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New York Law Journal

Schillaci v. Town of Islip

Town's Lack of Notice Defense Shown to Lack Merit, Dismissed in Personal Injury Action
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Gunmaker Asks for Dismissal of Suit by Sandy Hook Survivors

A lawyer for Remington Arms asked a Connecticut judge today to dismiss a lawsuit against the gunmaker filed by the families of children and faculty killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Man Whose Life Was 'Ruined' Wins New Trial for Bank's False Alarm

The Florida Supreme Court orders a new trial for a bank customer whose life changed for the worse when a Bank of America teller frantically pushed a silent alarm, thinking he might be a robber.
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Benedict v. Borough of Malvern, PICS Case No. 16-0764 (E.D. May 31, 2016) Dalzell, J. (11 pages).

Defendants in a suit for violation of substantive due process supervisory responsibility for injuries inflicted while under emergency care moved to dismiss. Count II against both defendants dismissed with prejudice; third defendant's motion to dismiss denied.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Balentine v. Chester Water Auth., PICS Case No. 16-0746 (Pa. Commw. June 3, 2016) Covey, J. (15 pages).

The involuntary movement of a fully parked vehicle caused by the actions of a third party did not constitute "operation" of the vehicle sufficient to satisfy the motor vehicle exception to governmental immunity under the Tort Claims Act. Summary judgment affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ward v. Potteiger, PICS Case No. 16-0763 (Pa. Commw. June 9, 2016) Covey, J. (15 pages).

Trial court properly dismissed appellant's sixth amended complaint with prejudice, because the vehicle liability exception to sovereign immunity did not apply where appellees, employees and officers of the county Office of Adult Probation and Parole (OAPP) allowed driver, who was on probation and who met with his parole officer and admitted he had injected heroin, to drive away from the office and hit appellant, because appellees did not operate the vehicle as a matter of law and the exception did not apply. Affirmed.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Sides With State VA Director Who Alleged Political Tie Led to Termination

On Sept. 24, 2009, plaintiff Richard Wren, 50, was terminated from his employment at Luzerne County.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals: Mother of Camden Girl Who Lost Right Arm Function at Birth Settles for $1M

A 12-year-old Camden girl will receive $1 million as compensation for loss of function in her right arm during her birth.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

For Disney's Lawyers, a Florida Nightmare and a Chinese Debut

Between celebrating the opening of a $5.5 billion theme park in Shanghai and girding for the legal aftermath of a gruesome alligator attack in Orlando, Disney has had quite a week.
33 minute read

New York Law Journal

Han v. Lo

Dog Owners Granted Dismissal of Physical Injury Claim; Medical Costs Claim Preserved
2 minute read

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