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New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals: Couple Injured in Head-On Crash With Dealership Vehicle Settles for $3.7M

A Guttenberg couple will receive $3.7 million as compensation in their Hudson County suit, Fauerbach v. Mata, for injuries they sustained when their car was struck by another.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals: Crash Spurred by Nodding Driver Nets $1.3 Million Pretrial Settlement

Web Summary, dateline, etc. hereA man injured in an accident that occurred when another motorist allegedly fell asleep at the wheel settled his Middlesex County suit, Henriques v. Juarabe-Grajales, for $1.3 million on April 4.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Beaver County Woman Secures Jury Verdict in UIM Case

By | April 30, 2016
A Beaver County jury awarded nearly $1.2 million to a woman injured in a car accident in her lawsuit against an insurance company.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Texting a Distracted Driver Could Now Bring Liability

As drivers encounter an increasing number of distractions behind the wheel, Pennsylvania law is adjusting to consider how civil damages should be meted out in motor vehicle accidents. If a recent opinion from a Lawrence County judge is any indication, anyone sending a text message might now be found liable for accidents on Pennsylvania's roads if they knowingly divert a driver's attention.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Casper v. Halstead, PICS Case No. 16-0515 (C.P. County April 6, 2016) Patrick, J. (18 pages).

By | April 29, 2016
Plaintiff's medical witness precluded from testifying due to discovery violation. Posttrial relief denied.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Boettinger v. City of Phila., PICS Case No. 16-0486 (C.P. Philadelphia March 31, 2016) Tucker, J. (13 pages).

By | April 24, 2016
City liable for injuries caused when plaintiff's vehicle struck an exposed manhole cover. Posttrial relief denial was correct.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals

The estate of a man killed when he lost control of his motorcycle on a stretch of highway with no guardrails was awarded $5.42 million in Passaic County on Feb. 26—though the jury assigned some fault to the decedent, and a high-low agreement capped the recovery at $1 million.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Split Panel Upholds $1M Jury Verdict in Fatal City Bus Accident

A three-justice majority of the First Department panel said the plaintiffs had produced sufficient evidence for a jury to find negligence, even though neither the bus driver nor the passengers saw the accident, while the dissent said "there was not a scintilla of evidence" to support the plaintiffs' account of the accident.
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