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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Officers and City Cannot Escape Lawsuit Over Police Chase Death, Federal Judge Rules

Reid acknowledged in his opinion that "I am well aware that no §1983 police pursuit case in this circuit has been decided under a standard less than intent to harm."
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

This Texas Case Could Expand 3rd-Party Liability in Defamation Suits

A key challenge facing Roe is the lack of a record of specific defamatory quotes relayed by the defendant to others.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Scott Stringer's Defamation Suit Survives Motion to Dismiss

Stringer, who is again exploring a run for mayor of New York City, claims in a defamation suit that his last bid was derailed by false statements of sexual assault.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Asks Judge for Case-Terminating Sanctions Over Missed Depositions in Sex Assault Lawsuit

Plaintiff Lorna Beach-Mathura most recently missed a deposition date Judge Richard Latin had ordered she attend, Adams' counsel from Quinn Emanuel stated in court papers.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices Mull Insurer's Duty to Defend Employer's Negligence Claim in Workers' Comp Dispute

"I am confused as well by counsel's assertion that there is a long-standing abiding obligation for defense of Superior Court tort claims under part one workers' compensation because I read the language ... and maybe that is the problem," Katherine E. Tammaro, a partner with Wilson Elser, said. "Maybe they haven't read the language."
6 minute read

Law.com

State Jury Awards $160M Verdict for Truck's Defective Design That Left Man With Spinal Cord Injury

"This case highlights DTNA's failure to increase cab strength for nearly 30 years despite the knowledge that rollovers represent the single most harmful event for truck drivers," the plaintiff's attorney said.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Waterbury Jury Awards $3.9M: 'We Didn't Have a Slam Dunk Here'

"He doesn't really know what happened," plaintiff counsel Maria Cahill said of her client.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defendants in Chocolate Factory Explosion Litigation Lose Bid to Transfer Out of Philadelphia

After the parties spent more than a year conducting venue discovery, the defendants failed to convince the court that the companies being sued did not conduct sufficient business in Philadelphia for the lawsuits to be situated there.
4 minute read

Law.com

Idaho Supreme Court Mulls Regional Standards of Care for Medical Negligence in Lawsuit Underlying Legal Mal Action

"If you're out in the trenches like me, and I've handled a lot of medical malpractice cases, I'm going to make certain that the expert and the doctor that is being sued are of the same training so that you can establish that they both have the same standard of care because that's where most of these cases break down," Gary L. Cooper, a partner at Cooper & Larsen, argued on behalf of the defendant attorney Monday.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Insurers Extend List of RICO Suits Alleging Widespread Fraud by New York Personal Injury Firms

Insurance companies have increasingly turned to civil Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organization statutes to go on the litigation offensive against personal injury firms.
5 minute read

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