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Defense: Motorcyclist Caused Fatal Crash, Not Other Drivers

On May 5, 2014, plaintiff's decedent, Lawrence Paden Jr., 26, unemployed, was riding a motorcycle west on Manley Road in West Chester. At the same time, ahead of him, Kathryn Kelleher was stopped on the road, waiting to complete a left turn onto eastbound Marley Road from a driveway on Paden's left side.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Bridgeport Woman Facing Future Surgery After Car Crash Settles for $300,000

Joy Soares was told she needed additional arthroscopic or regeneration surgery for her knee, otherwise she would be at greater risk for a knee replacement at an early age.
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The Recorder

Op-Ed: The Consequences of a Hands-Off Approach to Self-Driving Car Regulation

In the minds of some movers and shakers in the automobile industry, self-driving cars are the wave of the future. For investors and big business, the safe bet is that laissez-faire policies will win the day. But for consumers and workers, that very well may lead to unsafe and unstable futures.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Bridgeport Man Gets $350,000 After Car Crash

Attorneys for a Bridgeport man who needed three shoulder surgeries following a 2011 car crash have reached a $350,000 settlement with Safeco Insurance.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Woman With Lifelong Injuries From Car Crash Settles for $337,500

Sarah Ruh's 1998 Oldsmobile was T-Boned by a 2009 Hyundai driven by Anya Browning in Woodbury in June 2014.
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New Jersey Law Journal

What's Going on Here!?!

Diversionary programs for DWI make sense. If a state like Florida can do it, so can we. And, no more accommodating the state every time its breath-test program misses the mark.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Top Highway Patrol Official Resigns Amid Ticket Quota Questions

The second-highest-ranking officer in the Florida Highway Patrol is stepping down after acknowledging he wrote an email in May encouraging troopers to write at least two tickets per hour.
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Daily Report Online

Appeals Court: Two Policies Doesn't Equal Double UM Insurance Coverage

While Allstate issued two individually numbered policies, they were treated as one for the purpose of billing and claims coverage.
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Daily Report Online

Doctor Claims Patient, Lawyers Stiffed Him After Winning $700K at Trial

The doctor, who claims he's owed more than $200,000, also testified as an expert witness at his patient's trial.
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New York Law Journal

Strategies for Defending Low-Impact Collisions With Fusion Surgeries in NY

Nicholas P. Hurzeler writes: The spread of fusion surgeries in personal injury cases in recent years, in New York and across the country, has been remarkable. More and more plaintiffs are undergoing cervical and lumbar fusion surgeries. Even in cases involving very minor motor vehicle collisions, and questionable causation claims, the odds of a verdict in plaintiff's favor is substantial.
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