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Fallen Shelf Caused Head Injury, Plaintiff Claims

By | March 17, 2015
According to the plaintiff's mediation memorandum, on Oct. 5, 2011, plaintiff Jessica M. Ng, a scientific researcher, was standing in an aisle and talking to a co-worker at the Colket Translational Research Center in Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, when a 32-pound wood panel fell from a tech desk and struck her on the head.
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Legaltech News

Jury e-Valuator Tool Assess Potential Damages in Case

By | March 13, 2015
Tool estimates damages based on representative sample of jurors in the venue where the trial is held.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Awards Families of Slain Factory Workers

The family members of two Kraft factory workers who were fatally gunned down by a disgruntled employee have received an award of more than $8 million from a Philadelphia jury.
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National Law Journal

Health Reform, the Personal-Injury Lawyer's Friend

Theoretically, the Affordable Care Act could help to hold down judgments for medical expenses.
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Daily Report Online

Med-Mal Jury Deadlocks at 11-1 for Defense [VIDEO]

Medical malpractice claims for $10.5 million, stemming from botched spinal surgery, ran aground with a mistrial in Fulton County State Court.
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Daily Business Review

Plaintiffs Attorneys Win $17M for Smoker's Widow

Eric Rosen, Alex Alvarez, Kimberly Wald and Todd McPharlin were part of a team to win $11.6 million in punitive damages against Philip Morris.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Monroe County Jury Awards $1.5M in Multi-Vehicle Crash

The family of a woman killed in a multiple-vehicle collision has received an award of nearly $1.5 million from a Monroe County jury.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Presto v. Minella Pool Serv. Co. South, PICS Case No. 15-0305 (C.P. Northampton Feb. 5, 2015) Beltrami, J. (11 pages).

By | March 03, 2015
In this action arising out of a construction contract, the "gist of the action" doctrine barred plaintiff's negligence claim but not his intentional and negligent misrepresentation claims since they related to the inducement to contract, not failure to perform. Defendant's preliminary objections sustained in part and overruled in part.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Thomas v. Nat'l Bd. of Med. Examiners, PICS Case No. 15-0313 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 13, 2015) Rufe, J. (11 pages).

By | March 03, 2015
Even if graduates of foreign medical schools were owed a duty to warn about a licensing exam preparation company after it was sued in 2009, and that duty was breached, plaintiff did not show that the breach resulted in a compensable injury to him, because he took the exam in 2007. Summary judgment granted.
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National Law Journal

Data-Breach Suits Make Headway

Despite the increasing instances of large cyberattacks affecting millions of people, lawsuits filed over the breaches have struggled right out of the starting gate.
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