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New Jersey Law Journal

Jury Awards $1.3 Million For Intersection Crash in Essex County

An Essex County jury awarded $1.3 million on Sept. 29 in Terell v. Chitra to a woman who suffered neck, back and shoulder injuries in a motor vehicle accident.
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New Jersey Law Journal

NJDOT to Pay Motorcyclist $1.1 Million Settlement in Suit Over 'Faulty Expansion Joints'

A $1.125 million settlement was reached in a Middlesex County suit between the state and a 42-year-old off-duty police officer after he was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash allegedly caused by faulty expansion joints on Route 130 in Cranbury.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Uber Sexual Assault Cases Return to San Francisco After Dismissals

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation sent refiled sexual assault cases against Uber to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in the Northern District of California after a San Francisco County Superior Court judge dismissed about 1,000 lawsuits earlier this year.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'It Can't Just Be a Numbers Game Anymore': Superior Court Rejects Inconvenient Forum Arguments

"It can't be just that you utter the magic words for inconvenience and suddenly the case is automatically transferred," said David Senoff, the founder of First Law Strategy Group.
4 minute read

Law.com

Judge Rules Plaintiff's Lack of Proximity to Insured Vehicle During Car Crash Excludes Him From Coverage

A federal judge in West Virginia sided with an insurance company, finding it wasn't required to cover a man who was severely injured after he was struck by a vehicle in the process of helping an unconscious motorist.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'A Pretty Big Deal for Plaintiff's Lawyers': Ga. Appellate Court Clears Up Preponderance Standard in Civil Cases

Plaintiff's attorney Ben Broadhead said the old pattern charge "has almost certainly caused countless cases to be decided incorrectly."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

High Schooler Suffered Knee Fracture in Crash

On May 5, 2020, plaintiff Luis Nazario Jr., 17, was driving north on Torresdale Avenue in Philadelphia. The front driver's side of his vehicle was struck by the front of a vehicle driven by Raymond Longstreath, who was driving in the opposite direction and attempting to turn left.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Camden Jury Awards $1.3 Million in UM Benefits in Suit Against NJ Manufacturers

A Camden County jury awarded $1.3 million on Aug. 10 to a man injured in a motor vehicle accident in his claim filed against his own insurer for uninsured-motorist benefits.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Motorist Claimed Permanent Neck Injury From Rear-Ender

On May 18, 2017, plaintiff Karyn Taylor, 54, a mental-health worker, was operating a vehicle on Northern Pike in Monroeville. While stopped, the rear of her vehicle was struck by the front of a trailing vehicle driven by Aaron Myler. Taylor claimed neck injuries.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

20.8-to-1 Punitive to Compensatory Damages Ratio Could Spell Trouble for $26.2M Verdict

"If this kind of margin goes, then truly anything goes," Reed Smith's James Beck said.
5 minute read

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