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The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff Suffered No Permanent Injuries in Rear-Ender: Defense

By | January 05, 2017
On Nov. 22, 2013, plaintiff Timothy Vanbeverhoudt, a security officer in his mid-40s, was rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light on Baltimore Pike (Route 322) at Conchester Avenue, in Concordville. He had been driving a Mercury Mountaineer sport utility vehicle when it was struck by a Chevrolet Cavalier sedan. He claimed neck and back injuries that resulted in a serious impairment of a bodily function.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Regulation: With Laws for Autonomous Cars, It's Pedal to the Metal

States and the feds come up with rules for self-driving vehicles.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jury Left to Weigh Farm's Negligence in Fatality Precipitated by Stray Calf

Reversing a lower court, the state Court of Appeals said a jury should decide whether an upstate dairy farm was negligent in a fatal accident in which a woman was hit by a car when she got out of her own vehicle after discovering the calf in the middle of the road.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

City Shares Liability for Traffic Accident

New York City can be held partially liable for a 2004 accident along a busy Brooklyn street in which a 12-year-old bicyclist was seriously injured by a speeding car, the state Court of Appeals concluded Thursday.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Sides With School Bus Driver in Crash With Truck

By | December 22, 2016
On Nov. 4, 2013, plaintiff Yvonne Pinder, 60, was involved in a collision with a flatbed truck while driving a school bus west on Ardleigh Street, in North Philadelphia. She claimed neck injuries and a concussion.
11 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Auto Accident Involving Cellphone Yields $1.3M Settlement

A New Britain couple severely injured when their car was struck from behind by a distracted driver have agreed to a $1.3 million settlement, though the parties remain in dispute as to how significantly one driver's cellphone figured in the crash.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Employer's UIM Cancellation Void When Employee Wasn't Notified

In a ruling that may indicate shifting attitudes toward insurance-related public policy concerns, Verizon's failure to notify its drivers that it canceled its underinsured motorist policy means the insurance carrier should still have to provide coverage, despite the cancellation, a Pennsylvania judge has ruled.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Giuliano v. Nasshorn

By | December 15, 2016
Defendant's Evidence Found Insufficient To Show Plaintiff Did Not Suffer 'Serious Injury'
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Top New York Settlements of 2016

By | December 13, 2016
Welcome to Top Settlements New York 2016, a special section of the New York Law Journal encompassing settlements and mediations. The lawyers and law firms who are ranked in this special section represent the best of the best in the last 12 months.
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New York Law Journal

Richard v. Kerwin

By | December 12, 2016
Plaintiff Ordered to Produce Physician's Report, Or Be Precluded From Testifying to It at Trial
3 minute read

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