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Cansino v. Bank of America

By | March 27, 2014
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

When divorce splits a family, lawyer's book can help children cope

"We can't, as parents, control everything that affects us in our lives. ... But our one thing we can control is our expression of love to our children," said Kerry Lance McGill.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

$300,000 Settlement Ends Lawsuit Over Bucking Horse

Buster, the bucking horse who broke a woman's back, cost his owners $300,000 in a settlement after an ad revealed he was less than a gentleman.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cornell, Ithaca Face Trial Over Student's Suicide

The family of Bradley Ginsburg argued that the 2006 rebuilding of the Thurston Avenue Bridge, from which Ginsburg leapt to his death in February 2010, gave the school and the city the perfect opportunity to redesign the span to deter jumpers.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Case Tests if, For Want of a Tree, A Fallen-Limb Injury Suit Was Lost

Removing a tree that allegedly had spawned an errant limb that fell on a passing motorist may or may not have been spoliation of evidence, a New Jersey appeals court says in an instructive opinion.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

State Bar Hits Two Houston Lawyers With Barratry Allegations

"I'm looking forward to vigorously defending myself. I'm very confident that this is a very baseless charge and allegations against me, and I feel confident that I will be able to maintain my law license once I have my day in court," said State Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Shoulder Injury Results In $100,000 Jury Verdict

Jack Arisian v. 21st Century Insurance Co.: A man whose vehicle was hit head-on by a driver who ran a stop sign was recently awarded $100,000 by a Waterbury jury. Jack Arisian, now 83, of Watertown, was driving on Northfield Road in Watertown at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 12, 2010 when another vehicle ran a stop sign and smashed head-on into Arisian's car.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Rejects Battery Claim Over Wearing of Fake Nails

A nursing supervisor's grab at the wrist of a surgical technician to ensure she wearing fake nails did not present prima facie claims of assault and battery, said a Brooklyn appellate court.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Cuts Record $166M Verdict Against N.J. Child Protection Agency

New Jersey's largest jury verdict in a personal injury case, $166 million handed up last year in the case of an infant who was beaten and permanently disabled after state child-protection workers left him with an abusive father has been pared down to $102 million.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Fight Against Medical Monitoring Actions

Medical monitoring actions raise many questions about fundamental principles of tort law and how to weigh the costs and benefits of medical monitoring for groups of people who are not sick and may never become sick.
7 minute read

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