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The Legal Intelligencer

Ruling Allowing Distress Tort Claim Against Insurer Stands

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to review a Superior Court ruling that a tort claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress—which arose from a perceived threat of disclosing childhood sexual abuse during a workers' compensation dispute—should not be barred under the workers' compensation exclusion in the Pennsylvania workplace injury statute.
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The Legal Intelligencer

DiPaolo v. Times Publ'g Co., PICS Case No. 16-0813 (Pa. Super. June 15, 2016) Ford Elliott, J. (22 pages).

The reporter's privilege did not bar discovery of materials created during the editorial process where those materials did not disclose the identity of confidential sources. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Honis v. Giant Food Stores Inc., PICS Case No. 16-0816 (Pa. Super. June 16, 2016) (memorandum) Stabile, J. (16 pages).

Grocery store was entitled to nonsuit of a premises liability resulting from a slip and fall on a beverage can located in a checkout aisle, where injured party could not prove the can was placed there through the actions of the store. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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Daily Business Review

Lawsuit: Maggots Found in Florida ICU Patient

The lawsuit filed by the late woman's children says medical records reported staff found maggots in her mouth and on a leg.
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The Recorder

Reed v. Gallagher

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Daily Report Online

Settlement Ends Suit Over Fatal Brawl at Underground's Latino Fest

The children of a man who died after a gang-related brawl at Underground Atlanta during the 2010 Festival Peachtree Latino have settled their claims with the attraction's management and a now-defunct security company.
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Daily Business Review

$3M Settlement for Girl Injured at Birthday Party

The family of a 17-year-old girl who lost four inches of bone in her right leg after a utility task vehicle rolled over her received a $3 million settlement negotiated by Miami lawyers.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tillayev v. Fight Factory LLC

Assumption of Risk Doctrine Inapplicable To Concealed Risks, Defective Gym Equipment
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New York Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Rules Crash Investigation Findings Not Subject to Judicial Review

In their Aviation Law column, Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green discuss 'Joshi v. National Transportation Safety Bd.,' where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the National Transportation Safety Board's probable cause determinations are not subject to judicial review. The authors write that the decision highlights the conflict of interest in the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation process, which relies on the participation of potential defendants in civil litigation that frequently follows aviation accidents.
18 minute read

The Recorder

Brodeur v. Atlas Entertainment, Inc.

5 minute read

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