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The Legal Intelligencer

Appeal Sought From NFL Concussion Settlement

The seven former football players who objected to the settlement with the NFL in the case over concussions are now seeking appellate review from the Third Circuit.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jury Awards $1.5 Million for Death at Nursing Home

A jury in Clinton County has awarded $1.5 million, including $800,000 in punitive damages, on behalf of a 94-year-old nursing home resident who died after he was mistakenly administered morphine intended for another patient.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Spencer Barasch Poised to Leave Andrews Kurth

The longtime head of Andrews Kurth's corporate governance and securities practice is preparing to leave the firm just weeks after it settled a malpractice case seeking $50 million in damages over its representation of an affiliate of convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Ruling Endorses Novel Use of Loss-of-Consortium Claim

When all is said and done it could very well go down as the most influential loss-of-consortium case Connecticut has ever seen.
6 minute read

Law.com

Risperdal Judge Won't Reconsider Punitive Damages Ruling

A Philadelphia judge has declined to reconsider his decision denying hundreds of plaintiffs in the Risperdal mass tort litigation the ability to seek punitive damages.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Biteless Prior Incident Enough for Punitives Claim in Dog-Bite Case

A common pleas court judge will allow a plaintiff in a dog-bite case to pursue punitive damages based on alleged notice of vicious propensity, even though the dogs had not bitten anyone before the incident.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Soccer Prospect Awarded for Botched Bowel Procedure

A college soccer star once weeks away from going to Colombia on a contract to play professionally was awarded $3.34 million for injuries he suffered after a botched groin surgery that put an end to his athletic career
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards Plaintiff In Admitted Rear-End Collision

According to the plaintiff's pretrial memorandum, Michael B. Clark, who was 66 at the time and had formerly worked as a lineman at PPL, was driving east along Blakeslee Boulevard when he stopped to make a left turn onto Mall Lane in Mahoning Township, Pa.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Unclear on Calculating Trade Secret Damages

Trade secret law allows disgorgement of a defendant's profits derived from the misappropriation of its trade secret. But the burden of allocating these damages remains unsolved in Florida, writes attorney Jonathan Morton.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Determining Damages in Nuisance Claims

These nuisance cases expressly distinguish between a recovery for "discomfort and loss of enjoyment" as contrasted to damages for personal injuries or disease.
4 minute read

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