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Estate of Worker Crushed Under Excavation Settles

By | March 26, 2013
The estate of an undocumented worker who was crushed to death under a collapsing housing excavation has settled for $5 million with the construction company that was excavating the land, one of the estate's attorneys has reported.
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Former Executive Director Settles Claim With PHA

By | March 26, 2013
Former Philadelphia Housing Authority Executive Director Carl Greene has settled his breach of contract suit against the PHA for $625,000.
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Damages Presented Challenge in Sexual Assault Settlement

By | March 05, 2013
A now-defunct residential facility for troubled youths and one of its former residents, who claimed a cook at the facility sexually assaulted her over the course of a weekend, have settled for $425,000.
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Settlement Reached In Rear-End Collision Case

By | February 26, 2013
On December 4, 2006, plaintiff Marlene Richardson, 47, a line operator at a baking company, was stopped in a line of traffic that was waiting for a red light to change on Route 309, at the intersection with North Wales Road, in Montgomeryville, Pa.
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Injured Woman Made No Effort to Return to Work, Defense Says

The attorney on the defense side of a Philadelphia jury verdict of $34,000 from earlier this month said the award fell hundreds of thousands below the plaintiff's demand because the jury did not believe the plaintiff's theory that an operation she had stemmed from injuries suffered in the underlying rear-end motor vehicle accident.
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Accord Reached in Case of Man Injured By Falling Door Panel

By | February 05, 2013
A delivery truck driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a piece of a bay door on the loading dock of a South Philadelphia produce warehouse fell and struck him on the head has settled with the owner of the warehouse in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas for $2.9 million.
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Supreme Court Antitrust Cases to Watch in 2013

The coming year is poised to be a critical and exciting year for antitrust law. The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on no less than four antitrust cases this year. Government enforcement continues to be on the rise and private litigation is surging again.
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Montco Claim Over Post-Tonsillectomy Death Settles

By | January 15, 2013
A Montgomery County, Pa., surgical center settled for $6 million a case in which a 17-year-old teenager died after suffering respiratory distress in the recovery room after her tonsils were taken out.
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