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New York Law Journal

Court Preserves Racial Discrimination Claims Against NYC Law Department

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Hasa Kingo disagreed with the Law Department's argument that comments at issue in the lawsuit are not racist in nature and that they "speak to a deeply historical invidious racial animus."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court Lets Drunk Drivers Take the Fifth After Drinking a Fifth

"Although the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination is not absolute, the Texas Supreme Court found it trumps the discovery needs of civil litigants, even if the privilege effectively bars a civil action from proceeding forward," according to Quentin Brogdon of Crain Brogdon.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Wang Hecker Wins $25M CVA Judgment on Behalf of Client Abused by Her Brother

The Wang Hecker law firm won a $25 million judgment on behalf of its client who, under New York's Child Victims Act, sued her brother on allegations…
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Industrial Products Company Hit With Products Liability Suit Over Drill's Lack of Safety Precautions

Attorneys with Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky filed the Oct. 22 suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Logan Freiermuth.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Transit Bus Crash With Allegedly Parked Vehicle Nets $1.1 Million Settlement

The defense argued that the physical evidence contradicted the plaintiff's version of events.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Where the Hawaii Wildfire Cases Stand

This article discusses Hawaii wildfires and Camp Lejeune settlements. "In August of 2023, several wildfires broke out in Maui, Hawaii. There were over 100 confirmed deaths due to the fires." "President Biden signed the honoring our PACT Act of 2022, Pub. L. 117–168,136 Stat. 1759 (2022) into law on Aug. 10, 2022. Section 804, the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 ("CLJA"), creates a new federal cause of action for anyone who was exposed to the water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for no less than 30 days between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987. "
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Orders Rudy Giuliani to Cede Assets to Cover $150 Million Defamation Judgment

In addition to his Manhattan penthouse, the former mayor must transfer control of approximately 20 watches, furniture, and a 1980 Mercedes Benz to Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea' ArShaye "Shaye" Moss.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Federal Jury Returns $850,000 Verdict

"Because it had been so long since Mr. Balla got a surgical recommendation, we didn't think he was going to go through with it and have his surgery," defense counsel Michael Kenney of Freeman Mathis & Gary said. "The jury found it persuasive that the real reason he put it off is because he's a sole proprietor, an owner-operator trucker, and he was basically waiting until he just couldn't wait any longer to have the surgery."
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sean Combs' Defense Team Asks Judge to Bar Civil Lawyers From Speaking on Criminal Case

"Unless and until the government identifies its prospective witnesses and victims, Mr. Combs has no choice but to assume that each accuser—no matter how frivolous or outlandish their allegations—is a prospective witness," the defense letter reads.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Carter Mario Obtains $250K Settlement for Injured Teen

"If they didn't tender the policy quickly and allowed my demand to lapse, then it would have been very easy for us to secure a bad-faith claim," Isaias Diaz of Carter Mario said.
3 minute read

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