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Florida Jury Awards $900,000 for Slip-And-Fall Case

"I think in this matter if they would have strategically admitted liabilityfrom the onset, I think they could have limited the damages on their end, but from day one they said my client knew the bathroom was closed by the cart being there, she should have known," Halperin said. "They just tried to blame it on everyone else but themselves. In trial they tried to suggest the water on the floor could have been from kids playing in a sink or from anything else besides the Wal-Mart employee mopping there minutes before," attorney Scott Halperin said
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Daily Business Review

U of Florida's Academic Freedom Reviewed After Testimony Ban

University of Florida leaders prohibited three professors from being paid as expert witnesses in a lawsuit that says Florida's new elections law harms voting rights, saying such testimony would go against the school's interest by conflicting with the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Daily Business Review

University of Florida Prohibits 3 Professors From Testifying

The professors were told by the university that their expert testimony would dissent from the administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, creating a conflict for the school.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Downs Law Group Attorneys Are Seeking Treatment and Justice for Victims Involved in the 2010 BP Oil Spill

"This case makes me want to make sure that BP or any corporation, who is putting image before public health never ever behaves this way ever again. Some of these calls that I have with these parents, it is the hardest piece of it," attorney Riana Maryanoff said.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

In this week's Realty Law Digest, Scott Mollen discusses two landlord-tenant cases: "Y.A. Mullings Corp. v. Hall," where the court denied the landlord's motion to permit witnesses to testify against tenants anonymously, and "Fisher v. Burke," where the tenant/roommate was granted final judgment of possession in an illegal lockout proceeding.
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New York Law Journal

The Limited Role of the PDR in Proof of Malpractice

In his Medical Malpractice column, John Lyddane provides a discussion for defense counsel in malpractice cases where the focus is reliance on prescription medication package inserts. He writes: "Where that reliance is misplaced, defense counsel needs to be ready to respond."
8 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

New York Law Journal

Establishing a 'Cheek' Defense Through Expert Testimony

In 'Cheek v. United States,' the Supreme Court established the government's burden of proof to show that a defendant acted "willfully" in order to obtain a conviction on criminal tax charges. In this column Tax Litigation Issues, Jeremy H. Temkin analyzes recent circuit court decisions rejecting claims that defendants were improperly deprived of their ability to present a 'Cheek' defense through expert testimony.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Avenatti's Cross-Exams Fuel Fight About Defense Discovery Duties

Avenatti's lawyering is so central to the criminal case against him that trial testimony so far also is testing the divide between crimes and malpractice.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Do Differing Opinions From a Plaintiff's Experts Cancel Each Other Out? Federal Judge Says No

In a personal injury case where the plaintiff's experts diverge on an injured man's ability to return to work, the defendant unsuccessfully tried to convince the judge that some of those opinions should be excluded.
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