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Panel OKs Suit Alleging Hospital Disregarded Advance Directive

A panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals has given the green light to a lawsuit over an Augusta hospital's alleged disregard of a patient's instructions to withhold certain lifesaving measures should her condition become dire.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Removes Instructor From Suit Over Plane Crash

An appeals court has removed a skydiving instructor as a defendant in a personal injury suit filed by a woman who was injured when the small plane she was to have jumped out of crashed on takeoff.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Smith v. Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., PICS Case No. 15-0955 (C.P. Monroe April 28, 2015) Williamson, J. (5 pages)

Summary judgment was inappropriate in this personal injury case where genuine issues of material fact remained as to whether a defect existed in defendant's equipment and if so, whether the defect was a substantial factor in causing plaintiff's injury.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Litt v. Eisenhower Medical Center

3 minute read

National Law Journal

Trustee Talks Strategy in Tainted-Steroids Settlement

Drugs from the now-defunct New England Compounding Center (NECC) have been linked to 64 deaths and 751 injuries. In an interview, Chapter 11 trustee Paul Moore spoke about the challenges of obtaining a $211 million partial settlement.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suit by Student Hurt in Lab Can Proceed, Judge Says

A Long Island judge has ruled that enough unresolved questions of fact exist to deny Cornell University summary judgment in a suit brought by a high school student injured during a summer study program on campus.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Couple Not Liable for Power Washer's Injuries, Judge Says

Although the injured worker noted a certificate of incorporation for a domestic professional corporation at the subject address, Justice Thomas Feinman said the "power washing relates to the residential use of the home" and the homeowners qualified for a "scaffold law" exemption.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Man Hit by Train Gains Access to Accident Video

A man who was severely injured after being hit by a CSX freight train can have access to the railroad's video surveillance recordings, but a federal judge has ruled that he may not share it outside of the courtroom.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Faults Unrestricted Access to Facebook Page

A unanimous First Department panel called "overbroad" a court's order that a plaintiff allegedly injured by falling construction debris provide defendants with "access to all of his post-accident Facebook postings."
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$15.6M Verdict Stands in Case Against Toyota Dealers

In declining to hear argument in a personal injury case against Toyota dealerships, the state Supreme Court has allowed a $15.6 million verdict against the car company to stand.
5 minute read

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