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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."
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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

The Legal Intelligencer

Anapol Weiss Acquires Boutique Led by Star Litigator Alexandra Walsh

Walsh left Paul Weiss to found a trial boutique with partner Beth Wilkinson in 2016 before departing in 2020 to launch a plaintiffs-side practice.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Yale Settles With More Than 150 Fertility Clinic Plaintiffs After Nurse Steals Fentanyl

"Today marks a significant step towards justice for the survivors," said Kelly Fitzpatrick, a partner at Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder. "This settlement acknowledges the pain and suffering endured and provides a path towards healing and closure."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Immunities and Parentage Rights: What's on the Pa. Supreme Court's September Agenda

The 10 cases slated to go before the justices touch on issues including the scope of prosecutorial immunity, parentage of children conceived through assistive reproductive technology, and a transit system's claim to sovereign immunity.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Rebuffed by 2 Law Firms, Slip-and-Fall Plaintiff Gets $1.8M Settlement

"We turned an enormously challenging case into a seven-figure recovery," plaintiff counsel Justin Shapiro said.
4 minute read

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