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New Jersey Law Journal

Forensic Accounting in Pa. Med Mal Litigation

A forensic accountant addresses economic issues without regard to causation and liability, resulting in a full understanding of economic losses based on alleged medical malpractice.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards Couple Injured in Alleged Hit-and-Run Accident

According to the plaintiffs' pretrial memorandum, on Sept. 10, 2012, plaintiff George Sabu, 39, a laborer, was driving a vehicle along North 5th Street in Philadelphia, with Mebitha Sabu, 31, a homemaker, as passenger, when a vehicle collided with the rear of the Sabu vehicle. The plaintiffs alleged that either Larry Sharp or Jalonda D. Hall was driving the vehicle. The plaintiffs claimed the accident caused back injuries.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

DLA Piper Attorneys Win $2.54M Breach of Contract Suit

Michael Austin and Matthew Grosack of DLA Piper helped a Chilean businesswoman win a $2.54 million verdict on claims that her ex-husband misappropriated $2.54 million from her bank account.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiffs Urge Pa. Justices to Toss Out Statutory Damages Cap

An attorney for a plaintiff whose $14 million verdict was reduced to $500,000 urged the state Supreme Court to overturn two decisions that found statutory damages caps are constitutional.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Davis v. Fidelity Nat. Ins. Co., PICS Case No. 14-0643 (C.P. Lackawanna March 28, 2014) Minora, J. (15 pages).

Breach • Lost Profit Damages • Consequential Damages • Punitive Damages
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Diaz Prop. Holdings v. Significa Corp., PICS Case No. 14-0644 (C.P. Monroe Feb. 25, 2014) Williamson, J. (5 pages).

Breach • Discovery • Sanctions • Damages
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Allegheny Jury Awards Plaintiff for Delayed Diagnosis

According to a the plaintiff's pretrial memorandum, in the evening of Sept. 28, 2010, Thomas Mol, who was 34 and working as a financial manager, presented to the emergency room of the Forbes Regional Hospital. During the visit, Mol was seen by Dr. Elizabeth Moy, who was employed by EMP of Allegheny County LTD. The memo said that Mol complained of back pain and numbness. A CT scan was performed, and Night Hawk Radiology interpreted the readout. The memo said that Mol was sent home even though he was unable to walk under his own power.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Brooks Group & Assoc., Inc. v. LeVigne, PICS Case No. 14-0629 (E.D. Pa. April 15, 2014) Rufe, J. (30 pages).

Privacy • Electronic Communications Privacy Act • Sufficiency of Allegations • Actual Damages • Doe v. Chao
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Statutory Damages Cap Tops Supreme Court Arguments

Kicking off an oral argument session packed with first-impression issues, the state Supreme Court justices are set to hear arguments about the constitutionality of a statutory damages cap that slashed an injured student's $14 million verdict against the state to $500,000.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Boy Awarded $8 Million After Dump Truck Accident

Thomas McCauley v. Devin Schreyer: A 9-year-old boy who was nearly killed after the vehicle he was riding in was struck head-on by a dump truck was awarded nearly $8 million by a Bridgeport jury recently.
5 minute read

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