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The American Lawyer

Ex-Debevoise Litigator Takes On NYC's Mean Streets

Five years after leaving his big law career behind, 51-year-old Steve Vaccaro is leading the legal charge for bicyclist and pedestrian rights in New York.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers, Guns and Money Marked Pa. Federal Ct. Action

Pennsylvania's federal courts typically deal with a myriad of issues on a day-to-day basis, but a string of notable cases spanning the state's three federal districts this year had themes that may be reminiscent of a 1978 Warren Zevon song.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

3rd District Court of Appeal Overturns Decision to Increase Jury Award

A Miami-Dade jury was right to award just $5,000 in pain and suffering damages to a man who broke his neck because he healed unusually fast, an appellate court ruled Wednesday.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cannariato v. Fernwood Resort, PICS Case No. 15-1857 (C.P. Monroe June 16, 2015) Higgins, J. (6 pages).

By | December 29, 2015
Plaintiff may not amend her complaint to include her employer as a defendant in her personal injury action.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Haas v. Reinert, PICS Case No. 15-1876 (Pa. Super. Dec. 14, 2015) (memorandum) Fitzgerald, J. (12 pages).

By | December 29, 2015
The trial court's sanction of precluding plaintiff of presenting any evidence on liability or damages was disproportionate for plaintiff's failure to respond to certain interrogatories related to the operation of his motorcycle or his tax records. Summary judgment and discovery sanctions vacated, case remanded.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Mitchell v. Superior Court (Johnson)

By | December 23, 2015
2 minute read

The Recorder

Hernandezcueva v. E. F. Brady Company, Inc.

By | December 23, 2015
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Coyle v. Amber Steakhouse, PICS CASE No. 151821 (C.P. Monroe July 7, 2015) Williamson, J. (6 pages).

By | December 22, 2015
Personal injury complaint reinstated due to lack of notice of termination, notwithstanding death of key witness.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Defendant Denied Access to Plaintiff's Facebook Photos

A 4-1 panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, blocked access to most of a personal injury plaintiff's Facebook postings sought by the defendant, saying "unbridled disclosure of such information, based merely on speculation that some relevant information might be found, is the very type of 'fishing expedition' that cannot be countenanced."
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Says Third Party Can Sue Hospital in MedMal Case

A driver hit by a woman impaired by opioid medications administered by a hospital emergency room doctor less than two hours before the accident can sue the doctor and the hospital because they failed to warn the patient that driving would be hazardous, a divided Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
5 minute read

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