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'Indefensible': How These Atlanta Lawyers Secured a $1.8M DeKalb Verdict With Just $23K in Medical Damages

"The insurance company set the table for this by rejecting a $25,000 policy limit demand in a case where someone hit someone else, broke their neck, hit three vehicles and fled the scene," Plaintiff's counsel Terry Jackson said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

One Year in, Litigation Persists Over $10 Million Civil Rape Judgment Against Paul Haggis

A team of lawyers from Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel and Proman Law continue attempts to collect the judgment in favor of plaintiff Haleigh Breest.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Stone Academy Plaintiffs Awarded $5 Million Prejudgment Remedy

Judge Barbara Bellis "rejected the testimony" of Joseph Bierbaum, former CEO and president of Stone Academy, and stated his testimony about the closure of the school was "false" and "in large part ... not credible."
3 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Allows Trades Secret Lawsuit to Proceed Against Former Exec of Nuclear Transport Business

"TNA plausibly alleged that Strang used TNA's confidential information for his personal gain in violation of the RCA and, therefore, unlawfully misappropriated TNA's confidential information. Because TNA adequately alleges that this information is subject to trade secret protection pursuant to MUTSA and DTSA, and that Strang misappropriated these trade secret assets and information by emailing them to his personal email prior to his departure, the Motion will be denied ..." U.S. District Judge Julie Rebecca Rubin wrote in her order filed this week.
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Law.com

Maryland Court Blocks Non-Dependent's Wrongful Death Suit Against Late Father's Employer

"Although neither this Court nor the Supreme Court of Maryland has considered the exact issue presented here, i.e., whether the Workers' Compensation Act's exclusivity provision applies to a non-dependent, our Courts have considered whether a wrongful death plaintiff is permitted to bring a wrongful death claim when a covered employee is killed in the course of his or her employment," said Senior Judge Alexander Wright Jr., who was specially assigned to the case.
5 minute read

Law.com

Former College Football Player Alleges NCAA Engaged in Anti-Competitive Conduct in New Class Action

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Life Care Plan Expert Helps Secure $1.5 Million Settlement for Motorcyclist

"When motorcyclists are in a serious accident like this, they never want to ride again, which is a major loss to them because it's something that they love doing," Christopher Cramer said,
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Lawyer Gears to Fight Walmart Over Shopper's Death

"It was up to Thierry Bastien to save her, and in so doing, he lost his life, and his children lost their father," plaintiff counsel said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Las Vegas Woman Sues McDonald's After Choking on 'Foreign Object' in Quarter Pounder With Cheese

The suit was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
2 minute read

Law.com

Colorado Appeals Court Upholds Lifting Damages Cap to Allow Nearly $40 Million Verdict

"C.G.'s parents are thankful that the Court of Appeals upheld both the attentive Weld County jury's verdict and the district court's rulings in a detailed, timely, and well-reasoned fashion," the plaintiffs' counsel, Zachary Wool of Barrios Kingsdorf & Casteix in New Orleans, in a statement via email to Law.com.
7 minute read

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