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The Legal Intelligencer

Representing Immigrant Workers in Personal Injury Claims

According to recent statistics, there are between 6.4 and 8 million people who entered the country illegally and are a part of the U.S. labor force. The type of work performed by these workers is often very dangerous—they commonly work in the areas of construction, agriculture and manufacturing. Statistically, these workers comprise approximately 6 percent of the civilian workforce while suffering nearly 10 percent of work-related injuries.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Defense Verdict on Motorcyclist's $14M Request for Damages

The Florida Department of Transportation and companies responsible for a Key Largo utility box defeated the lawsuit filed by a motorcyclist who crashed into the box on a grass median in Key Largo.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Cybersecurity Class Actions Remain a Concern

'Cybersecurity issues are the last place we should want to see class actions proliferate,' attorney Amar Sarwal says.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices Rule 5-2 That Worker's Comp Doesn't Prevent Apportionment

Still debating the reach of the state's 10-year-old apportionment statute, a divided Georgia Supreme Court on Monday held that workers' compensation law does not prevent defendants in a tort suit from trying to shift blame to the employer of a plaintiff who is injured on the job.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Court Rules That Police Officer Who Kicked In Door Can't Sue Homeowner

Should police officers and firefighters be permitted to sue people they encounter in the line of duty for negligent acts?
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Products Liability Cases Arising From Holiday Fires

Holiday celebrations also lead to an unfortunate increase in fires.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Trooper Secures Verdict in Crash With Drunken Driver

By | November 17, 2015
A 12-member jury awarded a Pennsylvania state trooper $1.44 million after a drunken driver struck his car on Route 422 in Montgomery County.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Pre-emption of State Products Liability Law

Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Wyeth v. Levine and Pliva v. Mensing, two important pre-emption decisions in the mass tort realm, there has been increased interest in pre-emption of state law claims.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

When Will a Liability Waiver Prevent Recovery?

A family of four goes to a ball game, a carnival, a circus, a concert or any other type of event that requires the purchase of a ticket.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Summary Judgment Motions Dismissed in Tylenol MDL

A federal judge has denied Tylenol maker and Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeill Consumer Healthcare's motions to toss the bellwether case in the Tylenol multidistrict litigation based in Philadelphia.
5 minute read

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