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Judge Rejects Legal-Mal Suit Over Missed Deadline, Finding Underlying Med-Mal Suit Had 'No Chance of Success'

An appeal to the state Supreme Court is already pending.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

'An Astounding Admission': Risk of Murdoch Testimony, High Threshold for Dominion Said to Spur Settlement

Fox was also likely pushed to settle by a series of decisions Davis made in Dominion's favor in recent months, including confirming falsity and declining to dismiss the case at the summary judgment stage.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

City to Pay Up to $53 Million in Settlement for Isolated Conditions in NYC Jails

Cuti Hecker Wang partner Eric Hecker said he hopes the settlement will provide relief to the class members even though it "cannot undo the substantial psychological harm these conditions have caused."
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Scott + Scott Files Data Breach Class Action Against Merritt Healthcare Holdings

"Defendant disregarded the rights of plaintiff(s) and class members ... by intentionally, willfully, recklessly, or negligently failing to take adequate and reasonable measures to ensure its data systems were protected against unauthorized intrusions," the complaint said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Wrongful Death Case Settles For $26M, Fueling Concerns About Violence at Georgia Apartment Complexes

"The defendant apartment complex had a history of violent crime and was warned consistently about the dangers," plaintiffs counsel at Beasley Allen said. "We absolutely were not settling this case unless the defendants did the right thing, which they ultimately did, but not before precious lives were lost and years of litigation ensued."
4 minute read

Law.com

Parents Not Entitled to Monetary Damages After DCYF Improperly Kept Reports Against Them, Says Washington Court

Despite holding that the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families failed to properly destroy records pertaining to an investigation into a family, the Washington Court of Appeals held the family was not entitled to monetary damages.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Damages in Wrongful Death Actions

The assessment of wrongful death damages is not as straightforward as one may expect.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A Child Collapsed at Recess—Adults Thought It Was a Game, Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims

"The parents of [the child] are seeking closure for themselves and raise awareness so other families don't have to suffer as they have," attorney Joaquin L. Madry said.
2 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Rejects Request to Treble Damages, Attorney Fees in Medical Device Infringement Case Against DePuy

A federal judge in Massachusetts has denied a plaintiff's request for an increase of nearly $50 million in damages and fees, after concluding that medical device business DePuy Synthes Products hadn't engaged in "egregious infringement behavior" that warranted "a punitive or vindictive sanction."
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'That's All You People Ever Do': Home Depot Faces Civil Rights Lawsuit

The plaintiff is seeking compensatory and punitive damages against Home Depot allegedly "for its conduct, which evidences a willful, wanton and reckless disregard."
3 minute read

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