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Miami Attorneys Land $15.5M Jury Verdict for Paralyzed Victim

"It is important for lawyers to stay on their message and not to get distracted by all of the little issues that the defense raises," said Philip Freidin, a partner at Freidin Brown.
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The Legal Intelligencer

'Strong and Loud Message': Former 'Kids-for-Cash' Judges Ordered to Pay $200M to Unlawfully Detained Youth

Last fall, more than 300 witnesses testified about their experiences between January 2003 and May 2008 in the county juvenile court and spoke of widespread trust issues as a result of their adjudications, the opinion said.
6 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Dismisses EFTA Claim Against Bank of America in Stolen COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Case

Finding PUA payments were qualified disaster relief payments, they satisfy the CFPB's interpretation of Regulation E § 1005.2(b)(3)(ii)(B). The payments are excluded from the definition of "prepaid account," and, thus, are outside of the EFTA's definition of covered "accounts," the federal judge concluded.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Security Company Did Not Have Duty to Defend Brass Mill Center in Underlying Wrongful Death Case, Appellate Court Rules

"We agree with the defendant that the court erroneously conflated the allegations of the Avendano complaint regarding traffic control and design with the defendant's responsibility for crime prevention as the security contractor for the property," Judge Robert W. Clark wrote.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Awards $8.3M in Attorney Fees and Costs to Chemical Company That Won $12.8M Verdict

Judge Christine Ward of the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas also expanded a previous delay damage award to cover a time period she had previously excluded because the holdup was due to the pandemic-induced statewide judicial emergency.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Appellate Court Sides With Veteran Attorney Accused of Legal Malpractice From Decades-Old Case

"I think it's absolutely the right decision, both by Judge Krumeich and by the appellate court," said Neigher's attorney, Robert Laney, of Ryan Ryan Deluca in Bridgeport. "I don't think that the expert was qualified to render the opinions that he tried to present. Although the issue wasn't clearly decided one way or the other, his disclosures were insufficient and his factual knowledge of the case was virtually nonexistent. I don't think there's any question that he was not able to opine about what had happened in the underlying matter and what could have, or should have, happened in the underlying matter."
6 minute read

Law.com

Appellate Court: 'Imperceptibly Wet, Slippery Stairs' Posed a 'Dangerous Condition' for University of Colorado Student

While the staircase's black coloring may have contributed to the difficulty of Galef perceiving that they were wet, the university "made the stairs more hazardous by subsequently introducing, a wet, slippery substance onto them," the opinion said.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Personal Injury Top Awards 2022

A listing of the 20 New Jersey personal injury cases yielding the highest awards in the last 12 months.
49 minute read

Law.com

Former Boston Student Shot by School Administrator Awarded $10M

"Several reasons warrant the Court to impose punitive damages on Harrison: (1) to punish and deter the use of positions of authority, respect, and trust to lure minors into criminal activities; (2) to punish and deter physical attacks on and attempted murder of minors by defendants in positions of trust and responsibility; and (3) to punish Harrison and deter others from engaging in the type of conduct Harrison committed. These reasons and the totality of the circumstances justify an award of punitive damages of $2.5 million," wrote U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin of the District of Massachusetts.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court: No Avoiding Jurisdiction If Government Faces Damages From Emergency Action

The case concerns a homeowners' association whose members allege damages from the city's decision to breach a dam in a desperate effort to mitigate flooding that the city had been experiencing from extended torrential rainfall.
4 minute read

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