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New York Law Journal

Verbal 'Agreement' Ruled Not to Be a Binding Contract

A verbal offer made by a woman to sell her share in valuable family property in the Adirondacks to her sister as the two bickered was not a legally enforceable contract, an appeals court decided.
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The Legal Intelligencer

In Re Linear Electric Co., Inc., PICS Case No. 17-0708 (3 Cir. March 30, 2017) Roth, C.J. (23 pages).

Trial court properly upheld bankruptcy court's discharge of construction liens as violating the automatic stay because construction liens that suppliers filed against development after contractor filed for bankruptcy were against contractor's accounts receivable. Affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc. v. Globus Med., Inc., PICS Case No. 17-0699 (E.D.Pa. April 26, 2017) O'Neill, J. (38 pages).

Breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference claims against former employees were barred by the gist of the action doctrine, where the alleged duties arose entirely from the restrictive covenants in the employees' contracts. Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cruz-Ortiz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd. (McFarland Landscape Serv.), PICS Case No. 17-0698 (Pa. Commw. April 27, 2017) Pellegrini, J. (10 pages).

Prior counsel not entitled to contingent fee on settlement offer "on the table" at the time of discharge, where offer was withdrawn by subsequent counsel and a substantially different offer was then negotiated by subsequent counsel. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Why Chick-fil-A Won This Slip-and-Fall Case

The Georgia Court of Appeals released an opinion Wednesday that offers insight on how to win a slip-and-fall case.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judges Rule Doctor Can Be Cross-Examined for Truthfulness

A $2 million judgment against a doctor for a baby's death survived scrutiny by the Georgia Court of Appeals, which turned back the doctor's challenge to being cross-examined about his patient notes
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$1.1M Judgment for Pregnant Abortion Clinic Workers Upheld

A New Jersey appeals court won't disturb a $1.1 million judgment against a bankrupt Montclair abortion clinic owner who allegedly fired three employees after they became pregnant.
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New Jersey Law Journal

$1.1M Judgment for Pregnant Abortion Clinic Workers Upheld

A New Jersey appeals court won't disturb a $1.1 million judgment against a bankrupt Montclair abortion clinic owner who allegedly fired three employees after they became pregnant.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Ken Starr: Accusations Against Lanier 'Way Off Base'

Corporate opponents who Houston plaintiffs attorney Mark Lanier "vanquished, fair and square, in the courtroom" concocted allegations that he concealed payments to expert witnesses, writes Kenneth Starr.
13 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Ruling Contains Grace Notes on Mortality

On any given day in the larger legal scheme of things, it was easy to miss: a small, graceful homily to mortality built on a passage from Shakespeare in a federal appellate ruling on an Alabama asbestos case.
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