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'A Win for All Sides'? Ga. Senator Hails New Tort Reform Bill 'Compromise'

"I wish I could tell you it's a bill that, when I bring it up here, everybody's gonna sing 'Kumbaya' and tell you that it's great. They're not," Georgia Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, said.
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Daily Report Online

Unemployable? Substance Abuse and Negligent Hiring Central in Ga. Med-Mal Appeal

The plaintiff-appellants also alleged that the nurse responsible been involved in a prior incident where she tested positive for a narcotic substance and ended up breaking the jaw of an unrelated patient while administering anesthesia.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Failure of County Jail to Follow Hospital Discharge Instructions Nets $1 Million Settlement

"I have many friends who work in law enforcement and I recognize the challenges of criticizing the actions of those who serve and protect," the plaintiff's attorney said. "But this young woman was in jail for one night for an old bench warrant with a recently broken knee and she was treated like a number with no real accommodations for her injury."
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Daily Business Review

The Success and Growth of the Personal Injury Lawyer

With a shrinking globe joined by the utilization of mass media and computer power, it is now possible (and perhaps necessary) for your law firm to "cast a wider net" in the marketing world.
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Texas Lawyer

Proving Noneconomic Damages Post-'Gregory v. Chohan'

"Damages must be proven to be 'genuinely compensatory' based on a 'rational connection' developed by a plaintiff to show a rational basis and connection between the 'injuries suffered and the amount awarded,'" say attorneys Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack.
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Law.com

11th Circuit Orders New Personal Injury Trial Against Royal Caribbean for Potential Juror Bias

"The discovery—after impaneling the jury—that a juror's niece worked for Royal Caribbean triggered its duty to investigate the potential bias. But the district court did not do so," Judge Barbara Lagoa wrote.
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Delaware Law Weekly

Lawyers Open First Roundup Liability Trial in Delaware

Plaintiff's counsel was was part of the team that persuaded a Missouri jury to award three plaintiffs who had non-Hodgkin lymphoma a total of $1.56 billion in November.
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The Legal Intelligencer

'Even More Troubling': Citing Criticism From Superior Court, Landlord Facing Negligence Suit Files Abuse-of-Process Claim Against Plaintiff

Among other things, the court said that by continuing to press the matter in the lower court, Grady's counsel was "steamrolling the rules and engaging in abusive or uncivil conduct [that] may result in repercussions."
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New Jersey Law Journal

Why Was a Day-in-the-Life Video Excluded at Trial?

A day-in-the-life video is a powerful tool of evidence utilized by plaintiffs to show graphically over the course of the day an injured party's disability and pain and suffering caused by an accident. This graphic evidence can be more compelling than mere oral testimony describing a person's medical condition and limitations. It has great potential to influence a jury's evaluation of damages.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Penn State Evades Liability in $6.4M Drunken Driving Verdict

Geoffrey Sasso, who represented the school, said the jury's finding rejected the notion that the school was responsible for policing underaged drinking that occurs on its campus.
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