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Connecticut Law Tribune

Despite Gym Waiver, Attorney Secures Settlement After Client's Injury During Workout

Plaintiffs counsel Stephen Sobin secures $225,000 for his client, injured while using equipment at a fitness facility.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court OKs 'Attorneys' Eyes Only' Discovery Order Compelling Law Firm Financial Docs in Dragonetti Case

"Courts can and should craft discovery orders that strike a proper balance between … privacy interests [of the parties disclosing information] and the rights of other parties," wrote the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in its opinion.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Hiring Meteorologist Helped Turn Around Snow Slip-and-Fall

Plaintiff counsesl Frank Bartlett Jr. secured the settlement for a man who fell on accumulated ice and snow outside his condo complex.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Bar's Most Common Repeated Mistakes in Applying CPLR 5501(c)

Timothy Capowski, Jonathan Shaub and Jennifer Graw write: "The largest impediment to accurately valuing cases arises from the myth that the Appellate Division is endorsing larger and larger awards, thereby signaling an abandonment of anything but lip-service to CPLR 5501(c). There is no such trend."
16 minute read

Daily Business Review

A Warning to Schools: Miami-Dade Child's Lawsuit Alleges Sex Harassment by Classmates

"It's difficult to be a child plaintiff, but I think it's probably, for a lot of people, more difficult to think that, 'These things can just happen to me and there are no consequences, and everyone gets to go about as if nothing happened,' " plaintiffs counsel said.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Relevant or Abusive? South Florida Court Wades into Dispute Over Financial Discovery Requests

The employment discrimination lawsuit drew a special concurrence from one judge, who wrote to address the importance of curbing "abusive discovery."
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Police Report Showed Plaintiff Was Speeding, But Personal Injury Lawyer Persisted to Settlement

Plaintiffs counsel Cara Cavallari secured a $91,000 settlement for her client despite police giving that client three infractions and saying he was speeding at the time of the accident.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Prior Injuries? No Problem. Milford Lawyer Secures $225K Settlement, Despite Client's 4 Accidents

"My tips for other personal injury attorneys is a simple one: Don't shy away from prior accidents," the plaintiff's counsel said.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

States Reach $5M Settlement With CHS/Community Health Systems Over Data Breach

In Connecticut, 4,746 residents were impacted, 45,000 in New Jersey, and 430,000 in Florida.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Stanley Tucci Played Him in a Movie, but This Lawyer's Now in the Glare of a Different 'Spotlight'

The famed lawyer is garnering a different type of attention in a Connecticut case that hinges on statute of limitations for adults bringing claims of childhood sexual abuse.
4 minute read

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