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The Legal Intelligencer

Girl Scout Secures $2.8M Settlement After Fall From Rock

A Girl Scout who allegedly sustained a traumatic brain injury after falling off a rock formation during an outing has settled for nearly $3 million with the Susquehanna County camp where the fall occurred.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Doe v. Hesketh, PICS Case No. 15-0053 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 9, 2015) Dalzell, J. (24 pages)

By | January 20, 2015
A victim of sexual abuse who obtained criminal restitution from the abuser, who pled guilty, may not be entitled to additional civil compensation under Masha's Law, because that would constitute a second recovery. Defendant's motion to dismiss granted.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Updated: $5 Million Settlement Not the End of Fatal Fire Case

A contractor who accidentally caused a fire at a Stamford home that killed three girls and two of their grandparents on Christmas 2011 has agreed to settle part of a wrongful-death lawsuit.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

BP Catches a Break on Deepwater Horizon Spill Liability

A federal judge on Thursday concluded that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill ended up leaving some 3.19 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010—far less than previously estimated.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Palm Beach Judge Allows Punitives Against Toyota in Paralyzing Crash

Circuit Judge Meenu Sasser may allow a jury to consider punitive as well as compensatory damages when the case of quadriplegic Bret Quinlan goes to trial.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Updated: $5 Million Settlement Reached in Fatal Christmas Fire

A contractor who accidentally caused a fire at a Stamford home that killed three girls and two of their grandparents on Christmas 2011 has agreed to settle part of a wrongful-death lawsuit by paying the children's father $5 million.
3 minute read

Law.com

Trial Challenges Palestinian Groups' Role in Terror Attacks

An attorney for American families whose loved ones were murdered or injured in a string of terror attacks in Israel over a decade ago asked a New York jury Tuesday to hold the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority responsible for the carnage.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff's Leg Was Fractured in Multi-Vehicle Collision

By | January 13, 2015
On Oct. 1, 2010, plaintiff Shawn Garnett, 19, a retail employee, was a passenger in a 2003 Ford Explorer traveling on New Falls Road in Middletown Township. The driver, Meagan Peterson, lost control, crossed the center line, and struck two other vehicles head-on. Garnett, who was in the rear seat behind the driver, claimed he suffered a fractured left femur.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Panel Follows but Criticizes Landmark Remittitur Ruling

In the latest opinion to tackle remittitur by New Jersey trial judges, an appeals court Jan. 7 upheld the denial of a motion to reduce a $2.4 million personal injury award, but criticized the 2011 landmark Supreme Court ruling that allowed remittitur based on the trial judge's "feel of the case" and comparable verdicts.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Protostorm LLC v. Antonelli

By | January 05, 2015
Respondeat Superior Renders Law Firm Liable For $6.696 Million in Compensatory Damages
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