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The Legal Intelligencer

Delay Damages Apply to Future Medical Expense Awards

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled in a case of first impression that delay damages may be added to jury awards for future medical expenses.
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Law.com

Staples Wins Defense Verdict In Falling Ice Lawsuit

James Cleveland v. Staples: A truck driver who claims that a piece of ice fell off the roof of a Staples warehouse in the Dayville section of Killingly and struck him in the head was unable to convince a jury recently that the office supply chain store was liable for an injury that has kept him permanently out of work.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Elevator Injury Case Rebounds With $8M Verdict After $4M Overturned

In a case of double reversal of fortune, a New Jersey carpenter who saw his $4 million award for injuries in a 2005 elevator accident overturned on appeal has won $8 million on retrial.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Monroe County Jury Will Hear Emergency C-Section Claim

Can a cesarean section that was allegedly forced due to a car accident 12 days before it was scheduled be considered a serious bodily injury?
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Finds Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries

By | February 11, 2014
According to the retrial memorandum of plaintiff Elsie Hall, in September 2011, she was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by her husband, Hayden Hall, along Broad Street in Philadelphia. Elsie Hall was 68 at the time
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

High Court to Mull Requirements of Unfair Trade Practices Claim

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law can be applied to allegedly inflated charges that a rental car company levied against a driver for damages to a vehicle
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Class Status in Sandy Damages Lawsuit

Although attorney Robert Prignoli is free to pursue his own claims of post-traumatic stress, spoilage of food and the loss of services of a female friend against ConEd for delayed power restoration, those claims were not "uniquely typical of the class of persons who he seeks to represent."
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federal Judges Dispute Timing of Sexual Abuse Claims

With a ruling last week, two federal court judges have now reached different conclusions about whether damages could be sought in cases before them of sexual abuse that occurred decades ago.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Plaintiff Claiming Shoulder and Neck Injuries Awarded $1.5 Million

By | February 03, 2014
A jury has awarded $1.5 million to a man who claimed that he tore his shoulder as a passenger in a pickup truck that was struck by a tractor-trailer.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Former IBM Employee Wins Up To $4 Million In Age Discrimination Suit

James Castelluccio v. International Business Machines Corp.: A Stamford man who claims that IBM dismissed him after 41 years because of his age stands to collect between $3.5 and $4 million following a federal court trial.
6 minute read

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