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Settlement Reached Following Worker's Degloving Injury

By | December 17, 2013
An aluminum production factory worker who suffered a degloving and partial amputation of several fingers after his hand was sucked into a paint applicator machine has agreed to settle his claim with the machine's alleged manufacturer and installer for $800,000.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Discovery Opening in Coordinated Asiana Crash Litigation

Discovery is set to begin in nearly 50 lawsuits over last summer's Asiana Airlines Inc. crash after a judicial panel coordinated them for pretrial purposes before a federal judge in San Francisco.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

PERSONAL INJURY: 'Stowers' and Multiple Defendants

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's opinion in Pride Transportation v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co. (2013) clarifies the Stowers duties of an insurance carrier that's defending multiple defendants under one insurance policy, and it also gives plaintiffs additional Stowers leverage in many multidefendant cases.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

East Haven Police Blamed In $12 Million Verdict

A high school senior whose life was forever altered in 2006 when he was struck by a truck and thrown 20 feet in the air was awarded $12.2 million by a New Haven jury. With interest stemming from an earlier settlement offer, the verdict will cost the town of East Haven $15.85 million.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Settlement Talks Opening in Toyota Death, Injury Claims

Lawyers for Toyota Motor Corp. have taken a step toward settling hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of drivers injured or killed in accidents blamed on sudden, unintended acceleration, according to court documents.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Guide to the Elements of a Portee Claim

Witnessing the death or serious injury of a loved one: an in-depth analysis of the Portee claim, its elements and the supporting case law.
16 minute read

New York Law Journal

Obituary: Howard Borowick

Personal injury lawyer Howard Borowick, who built his career representing union workers, died Dec. 7 after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 58.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Who Paid Up? It's Confidential

Contentious cases resolved by confidential settlements are nothing new. The Daily Report was skewered during the Atlanta Bar Association's Bard Show last month by a parody headline in the faux "Occasional Report" trumpeting "Two Undisclosed Parties Mediate a Settlement for an Undisclosed Amount."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Fortois v. Elliot & Assoc., PICS Case No. 13-3191 (C.P. Monroe Oct. 7, 2013) Zulick, J. (8 pages).

By | December 10, 2013
Personal Injury • Downhill Waters Discharge • Common Enemy Doctrine • Artificial Diversion • Unreasonable Increase in Quantity • Failure to Respond
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The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Sides With Hospital in Delayed-Diagnosis Case

By | December 10, 2013
A Philadelphia jury sided with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in a medical malpractice suit in which the legal guardian of a minor with cerebral palsy accused the hospital of failing to timely diagnose the child's mother with preeclampsia during her pregnancy.
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