trial required a new trial from the start or just a trial solely on the punitive damages portion.
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