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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Law Firm Sues IRS, Seeking Nearly $800K in Pandemic-Era Tax Credits

Are personal injury firms, inherently reliant on a functioning court and jury trial system to bring in revenue, entitled to relief from the pandemic?
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New Jersey Law Journal

Eggo Waffles Manufacturer Hit With Wrongful-Death Suit for Allegedly Failing to Seek Timely Medical Care for Injured Employee

The complaint alleged that Eggo's failure to assist Earl R. Brown Jr. with his injuries was a direct cause of his death.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ's Top Personal Injury Awards Total Nearly $654M

The awards this year totaled about $654 million, which is much higher than last year's total of $169.3 million, and which makes the average award this year $32.7 million.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Gas Station Workers Reach $18.5M Settlement Over Fatal Tank Explosion

"Oftentimes in explosion cases, you have federal agencies that do really thorough investigations," Howell said. "In this one we were just told essentially, 'It was an accidental explosion involving a shop vac.' We got nothing else."
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

In a First-of-Its-Kind Decision, Divided CT Supreme Court Rules on Permanency Benefits

"The majority of the court, unfortunately, has now blended the standard for determining the maturing of permanency benefits into our well-established standard for the vesting of those benefits," Steven G. Howe, the plaintiff's attorney, said. "Those two concepts, as the dissent correctly points out, are separate and distinct, and they should not have been combined."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Man Files Complaint Against Ice Cream Museum After Injury Diving Into 'Sprinkle Pool'

Plaintiff Jeremy Shorr, who was visiting the museum with his daughter, was not alerted to the depth of the pool before leaping, causing him to incur "permanent and severe" injuries to his right leg, ankle and other parts of his body.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$2.59 Million Settlement Reached for Construction Worker Crushed by Cement Truck

"At the end of the day justice was served," Andrew Prince of Tobin, Kessler, Greenstein, Caruso, Wiener & Konray told the Law Journal. "The contractor and the subcontractor were rushing to finish a project without dealing with their No. 1 priority, which is the safety of their workers."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Carrier Tenders Nearly $500K in Coverage Following Rear-End Truck Collision

The case, "Oliviera v. Pereiras," was filed in Middlesex County Superior Court. The plaintiffs were represented by Lisa Lehrer of Brandon J. Broderick LLC, of River Edge, New Jersey. John J. Kapp of Gregory P. Helfrich & Associates represented the defendants.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

2 Law Firms Are Feuding Over Allegedly Stolen Clients and Work Processes

"[T]he Etemis categorically deny all allegations made against them," John Kanca, their lawyer, said. "The Etemis have full confidence in their defenses and their counterclaim allegations, and look forward to vigorously seeking justice in court by providing proof as to all of their allegations. The Etemis intend to advance this case by telling the truth and the full story of everything that happened leading to the Etemis departure from Trantolo & Trantolo, and thereafter."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Hits Temple Hospital With $44.9M Verdict Over Patient's Post-Discharge Choking Injuries

In order to prove the hospital's negligence, plaintiffs counsel had to refute their own client's version of events.
4 minute read

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