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National Law Journal

In Climate Litigation, Success Is a Long Shot for Plaintiffs Lawyers, but That Won't Stop Them From Trying

Seeger Weiss is among the firms investing resources in pursuing climate-related cases, despite U.S. courts' relatively chilly reception.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Consumer Expectation Plays Key Role in $3.1 Million Exploding Tire Verdict in Pittsburgh

Jurors found that the product that caused the plaintiff's injury did not perform as safely as its user reasonably assumed it would.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Stamford Board of Education Settles Sex Abuse Case Dating Back Decades for $440,000

Two Fairfield attorneys have secured a $440,000 settlement for an alleged victim of sexual assault at the hands of a Stamford elementary school gym teacher decades ago.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

How Plaintiff's Counsel Secured More Than 22 Times What the Defense First Offered

Arbitrator Thomas Cella awarded plaintiff Jay Crump almost $91,000.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Jury Awards More Than $707,000 in 2-Vehicle Crash

A Hartford jury has awarded more than $700,000 to a Farmington man injured in a two-vehicle crash in that town.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Appellate Ruling Provides Guidance on Technicalities of Pretrial Stipulations, Wrong Measure of Damages

"Pretrial stipulations will not necessarily limit the issues ruled upon at trial, so each party should cover all of its bases, raise the appropriate objections, and also understand that the courts will resolve all of the issues in a case at trial, even if not explicitly stated in the stipulation," Nicole Moskowitz of Neustein Law Group in Aventura said.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'She Was a Mess': Offered Nothing for Months, Plaintiffs Counsel Gets $100,000 Settlement for Injured Client

A Woodbridge lawyer has secured a $100,000 settlement for her client, injured in a two-vehicle smashup. The insurance carrier, at first, offered nothing, claiming the plaintiff was at fault for the accident.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Overcoming Immunity Defense: How Plaintiffs Counsel Secured $1.5M Verdict in Personal Injury Case

"I thought the defense were significantly undervaluing the case from day one, and they had multiple opportunities to resolve this case which I felt was a reasonable amount throughout the five and half years of the course of this case," attorney Adam Brum said.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Allegheny County Jury Awards $11.5M Verdict in Retrial Over Worker Who Received Electric Shock

The case also marked the county's first civil jury trial in the wake of the pandemic, according to Joel Rosen of Cohen, Placitella & Roth, who represented the plaintiff.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Civil Litigators Are Pushing Back Against Thriving Human Trafficking Epidemic

"We no longer call it 'revenge porn' because that makes it sound like a petulant act by a bad boyfriend, whereas trolls, hackers, blackmailers are committing image-based sexual abuse on an industrial scale, and it terrifies victims," Dr. Ann Olivarius said.
8 minute read

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