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New York Law Journal

Circuit Reinstates Claims by Post-9/11 Detainees

Claims that former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft approved harsh confinement conditions for immigrants who had no connection to terrorism but were detained following the Sept. 11 attacks because they appeared to be Arab or Muslim were reinstated by a divided Second Circuit Wednesday.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

3 Class-Wide Damages Models for Product Labeling Claims

One of the many roadblocks for plaintiffs in establishing class certification in product labeling cases has been finding a reliable damages methodology that can withstand scrutiny.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Vargas v. Advanced Fleet Maintenance, Inc.

Damages Award in Wrongful Death Action Was Not Against the Weight of the Evidence
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards Man For Unnecessary Skin Grafts

A man who burned himself while cooking has been awarded $3 million for undergoing unnecessary skin grafts.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Prosecutor Urges Dismissal of No-Fly-List Lawsuit

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ellen Blain asked Southern District Judge Ronnie Abrams Friday to dismiss a lawsuit claiming 25 federal agents put four Muslim men on the anti-terror No Fly List to retaliate for their unwillingness to act as informants.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Settlements Total $2.4 Million in Super Bowl Party Shooting

Attorney Pedro Echarte won settlements for victims and family members of a Super Bowl day shooting by arguing that security at a Liberty City apartment complex "was nonexistent."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Presumed Damages May Be Available in Constitutional Torts

Your client's constitutional rights have been violated but your client has not suffered any injury other than the deprivation of the constitutional right itself. The case appears to be a loser. Is it really worth pursuing if you cannot prove an actual injury? This scenario has certainly presented itself to many legal practitioners. Even though it looks like you may be out of luck in getting damages for your client, there might be another way.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Chan v. Curran

4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Paulsboro Can't Seek Damages For Stigma From Train Wreck

A federal judge in Camden has ruled that the Borough of Paulsboro may not recover from Conrail, Norfolk Southern or CSX for alleged damage to the town's reputation stemming from a 2012 train derailment and chemical spill.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

$5.8M Awarded to Family in Medical Malpractice Case

A Court of Claims judge ruled that a woman who had a long history of mental illness was not monitored carefully enough before she hung herself with a shoelace from a water knob in the shower room of a state psychiatric hospital.
2 minute read

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