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Corporate Counsel

Overcoming Internal Impediments to Loss Recovery

Not every loss is recoverable. But with the right strategy, companies can have a loss analyzed to determine its potential at little or no additional cost.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Uncertain and Shifting Currents for Proving Patent Damages

A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, VirnetX v. Cisco Systems, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 17748, highlights the uncertain and shifting currents for proving patent damages. This case caption is somewhat misleading because the damages issues actually focused on Apple products. In any event, the specific defendant is not important except to note that the size of the defense team and the availability of experts are not determinative of the outcome on damages.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Allegheny Co. Jury Awards Brain-Injured Woman

An Allegheny County jury has awarded nearly $16 million to a woman who sustained a severe brain injury in an auto accident while on her way to the rehearsal dinner for her daughter's wedding.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defective Airbag Caused Paralysis, Plaintiff Claimed

According to the plaintiffs' pretrial memorandum, on Aug. 20, 2010, John Cancelleri, 83, retired, was driving a Mercury Sable south along Route 307 in Spring Brook Township, Pa., when a Ford Mustang traveling north made a left turn. The Mustang struck Cancelleri's vehicle in a head-on collision, the memo said. Cancelleri's vehicle was equipped with a driver's-side airbag, but it did not deploy.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Mistakes by Lifeguard, Club Led to $12 Million Drowning Verdict

A jury has awarded $12.3 million to the family of a 5-year-old girl who drowned in the indoor pool at Waterbury's Boys & Girls Club in 2008.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyer Files Civil Suit Alleging Two Men Beat Him, Posted Video to Snapchat

Houston trial lawyer files civil suit against two men, alleging that he suffered "extensive and permanent brain damage" after they assaulted him outside his house.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Club Hit With $12.5 Million Verdict After Young Girl Drowns in Pool

A jury has awarded $12.3 million to the family of a young girl who drowned in the indoor pool at Waterbury's Boys and Girls Club in 2008.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

More Awards Worth Noting

The next 13 personal injury awards (after the top 20), as reported by the New Jersey Law Journal from September 2013 to September 2014.
21 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Top 20 Personal Injury Awards Rise in 2014

A listing of the top 20 personal injury awards reported by the New Jersey Law Journal from September 1, 2013, to September 13, 2014.
38 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Allegheny Jury Awards $16 Million in Auto Case

An Allegheny County jury has awarded nearly $16 million to a woman who sustained a severe brain injury in an auto accident while on her way to the rehearsal dinner for her daughter's wedding.
5 minute read

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