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The Legal Intelligencer

Med Mal Plaintiff Loses Bid to Seek Punitive Damages on Top of $21.3M Award

"It's not that the judge needed to endorse the plaintiff's viewpoint that it was reckless," Thomas Bosworth said, "it's merely that the judge needed to allow the jury to make that decision."
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The Recorder

Family of Man Killed in October 2021 Plane Crash Files Product Liability Lawsuit Against Textron

While no specific defect was identified in the complaint, it alleges that the plane suffered "a sudden and catastrophic mechanical failure" during its normal flight, "causing the aircraft not to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would have expected it to perform during its flight on October 11, 2021."
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Law.com

Baltimore Court Clerk Claims Employer Ignored Her Complaints of Ongoing Discrimination, Harassment

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware High Court Affirms $601M Judgment in Broken Deal Over Pipeline

Justice Christopher Griffiths called the case a "perfect example" of the near inevitability of failed merger costs.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'They Are Coming Forward': Litigation Rising Against Yale Clinic Over Fentanyl

"The painkiller diversion went on for a matter of years, during which they ignored evidence of diversion and left countless patients in the dark about the truth of what had happened to them," Josh Koskoff, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, claimed.
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Law.com

Indiana High Court Rules Emotional Distress Damages Can Be Collected Under State's Public-Disclosure Tort

The Indiana Supreme Court partially affirmed and partially reversed a trial court's decision to grant a hospital's motion for summary judgment after it was sued by a patient for allegedly invading her privacy and negligently failing to maintain the confidentiality of her information.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Awards Plaintiff Nearly $500K for Former Employer's 'Objectively Outrageous' Sexual Harassment and Assault

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has awarded a plaintiff nearly $500,000—including $200,000 in punitive damages—after her employer was found to have severely sexually harassed and assaulted her.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyers Set Out to Prove 'Egregious Emotional Distress'—a High Hurdle

Andrew Lieb, the complainant's attorney, said the police report is particularly damning. "I would be mortified if I was associated with a place like this," he said.
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New York Law Journal

Are Inclusionary Air Rights Unique? Specific Performance Revisited

In this discussion of contractual rights, Gary M. Rosenberg, Michael A. Pensabene and Ethan R. Cohen discuss '301 East 60th Street LLC v. Competitive Solutions,' a "guidepost to parties engaged in any contractual dispute where specific performance might be sought as a remedy."
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Daily Report Online

Nearly $50M Award in Post-Acquisition Dispute Between Land Developers Denied by Federal Jury; $1 Nominal Fee Awarded

"We are pleased with the jury's vindication of Mr. Erickson and rejection of the majority of claims against him, including that Plaintiffs' land sale claims were undermined by Plaintiffs' own failures under the contract." "After more than two years of hard-fought litigation, the jury concluded that the Plaintiffs' demand for nearly $49 million in damages was unsupported by the facts of the dispute. The Court also awarded Mr. Erickson more than $100,000 on his counterclaims against the Plaintiffs."
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