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New Jersey Law Journal

$8 Million Settlement Reached for Fall Into Open Elevator Shaft

The $8 million settlement was reached on the first day of trial with the assistance of Judge David H. Ironson.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Rejects Challenge to $977M Defective Seatbelt Verdict, Adds $33.4M in Delay Damages

"Mitsubishi Motors respectfully disagrees with the trial court's decision to uphold the verdict and intends to appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania," counsel for the defendant said in a statement.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Four Construction Litigation Tips for Newer Plaintiffs-Side Practitioners

For newer construction litigation practitioners representing injured workers, this complexity might obscure some basic tenets of their case.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Fatal School Bus Crash Litigation Tops $20M After Additional Party Reaches $650K Settlement

The settlement stems from a crash when the Mendez Trucking Co. dump truck broadsided a school bus operated by the Paramus district, according to the complaint.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

New Britain Jury Awards Plaintiff $540,000

"[The defendant] thought they had a strong defense on the causation, and I think they did have some stuff to say," plaintiff counsel Frank McCoy Jr. said. "They had effective defenses, but I think ultimately we prevailed with most of them."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Questions Import of Lost Evidence in Severe Spoliations Sanctions Appeal

"I was a little more concerned about the pictures because to me if you'd had any of the pictures that the city of Atlanta employees went out and took … showing the water meter lid, you could have had some demonstration of what it looked like irrespective of whether there's a possibility somebody some work or changed it on a day that we can't prove. Yet that's all gone," said Presiding Judge Sarah Doyle.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former McKinsey & Co. Partner Sues Firm for Defamation Over 'Scapegoating'

A terminated senior partner alleges the consulting firm misled Congress as part of an ongoing investigation into the company's work with opioid manufacturers.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Collapsed Floor Results in $1.5M Settlement for Injured Woman

At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was in the process of manually draining the bathtub, which had a clogged drain. As she stepped on the unstable flooring, the floor suddenly collapsed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Hands Up $6.1M Verdict to Crushed Worker Despite Plaintiff's 'Nuclear' Settlement Demand

According to attorneys involved in the matter, the plaintiff's settlement demand at trial was somewhere between $51 million and $101 million.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ford Motor on the Losing End of $57M Personal Injury Verdict

Plaintiff attorney Bradley Leger claimed that despite Ford Motor Company's knowledge of the defect since 1980, corrective action was never taken.
5 minute read

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