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The Legal Intelligencer

Toyota Forklift Seller Not Liable for Lack of Safety Features

A Toyota retailer that sold a forklift without safety features to a warehouse is not liable for the injuries of a worker who was struck by the forklift, a federal judge has ruled.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

$11 Million Award Goes to Women Hurt in Drag Race Crash

Two Colson Hicks Eidson attorneys won an $11 million verdict for two women injured by a driver who was allegedly drag-racing.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Case Against Private Health Insurance Liens in Personal Injury

Few things are more frustrating than the moment you have to explain the concept of a health insurance lien to a personal injury client. Having not read or understood the legalese in the fine print of their insurance policies, the usual and natural reaction is, "What do you mean I have to pay them back?" With some restraint, my response is always the same: "I'm equally thrown by it, but that's just the way it works."
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals: Woman Settles Monmouth County Slip-and-Fall Suit for $2 Million

A woman who suffered back injuries after falling in an icy parking lot agreed to a $2 million settlement of her Monmouth County slip-and-fall suit Oct. 1.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Regents of University of California v. Superior Court (Rosen)

By | October 07, 2015
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Panel Hears Amtrak Derailment MDL Argument in NYC

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation heard arguments in New York City on Thursday on the largely undisputed bid to consolidate cases stemming from the May 12 train derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200.
5 minute read

The Recorder

J.M. v. Huntington Beach Union High School District

By | October 01, 2015
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Takata Air Bag MDL Judge Denies Stay, Sets Dismissal Hearing

U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno won't delay the air bag multidistrict litigation while the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration looks into allegations of product defects, deaths and injuries.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Milton Home Sys. Inc. v. Sur Dev. and Build., Inc., PICS Case No. 15-1463 (C.P. Philadelphia July 28, 2015) McInerney, J. (20 pages).

By | September 29, 2015
Maryland substantive law applied in this contribution case regarding whether the injured party was contributorily negligent and/or assumed the risk of injury.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Personal Injury

By | September 22, 2015
Articles on Federal Pre-emption of State Products Liability Law, When Will a Liability Waiver Prevent Recovery?, Corporate Settlement Mills and Victim Compensation, and Products Liability Cases Arising From Holiday Fires.
1 minute read

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