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Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Grants Family of Girl Mauled by Neighbor's Dog $130,000

The girl needed plastic surgery to repair a large gash from her right eye to her cheek, to repair a hole in her forehead and a tear in her ear lobe.
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New York Law Journal

Lost Profit Damages Three Years After 'Biotronik'

Elizabeth A. Edmondson and Jenna E. Ross write: In March 2014, the Court of Appeals issued a 4-3 decision in 'Biotronik, A.G. v. Conor Medsys. Ireland' that—according to the dissent and considerable commentary—threatened to upend previously settled New York damages law. Three years later, however, no sea change in the New York law of lost profit damages appears to have occurred.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Waterbury Residents Settle for $195,000 After Rear-Ended by Drunk Driver

Robert Card had stopped his Hyundai sedan at a red light in Waterbury when it was struck by a pickup truck driven by 29-year-old Justin Lebel, according to the 2016 lawsuit filed in Waterbury Superior Court.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federico v. Brancato

Defendants' Motion for Indemnification Of Legal Fees Incurred in Action Premature
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Conn. Supreme Court Backs $41.8M Award for Student Infected by Tick

The court, in response to questions from a federal appeals court, found "there was no compelling reason to create an exception in this case" for the generally understood obligation schools have to protect students.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gomez v. Southwest Airlines

Passenger's Notice of Appeal Premature; New Trial Ordered Limited to Issue of Damages
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Waterbury Man Settles Car Crash Lawsuit for $95,000

Attorneys for a 35-year-old Waterbury man injured in a 2015 collision have settled for $95,000.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Rules Death Lawsuit Against Bristol Can Move Forward

Using the limited identifiable person/imminent harm exception to governmental immunity, a state Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit brought by the estate of a woman murdered by her husband may go forward against the Bristol Police Department.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Sycamore Restaurant Group, LLC v. Stampfi Hartke Assoc., LLC, PICS Case No. 17-1198 (Pa. Super. July 12, 2017) Lazarus, J. (15 pages).

Trial court properly found architectural firm liable only for rent and construction loan interest in action by restaurant asserting breach of an architectural and engineering services contract because trial court properly excluded change request documents since those documents were not modifications to the contract and were not proper evidence of rock removal and dewatering costs as they were created by a third party and there was no evidence to corroborate the authenticity of the documents. Affirmed.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Rollins v. Sanon

Loan's Balance Exceeding FMV Claimant's Sole Responsibility; Damages Claim Fails
3 minute read

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