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Plaintiff Caused Crash by Negligent Parking Lot Pull-Out: Defense

On June 23, 2017, plaintiff Delores Streat, in her late 60s, was driving on Adams Avenue, at its intersection with Rising Sun Avenue, in Philadelphia. Streat claimed that a car sideswiped the driver's side of her vehicle. She claimed neck, shoulder and back injuries.
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Daily Report Online

Appeals Panel Tosses $22M Verdict Over 'Erroneous' Jury Charge on Spoliation

The appeals panel said a new trial is necessary because the trial judge told the jury they could infer that a surveillance video MARTA failed to produce at trial contained evidence adverse to the transit company.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Bridgeport Jury Awards Car Crash Victim More Than 3 Times Defense's Final Offer

A Superior Court jury made the award to Ansonia resident Alisha Garcia, who was injured in a two-car crash.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Use of Police Reports in State and Federal Court in Auto Accident Matters

The opinions of investigating officers who are not eyewitness to an accident are generally not admissible in a state court action, such evidence may, in some cases, be presented to federal court juries through the admission of the police report.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Family of Bicyclist Killed by Truck Settles For $2.5 Million

The family of a 52-year-old bicyclist who was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement in their wrongful death…
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Woman Hit by Ga. Dept. of Transportation Truck Settles Claims Against State for $1M

The plaintiff, now 68, was driving a minivan when she was struck by a Georgia DOT tractor-trailer that ran a red light at a Gainesville intersection in 2018.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$19M Awarded Over Fiery Pile-Up That Left Pa. Attorney Dead

According to Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky's David Kwass, the decision of the contractor not to take responsibility for its role in the crash was likely a motivating factor for the jury to award 90% liability against the company.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

$1M Settles Claims for Wife of Elderly Man Struck and Killed in Crosswalk by HVAC Van

86-year-old Kap Suh was in a crosswalk near Kennesaw State University in the predawn darkness when he was struck and killed by a service van. The driver had a green light and was not charged.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Nearly $2 Million Settlement Results From Crash With U.S. Postal Truck Injuring Teen

A Toms River teen who was left seriously injured and blind in one eye after the Jeep he was riding in hit a tree after a U.S. postal truck turned…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Intersectional Crash Did Not Cause Plaintiff's Injuries: Defense

On April 6, 2016, plaintiff Diane Pettine, an office administrator in her 50s, was driving south on Hareshill Road, at its intersection with Ridge Road, in Phoenixville. The front of a sport utility vehicle struck the driver's side of her sedan.
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