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Connecticut Law Tribune

Doctor Found Liable For Failing To Help Suicidal Patient

Mary Morrin, executor of the estate of James Morrin v. Carl Koplin: A former Tolland doctor and his nurse practitioner failed to treat James Morrin's mental illness, according to lawyers for Morrin's estate. They instead gave the man numerous sleeping pills for insomnia and never recommended counseling.
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The Recorder

F.P. v. Monier

By | January 10, 2014
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Doctor Hit With $8 Million Malpractice Verdict Following Murder-Suicide

By | January 08, 2014
A Waterbury Superior Court jury has issued an $8 million verdict against a former doctor who was accused of failing to diagnose the mental illness of a Vernon man who ultimately killed himself and his wife.
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New York Law Journal

Judge: FICA Not Deductible From Medmal Award

Ulster County Supreme Court Justice James Gilpatric ruled that FICA is not a federal, state or local income tax that could be subtracted from a loss-of-earnings malpractice award under CPLR 4546(3).
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Fatal Train Crash Results In $1.25 Million Settlement

A railroad will pay $1.25 million to the family of an 18-year-old man who was killed four years ago when his truck was struck by a freight train at a crossing in Plainfield.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Injured Truck Driver Recovers $715,000 After Crash

Chad Roman v. ADF Industries: A Pennsylvania man who survived an accident that killed another truck driver on Interstate 95 has recovered $715,000 in a lawsuit settlement.
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Daily Business Review

Legal Team Exposes Manufacturer's Cover-Up In Chinese Drywall Case

Attorneys Victor Diaz, Jorge Lorenzo and Erik W. Scharf won a $7.125 million judgment for Jeffrey and Elisa Robin, whose upscale Coconut Grove home was built with defective Chinese drywall.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Railroad Crossing Fatality Results In $1.25 Settlement

A railroad will pay $1.25 million to the family of an 18-year-old man who was killed four years ago when his truck was struck by a freight train at a crossing in Plainfield.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Former DAG Wins $500,000 Verdict Against City, Police in Brutality Case

A federal jury in Camden awards $500,000 to a former deputy attorney general who claimed police roughed him up in a fracas that led to his firing.
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Corporate Counsel

Judges Can't Endorse Candidates, Except When They Can

A recent decision allows judges running for an public office themselves to endorse political candidates and possibly engage in other prohibited campaign activity, despite a ban on what the ABA considers "unethical" judicial behavior.
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