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Hospital Wins Right to Place Liens on Patients' Injury Suits

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday scuttled a lawsuit against an Augusta hospital over its collection practices, rejecting a patient's attempt to test the limits of the state's lien laws.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein

2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Four Trial Lawyers Unite in Rare All-Women Plaintiffs Firm

Four women trial lawyers have banded together to start a plaintiffs firm, Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward—a notable development in the plaintiffs bar, which is still predominantly male.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Takata MDL Plaintiffs to Get 5 Lead Counsel, 2 Liaison Counsel

In a move cheered by the local plaintiffs bar, U.S. Judge Federico Moreno in Miami issues an order for five lead plaintiffs counsel and two liaison counsel in the Takata air bag multi-district litigaiton.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former Firefighter Settles Equipment Failure Suit

A former firefighter who laid in burning wreckage for 20 minutes while other firemen tried to find him has reached a $10.6 million settlement with a safety equipment manufacturer.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Meals v. Port Authority Trans Hudson: $3.75M for PATH Worker Hurt on Tracks

By | February 25, 2015
The second-highest workplace injury result was a $3.75 million verdict in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey obtained by attorney Marc Wietzke on behalf of a PATH track maintenance worker who was struck in the eye by a metal washer.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Ceglie v. JGK: $5.8M for Construction Site Accident

By | February 25, 2015
The largest workplace injury result in 2014 was a $5.8 million verdict obtained by attorney Robert Papa Jr. on behalf of a construction worker who was injured when he stepped into a hole in the floor of a building he was working on.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Galeno v. NJ Transit: $6.5M for Woman Who Lost Leg in Bus Accident

By | February 25, 2015
The second-largest public liability result in 2014 was a $6.5 million settlement in Essex County obtained by attorney John O'Dwyer on behalf of a woman who lost her leg after she was hit by an NJ Transit bus.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Baker v. NJ Transit: $17M Verdict For Woman Run Over by Bus

By | February 25, 2015
The largest public liability result in 2014 was a $17 million verdict in Essex County obtained by William Greenberg and Lawrence Minasian on behalf of a woman permanently injured when she was run over by a bus.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Tufaro v. Schindler: $8M for Elevator Injury

By | February 25, 2015
The largest products liability result in 2014 was obtained by attorneys Andrew Fraser and Timothy Dinan: In Tufaro v. Schindler, a New Jersey carpenter who saw his $4 million award for injuries in a 2005 elevator accident overturned on appeal won $8 million on retrial.
3 minute read

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