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National Law Journal

Class Action Certification Got Tougher in 2014

A trend emerges among courts to approve a class for liability only and defer a decision on damages.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bus Crash Case Settles for $5.7 Million

More than a dozen people who were passengers on a bus that had a portion sheared off following a collision with a utility pole have settled their claims against multiple defendants for $4.3 million.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Womble Carlyle Hit With $33M Legal Malpractice Suit

The onetime owners of a Kennesaw-based company are seeking more than $33 million in a legal malpractice suit against Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice and four lawyers over what the plaintiffs claim was a mishandled corporate sale.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Grimes v. Polymer Dynamics Inc., PICS Case No. 14-1893 (C.P. Philadelphia Nov. 6, 2014) Glazer, J. (5 pages).

By | December 02, 2014
Secured Creditors • Attorney Fee Recovery • Litigation Proceeds
3 minute read

The Recorder

Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation

By | November 24, 2014
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Decedent's Wife Awarded in Perry Co. Dram Shop Case

The wife of a man who was killed in a collision with a drunken driver has been awarded $2.5 million in her dram shop case by a Perry County jury.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Kirkland & Ellis

3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury: Gun Seller Must Pay $6M in Teen's Death

A woman whose son was killed when a "Saturday night special" fell on a table and discharged in 2000 was awarded $6 million by a Fulton County jury, which held liable the pawnshop owner who sold her daughter the weapon.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Plaintiff Who Endured Beating While Defending Women Awarded $300,000

A young man who claimed he was attacked by four men while walking along an usually quiet bike path near the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs recently was awarded more than $320,000 in damages.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton Jury Hits Pawnbroker for $6M in 'Saturday Night Special' Death

A woman whose son was killed when a "Saturday night special" fell on a table and discharged in 2000 was awarded $6 million by a Fulton County jury, which held liable the pawnshop owner who sold her daughter the weapon.
3 minute read

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