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Connecticut Law Tribune

Pedestrian Settles For $75,000 After Falling On Ice

Brenda Rose v. Town of East Hartford: An East Hartford woman who slipped on ice and suffered a permanent shoulder injury has settled her lawsuit against the town for $75,000.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Proskauer Sues Ex-Client Accusing Firm of Malpractice

After its former client sued the firm for malpractice, Proskauer Rose and four of its partners have sued the client's senior executives, claiming they solicited legal advice based on "materially false...representations" and have harmed the firm's reputation with their "meritless" claims.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Vollaro v. Lispi

By | February 27, 2014
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Roth v. Ross, PICS Case No. 14-0229 (Pa. Super. Feb. 7, 2014) Donohue, J. (8 pages).

By | February 25, 2014
Motor Vehicle • Delay Damages • Future Medical Expenses
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Water Pollution Claim Proceeds Against IBM

A judge properly declined to dismiss a negligence claim against IBM for allegedly polluting groundwater in the Binghamton area between 1935 and the late 1980s, an upstate appeals court has ruled.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Parties Settle in Fatal DUI Case

By | February 25, 2014
On Feb. 25, 2011, plaintiffs decedent Caitlin Hennessey, 22, was a passenger in an SUV being driven along Byberry Road in Bensalem by defendant Susan Pond, according to the plaintiff's pretrial memorandum.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyers's Suit over Dog's Death Survives Dismissal Motion

A judge has refused to dismiss a suit brought by two attorneys asserting that their beloved dachshund-mix suffered kidney damage and ultimately died after being given medication meant for another dog when she was being boarded at an Atlanta kennel.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Court Says Monastery Must Pay $278,000 To Donors

In an unusual lawsuit accusing a religious monastery in Ashford of pretending to be affiliated with the Catholic Church when in fact it wasn't, a couple were awarded more than $278,000 in damages after donating $200,000 for a chapel to be built only to later discover the truth about the organization.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Bank Overtime Appeal Sets Stage for Post-Dukes Clash

The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in a misclassification case that could make or break overtime class actions in California.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Christopher v. City of Philadelphia, PICS Case No. 14-0194 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 5, 2014) Yohn, J. (10 pages).

By | February 18, 2014
Section 1983 Claim • Respondeat Superior • Punitive Damages • Negligence
2 minute read

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