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The Legal Intelligencer

Former Student Sues PSU, Frat Over Hazing

Penn State is once again being accused of failing to act in the face of allegations of sexual misconduct, this time in a case of student hazing.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Safety and Security as Part of the New Normal

It may surprise members of the Connecticut bar, but structured settlement annuities and indexed annuity placements increased in the first quarter of the year, while sales in other annuity segments declined, according to a May report released by Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association (LIMRA).
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Balancing Plaintiffs' Income and Medicare's Interest

As most trial lawyers know, when a personal injury lawsuit settles it is incumbent on the parties to protect Medicare's interests by: (a) repaying any conditional payments advanced by Medicare to pay for treatment related to the occurrence, and (b) taking reasonable good-faith steps to make sure that Medicare is not going to be charged with paying for future treatment related to the occurrence, where the plaintiff was likely compensated for those future medical costs in the settlement.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards $3M for Needless Skin Grafts

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

New Jersey Law Journal

NuWave Inv. Corp. v. Hyman Beck & Co.

No Presumed Damages In Defamation Case When Actual Damages Are Proven
3 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Boston Scientific Hit With $100M Verdict in Pelvic Mesh Case

A Delaware Superior Court jury in Wilmington awarded Thursday $100 million to a woman who experienced complications from transvaginal mesh implants made by Boston Scientific Corp.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Both Sides of Trial Bar Oppose Net Worth Bill

Legal groups that represent plaintiffs and defense lawyers are concerned about what they say is an ill-defined evidentiary standard in a recently passed bill that limits access to evidence of a defendant's net worth.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Lawyer Finds Big Case, Big Win in Texas

Attorney Charles L. Clay Jr. had been operating his own firm for only a few days when he received a call from a friend with a lead on a big case.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward Judge Allows Punitives in Case of Alleged Preschool Abuse

A judge allows jurors to consider punitive damages against a Coconut Creek preschool operator after a music teacher was accused of sexually abusing 3- and 4-year-old girls.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Asks Superior Court to Enforce New Punitives Trial

Counsel for a disabled woman who won a $3 million verdict against the group home that was caring for her has filed a motion to "enforce stare decisis" in an effort to get the common pleas judge to proceed with a new trial on punitive damages.
6 minute read

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