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Defense Counsel Hit With Sanctions by Lackawanna Judge Alleges Preferential Treatment for Plaintiffs Counsel in Crash Case

A Lackawanna County judge had words for counsel representing the Hertz rental car company who failed to comply with discovery deadlines in an injury lawsuit. But one member of the defense team said he and his co-counsel are up against a plaintiffs attorney who has the homefield advantage.
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Daily Report Online

Reversed: MARTA Trial to Take Place in DeKalb County, Instead of Transit Authority's 'Fixed Venue' in Fulton

"The trial court abused its discretion in ordering severance of the claims because such severance neither furthered convenience nor avoided prejudice to MARTA," Presiding Judge Sarah Doyle wrote in a Georgia Court of Appeals decision.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Injured Motorist Secures $1.1M Settlement in Union County

A 45-year-old woman who suffered serious neck and back injuries in a Union County vehicle crash received court approval for a $1.1 million insurance settlement in a personal injury suit, Spencer v. White.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Multi-Impact Crash Caused Neck Injury: Bus Driver

On Sept. 6, 2018, plaintiff Efrain Santana, 57, a bus driver, was operating a shuttle bus on Interstate 76, in Philadelphia.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Ruling Invalidates 'Regular Use' Exclusion in UM/UIM Policies

Counsel for the plaintiff said the decision was a win for accident victims and a blow to insurers, who "have been getting a free ride all these years."
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Daily Business Review

How to Overcome the Jury's Misperception of a Plaintiff Who 'Appears OK' in Personal Injury Litigation

"I think in a lot of situations like this, they don't want to take anyone's pain or suffering seriously at all and put a real dollar value to it, unless the jury tells them so," plaintiff counsel Stacy Yates said.
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New York Law Journal

'Compassionate' Jury Awards $13.5M for Motorist Injured in 2013 Collision

"I told the insurance company it's an eight-figure case. Their response was, 'No Orange County jury will ever give a verdict in eight figures, especially during COVID.' And my response was 'I guess we'll find out,'" plaintiff's attorney Andrew Finkelstein said.
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Daily Report Online

US Judge in Air Bag Case Seeks Georgia Justices' Input on Seat Belt Evidence Exclusion

A federal judge in Macon asked the Georgia Supreme Court whether the state's statute barring the introduction of evidence pertaining to a plaintiff's use of seat belt applied to claims involving an allegedly defective air bag.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff Claimed Auto Accident Caused Concussion, Rib Injuries

On July 6, 2017, plaintiff Milton Searles, a man in his 60s, was driving on Deer Run Road, in Chester County. His wife, plaintiff Theodora Searles, was a passenger. Their sport utility vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a pickup truck that was being driven by Sarah Seibert. Milton Searles claimed that he suffered injuries of his head and his rib cage.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Turnpike Crash Nets $9 Million Settlement in Middlesex

A man who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike received payment of a $9 million settlement in his Middlesex…
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