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Two Angry Jurors Spur Mistrial; Poll Shows Panel Was Leaning Toward $136K for Plaintiff

A Clayton County jury trial involving a multivehicle accident was scuttled just before deliberations began when two jurors got into a heated altercation, unleashing what a lawyer termed "mayhem" in the jury room and spurring the judge to eject the warring panelists and declare a mistrial.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Supreme Court Nixes $2.7 Million Auto Accident Award

Citing numerous errors, the New Jersey Supreme Court on June 1 overturned a $2.7 million damages award issued to a Hackensack woman whose car rear-ended a garbage truck.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sanford v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Divided Panel Affirms Order Denying Delta Dismissal of Personal Injury Action
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lingham v. Faison, PICS Case No. 16-0657 (C.P. Philadelphia April 13, 2016) Ceisler, J. (10 pages).

Car crash victim with nonserious injuries sought relief in jury trial which excluded portions of medical expert testimony. Post-trial motion for a new trial was denied and victim appealed. Court recommended the appeal be denied.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hernandez-Lerch v. Gray, PICS Case No. 16-0649 (Pa. Super. May 17, 2016) (memorandum) Lazarus, J. (12 pages).

Trial court erred in denying appellant's motion for a new trial on the issue of damages after jury awarded automobile accident victim damages for medical bills and lost wages but nothing for pain and suffering because the uncontested evidence of her injuries showed that she suffered compensable pain that amounted to more than a mere transient rub of life. Reversed and remanded.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cooper v. Armstrong World Indus. Inc., PICS Case No. 16-0668 (Pa. Super. May 17, 2016) (memorandum) Gantman, J. (9 pages).

Appellant could not appeal an order granting summary judgment on tort claims against an employer when those claims had been consolidated with appellant's wrongful death and survival claims that were still pending. Appeal quashed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Toktobaev v. Alpha Contracting III, LLC, PICS Case No. 16-0665 (Pa. Super. May 18, 2016) (memorandum) Mundy, J. (14 pages).

The trial court did not err in failing to consider whether another county would have been the preferable jurisdiction to coordinate workplace accident negligence actions where opposing party did not argue whether one jurisdiction would have been preferable to the other, instead focusing solely on the issue of whether cases should have been consolidated. Order of the trial court affirmed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Family Secures $6M Settlement in Boy's Pool Death

The parents of a 14-year-old boy who drowned in an apartment complex pool have agreed to a $6 million settlement with the complex owner, property manager and pool safety and management contractor.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Villongco v. Tompkins Square Bagels

Employer Granted Dismissal of Personal Injury Suit, Not Liable for Negligent Hiring
3 minute read

The Recorder

Doe v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles

4 minute read

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