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Henry County Jurors Return $16.4M Verdict Over Georgia Patient's Suicide

"We were brutally honest about the fact that John took his own life on a night where he was drinking pretty heavily," said plaintiff attorney Andrew J. Conn of Harris Lowry Manton.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

A Unique Remote-Work Issue Is Dividing Georgia Courts

"First, we've got to talk about jurisdiction," said Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren. "We have to assure ourselves that we can be here."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Justices See Risk of Eroded Patient Protections in Defense's Discovery Rule Interpretation

"You could always take the treating physician to the law firm and then, voila, they're the client," Justice Sallie Mundy said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Med Mal Plaintiff Loses Bid to Seek Punitive Damages on Top of $21.3M Award

"It's not that the judge needed to endorse the plaintiff's viewpoint that it was reckless," Thomas Bosworth said, "it's merely that the judge needed to allow the jury to make that decision."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$3.5M Verdict Against Doctor for Failing to Recognize Man's Heart Attack

A Philadelphia jury awarded $3.5 million Sept. 28 to a man who claimed he suffered permanent cardiac damage as a result of his doctor's failure to recognize his impending heart attack.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

'The Jury Was Told to Award a Nuclear Verdict': Ga. Appellate Court Considers New Trial in Appeal of $10.1M Verdict

"We're talking to people from different backgrounds and walks of life," plaintiff-appellees argued. "If we're suddenly hemmed into saying only one type of word, I think that's a slippery slope."
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'They Are Coming Forward': Litigation Rising Against Yale Clinic Over Fentanyl

"The painkiller diversion went on for a matter of years, during which they ignored evidence of diversion and left countless patients in the dark about the truth of what had happened to them," Josh Koskoff, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, claimed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Feldman Shepherd Lands 3 Laterals to Fortify Core Practices

Philadelphia Board of Education President Reginald Streater, formerly of Berger Montague, Daniel Klaproth of Murray, Stone & Wilson and Samuel Mukiibi of Grant & Eisenhofer will also continue their individual niches in civil rights and nursing home neglect cases.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Hits Doctor With $2.8M in Delay Damages but Slams Both Sides for Poor Performance

Judge Craig Levin called the defendants' motion and brief "excellent examples of how not to present issues."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Working on the Weekend: Trial With Rare Saturday Proceedings Ends With Defense Win in Leg Amputation Case

"The jury was attentive the entirety of the day on Saturday."
5 minute read

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