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State Farm Opts for Smaller but Surer Award in RICO Case
Sometimes an award of $12.1 million is more attractive than $15.4 million. That's what the lawyers for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. decided when they were forced to choose whether to take a trebling of a jury's compensatory award of more than $4 million or leave the compensatory award unchanged and keep the jury's award of $11.4 million in punitives.Jones Wins President Judge Race
Judge C. Darnell Jones II, who currently sits on the Commerce Court after a 12-year stint in the criminal branch, has been elected president judge of the First Judicial District.RULWA Fails to Immunize Couple Against Suit Based On Alleged Negligence
Concluding that immunity under Pennsylvania's Recreational Use of Land and Water Act has never been applied to a case involving cleared and developed land adjoining a private residence, a Superior Court panel has ruled that a couple should defend themselves in court against a negligence action.Employee Handbook Not Enough To Overcome At-Will Presumption
Employee handbooks or manuals only serve to create contractual relationships insofar as employers make clear that they intend to be bound by such documents' terms, a Philadelphia judge has stressed in dismissing the wrongful termination suit of a former worker at the American College of Physicians.
Ford Surcharge on N.J. Dealers Legal, Court Says
A federal appeals court has closed the door on a decade-long suit by 65 New Jersey car dealers contesting surcharges by Ford Motor Co.Jury Awards $5 Million To Guard Crushed by Booth
A Philadelphia jury has awarded $5 million to a former security guard at a South Philadelphia sports complex who claimed he suffered permanent abdominal injuries in September 2003 when a parking lot booth he was sitting next to fell on top of him after being blown over by a gust of wind.Panel Mulls Jail Time After Revocation of Supervised Release
A debate about what kind of resentencing the federal sentencing laws and guidelines permit when a judge revokes a felon's supervised release dominated an oral argument at the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 8. At issue was whether it was proper to use an additional term of imprisonment as a treatment mechanism for a sex offender.Lawsuit: Ohio blocking youth prisons investigator
MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? Lawyers representing Gov. Jim Doyle, a gay rights group and several gay couples said they would ask the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject a challenge to the state's new domestic partnership registry.Trending Stories
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