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Pa. Jury Returns $15 Million Verdict to Car Crash Victims

Counsel made the unconventional decision not to call the majority of the plaintiffs to avoid the potential pitfalls of complex socioeconomic or prejudice issues, the plaintiffs' attorney claimed.
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Phila. Attorney Reflects on Client's $1M Win Against Officers' No-Knock Search Warrant

"I think it was key showing not just that the officers failed to conduct reasonable reconnaissance or follow the normal procedures for a warrant, but showing what alternatives existed and how that would have made a difference," said Keith Thomas West of Victims' Recovery Law Center in Philadelphia.
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Phila. Judge Rules $12M Crash Verdict Was Backed by Evidence as Case Heads to Appeal

"The jury, acting within their role and calling upon their experiences, was free to infer that appellee's noneconomic harm was significant, resulting in the jury awarding over $10,000,000 in noneconomic damages," Jacquinto ruled.
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Punitive Damages Part of $3.8M Asbestos Verdict Pittsburgh Jury Awards Retired Boilermaker

Cracks in the testimony from the defendant's corporate witnesses spurred the jury to award punitive damages against the company, Chris Madeksho said.
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Lawsuit: School Dean Fired for Reporting Alleged Sexual Harassment

On March 21, 2018, plaintiff Jeffrey Krug was terminated from his job as dean of the Zeigler College of Business at Bloomsburg University. Krug claimed he was fired for reporting sexual harassment allegedly committed by the university's president, Bashar Hanna.
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Lawsuit: School Dean Fired for Reporting Alleged Sexual Harassment

On March 21, 2018, plaintiff Jeffrey Krug was terminated from his job as dean of the Zeigler College of Business at Bloomsburg University. Krug claimed he was fired for reporting sexual harassment allegedly committed by the university's president, Bashar Hanna.
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Federal Judge Cuts $20M Punitive Damages Award to $1M Over Constitutionality Concerns

"The court's opinion makes it clear that the conduct of the defendant was reprehensible. The court reduced the amount of punitive damages, not because of the nature of the conduct, or because of the court's own feelings about the conduct, but rather on its analysis of Supreme Court law on the constitutionality of the ratio between compensatory and punitive damages," said the plaintiff's attorney, Jamie Bordas of Bordas & Bordas in Pittsburgh.
4 minute read

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Arborist Claimed Permanent Injuries From Rear-Ender

On July 9, 2018, plaintiff Harvey Lerman, 64, an arborist, was stopped at a red light on West Chestnut Street, at its intersection with Hannum Avenue, in West Chester. The rear of his vehicle was struck by the front of a trailing sedan driven by Elise Sbandi. Lerman claimed neck injuries.
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Motorist Claimed Traumatic Brain Injury After Broadside Crash

On Dec. 1, 2020, plaintiff Ladawn Stewart, 50, was driving through an intersection in Philadelphia. Earl Eash of Ohio Floor Co. Services Inc. ran a red light at the intersection, and the front of his truck struck the side of Stewart's vehicle.
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Plaintiff Was Aggressor in Altercation Outside Pizzeria: Defense

On April 18, 2019, plaintiff Mohamed Salman and Abdallah Ghonamy were involved in a physical altercation outside Vinny's Boulevard Pizza in Pittsburgh.
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