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Connecticut Law Tribune

Shoulder Injury Results In $100,000 Jury Verdict

Jack Arisian v. 21st Century Insurance Co.: A man whose vehicle was hit head-on by a driver who ran a stop sign was recently awarded $100,000 by a Waterbury jury. Jack Arisian, now 83, of Watertown, was driving on Northfield Road in Watertown at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 12, 2010 when another vehicle ran a stop sign and smashed head-on into Arisian's car.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Municipal Immunity At Root Of $11.4 Million Supreme Court Case

The stressful job of a 911 dispatcher involves handling one emergency call after another, and often making life-and-death decisions armed only with information gathered from the caller.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

State Supreme Court Overturns $11.4 Million Verdict Against Town In Crash Case

The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned an $11.4 million jury verdict against the town of Clinton stemming from the lawsuit of a man injured in a 2005 car crash.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Finds Doctor Delayed Treating Cancerous Ulcer

By | March 18, 2014
According to the pretrial memorandum of plaintiff Margaret Wilson, on Oct. 7, 2007, she presented to the office of Dr. Peter L. King, of Mercy Hospital in Philadelphia, with complaints of a plantar ulcer on her left foot.
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National Law Journal

Another Pelvic Mesh Defendant Seeks Third-Party Records

Boston Scientific Corp. is the latest pelvic mesh manufacturer to seek discovery about a company that purchases medical accounts receivable—and that it accuses of driving up medical expenses claimed by plaintiffs.
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The Recorder

In Race to Rep Valley, a Few New Faces. Plus: Lawyers vs. Doctors.

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National Law Journal

Vaginal-Mesh Defendant Wants Access to Medical Accounts

American Medical Systems Inc., a maker of vaginal mesh devices that faces more than 13,000 lawsuits, has joined ranks with another vaginal-mesh defendant in fighting to enforce subpoenas against a company that purchases medical accounts receivable.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Opinion: A Playwright Plays It Right

For those of us who toil in the vineyards of civil litigation, unalloyed good news is rare. Even great outcomes come at too high a cost in fees and what is usually years of delay. Far more often the outcomes are anything but great — either the high cost and daunting process of litigation makes any attempt at justice unattainable, or in the cases that are brought, justice is thwarted or so compromised that it is just a tarnished accommodation of competing financial interests of parties and counsel moderated by an exhausted deal-making judiciary.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Editorial: Stricter Child Abuse Reporting Laws Are Needed

By | March 13, 2014
Many of us remember that, around 1997, Douglas Perlitz obtained funding to found Project Pierre Toussaint (PPT), a school for boys in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. Initially, PPT began as an intake center referred to as the 13th Street Intake Program and provided services to children of all ages, most of whom were street children.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Luzerne Businessman Gets Third Trial in Defamation Case

More than four years after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a $3.5 million verdict issued in favor of Luzerne County businessman Thomas A. Joseph Sr. and his son, on the grounds of judicial impropriety, and two years after a Luzerne County judge found against them in a second trial, the state Superior Court has ruled that the Josephs are entitled to a third trial in their defamation case against a local newspaper.
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