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Woman Sues Airbnb Over Hidden Camera

Complaint says company should be held responsible for allowing her and her partner to be recorded.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Concrete Decision: 'Qian' and the Evolution of Sidewalk Liability

The N.J. Supreme Court recently addressed the question of what duty a common-interest community association owes with respect to keeping its private walkways reasonably safe.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Walker v. City of Pittsburgh, PICS Case No. 15-1804 (C.P. Allegheny Oct. 28, 2015) Hertzberg, J. (6 pages).

By | December 15, 2015
Although the city's failure to file a motion for posttrial relief constituted a waiver of its appeal, the court addressed its allegations of error in this tort action and found the city had sufficient notice of the dangerous condition to have remedied it, plaintiff's photographs were evidence of notice, the pain and suffering damage award was appropriate, and plaintiff's failure to give notice did not bar her claim. Judgement should be affirmed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Borre v. W. End Health & Fitness Club, PICS CASE No. 15-1796 (C.P. Monroe Sept. 29, 2015) Zulick, J. (8 pages).

By | December 15, 2015
Defendant failed to file timely motion to join additional defendant where plaintiff provided her identity to defendant's insurance adjuster before suit was filed.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

School District Fails to Rebut Negligent Supervision Claim

A Nassau County school district failed to prove that it did not have a duty to supervise a football player who was injured before practice when he and other players were catapulting each other off of a blocking sled, an appeals court ruled.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Clandestine Recordings of IMEs Rejected by Second Department

Robert D. Lang writes: Few decisions in recent years have sparked as much heated controversy between plaintiffs and defense counsel as the question of secret recordings of independent medical examinations. Now that the Second Department has decided the issue, there should be a welcome return to the previous levels of some degree of civility between the plaintiff and the defense bar.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plumber Injured in Freight Elevator Reaches Settlement

A man whose left hand was crushed in the 600-pound doors of a freight elevator, leaving him unable to use it, reached a $3 million settlement with Hatfield Quality Meats Inc.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Weinrich v. Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Inc., PICS Case No. 15-1743 (C.P. Lehigh Aug. 14, 2015) Reichley, J. (10 pages).

By | December 08, 2015
Outstanding factual issues concerning whether six months after execution of the release was a reasonable period of time for it to remain effective and whether defendant had constructive notice of the alleged dangerous condition on the go-kart track. The court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment in this personal injury action.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Court Narrowly Affirms $3.7M Verdict Against Dental Clinic Over Molestation

In a 4-3 decision, the Georgia Court of Appeals has affirmed a $3.7 million verdict awarded earlier this year to a women who was molested while sedated in a dentist's office.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals: Infant's Family Settles Product Liability Suit for $7.25 Million in Morris Co.

The family of a weeks-old infant who asphyxiated in an allegedly faulty infant carrier was paid a $7.25 million settlement Dec. 1 in Estate of Bethea v. Infantino LLC.
4 minute read

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