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The Recorder

Daza v. Los Angeles Community College District

3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Johnson v. Phila. Hous. Auth., PICS Case No. 16-0553 (C.P. Philadelphia April 5, 2016) Sarmina, J. (23 pages).

In this personal injury action, where plaintiff failed to prove housing authority had a duty to provide her with a fire extinguisher, defendant's motion for nonsuit based on sovereign immunity was proper, and her other allegations of error were meritless. Nonsuit for defendant should be affirmed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Antonas v. Vassiliades, PICS Case No. 16-0564 (Pa. Super. April 22, 2016) (memorandum) Ott, J. (9 pages).

Trial court properly dismissed appellant's garnishment action against insurance company after he was awarded $300,000 in the underlying third-party tort action because appellant's issues on appeal were waived by not being addressed in his rule 1925(b) statement, the documents he presented contained nothing but hearsay, and the trial court provided ample reasons for its discovery sanction order. Affirmed.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Flores v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital

5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Letter: In Defense of the Vaccine Court

The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 has been an amazing success, but as it turns 30, some adjustments may be in order, a former attorney for the United States with some responsibility for vaccine compensation issues writes.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tavarez v. Maxwell Plumb Mechanical Corp.

Defendants Denied Partial Summary Judgment Dismissing Mother's Zone-of-Danger Claims
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Live Face on Web, LLC v. Five Boro Mold Specialist Inc.

Alleged Defamatory Statements Expressed Opinion But Infringement Claim Survives
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

First Department's 3-2 Rulings: Fault Lines of the Law

In his Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian J. Shoot discusses recent cases illustrating issues on which courts continue to disagree: availability of a "sole proximate cause" defense when defendants claim injured workers were provided alternative means of performing the elevated work, the burden of proof in a fall from an unsecured but non-defective ladder, and whether a plaintiff's deliberate use of an closed A-frame ladder is the "sole proximate cause" of an accident or mere comparative negligence.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Hernandez v. Asoli

Workers' Compensation Law Precludes Employee's Negligence Suit Against Employers
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Scuteri v. 7318 13th Ave. Corp.

Evidence Insufficient to Show Alleged Defect Trivial, Non-Actionable Against Property Owners
2 minute read

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