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Connecticut Law Tribune

Jury Awards $7.3 Million for Death of DOT Supervisor

A Hartford jury has awarded nearly $7.3 million to the estate of a state Department of Transportation supervisor who was killed while working on Route 8 near Waterbury in 2012.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Court To Decide Whether Children Can Make Loss of Consortium Claims

The family of a man who was killed after being struck by a hotel shuttle van is arguing that the Connecticut Supreme Court should overturn a 16-year-old precedent and allow loss of consortium damages for children as well as for spouses in wrongful death cases.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Niklaus v. Wild, PICS Case No. 14-1595 (C.P. Lycoming Sept. 16, 2014) Anderson, J. (2 pages).

By | October 14, 2014
Automobile Accidents • Social Security Disability • Weight of Evidence
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Family Dispute Leads to Attack With Broken Glass

By | October 14, 2014
On March 8, 2012, plaintiff Daniel Contreras IV, 20, was contacted by his sister, Veronica DeJesus, regarding a family dispute outside their grandmother's beauty salon, located in the 3300 block of north Front Street in North Philadelphia.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Intersection Collision Leads to Shoulder Injury

By | October 14, 2014
On April 20, 2012, plaintiff Harriet Greenberg, 66, was driving a 2003 BMW sedan through an intersection at a shopping center at 1657 The Fairway, in Jenkintown, Pa. As she proceeded through the intersection, the front driver's side of her car was struck by the front of a Nissan Maxima driven by Katherine Stoever. Greenberg claimed that she suffered an injury to her left shoulder.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Injured Woman Gets $115,000 After Bridgeport Crash

A woman who injured her neck, back and leg in a car accident in Bridgeport was recently awarded $115,000 by a Bridgeport jury.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Freidrich v. Davis, PIC Case No. 14-1565 (3d Cir. Sept. 22, 2014) Sloviter, J. (9 pages).

By | October 07, 2014
Stateless Person Doctrine • Diversity Jurisdiction • 28 U.S.C. §1332(a)
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Op-Ed: Concussion Settlement's Medicare Problem

The government will need reimbursement from the deal's proceeds, but how much will it get?
5 minute read

The Recorder

Meister v. Mensinger

By | October 06, 2014
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Dismisses Consortium Claim By Injured Child's Parents

Parents of a child who had to have two toes amputated following an escalator accident at Macy's may bring a claim against a maintenance contractor for loss of services but not for loss of consortium, a federal judge in Newark has ruled.
2 minute read

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