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New Jersey Law Journal

Workers' Comp Carriers Can Share in Third-Party Recoveries

It is the Workers' Compensation Act and not the auto insurance statute that governs claims against third-party tortfeasors by workers who are injured in on-the-job motor vehicle accidents, an appeals court has said in a published ruling.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brewer v. Herald

By | August 24, 2016
Newspapers Fairly Reported Press Release, Are Shielded by N.Y. Civil Rights Law §74
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Wynkoop v. County of Nassau

By | August 23, 2016
Highway Law §139(2) Inapplicable to Impose Liability on County in Personal Injury Suit
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Colson Hicks Eidson Partner Takes AAJ's Reins

Julie Braman Kane, a longtime personal injury and products liability litigation partner at Coral Gables-based Colson Hicks Eidson, has become the first woman in Florida to serve as president of the American Association for Justice, a nonprofit lobbying organization for the trial bar.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals: Boat Collision Results in $9.5 Million Verdict

A Bergen County jury on awarded $9.5 million in Franzino v. McCarthy's Marine Sales to sisters from Mahwah who were injured when their boat collided with another in the Manasquan Inlet.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Awards $1.4 Million in Dog-Bite Case

A teen who was attacked by a dog at his friend's house and needed numerous surgeries has been awarded more than $1.4 million by a judge in New London. Owen Carbray, who is now 16, was bitten by a large black Labrador retriever named "Bubba" on Nov. 8, 2013. Carbray was visiting a friend at the rented home of Mariusz and Nicole Krys in Windham.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawsuit Over Capsize of Waterpark Raft Survives Dismissal Motion

A lawsuit filed against a Nassau County waterpark filed by a woman who was injured when a raft she was riding capsized has navigated past a motion to dismiss.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Abedinaj v. Marc, PICS Case No. 16-0997 (C.P. Philadelphia June 14, 2016) Keogh, S.J. (9 pages).

By | August 19, 2016
Appeal from jury verdict in favor of defendant alleged that expert witness testimony was uncontroverted when defendant failed to call an expert witness. The court disagreed and found defendant's cross-examination successfully questioned the credibility of plaintiff and his witness. Plaintiff's history of not following up with physicians did not convince the jury that he would seek the recommended surgery. Plaintiff's request for additur or a trial de novo was denied, the jury verdict upheld.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Familiar Foes Line Up as Workers' Comp Rate Hike Weighed

With a legislative battle brewing, state regulators listened to hours of testimony last week as they decide whether to approve a 19.6 percent increase in workers' compensation insurance rates.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Family of Man Run Over by Truck Reaches Settlement

The estate of a man run over by a truck has reached a $4.5 million settlement with the truck's driver and its owner. The man allegedly died from causes relating to the accident, according to the plaintiffs' pretrial memorandum in the case.
9 minute read

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