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'It's Got to Be a Wake-Up Call:' Atlanta Attorney Hopes $16M Verdict Spurs Training Changes at Hotels

"It's still shocking how often this happens," L. Chris Stewart of Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys in Atlanta said. "Key card security should be the number one measure if you work at that front desk, above anything else. The key cards are the priority, and it's not being taken as seriously as it should."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Slip-and-Fall Suit Cleared to Proceed Against Kalahari Indoor Waterpark

The judge denied the water park's attempts to dismiss a negligence suit after a guest claimed he slipped and fell on a set of stairs that were allegedly covered with mold and algae.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Investigation of a Negligent Security Case Post-HB 837

Completing a thorough investigation early on provides a strategic advantage, and the ability to push a case forward that will undoubtedly be beneficial to your client and your case. This means that relying on investigative means outside of traditional discovery is not an option, it is a necessity.
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Daily Report Online

'Don't You Give the Defense a Discount': Gwinnett Jury Returns $2M Verdict Against Hotel

"We felt confident that the jury would side with us and confirm what we always believed—the hotel bore the full responsibility for putting our client in that dangerous position," said plaintiff counsel Tyler Schermerhorn of The Schermerhorn Firm in Atlanta.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Which Comes First: Discretionary or Interlocutory Appeal? High Court Tackles Procedural Dispute

"For you to prevail, I think you need to be able to show that the renewal action is the same 'the case' in which the voluntary dismissal was filed," Presiding Justice Nels S. D. Peterson told appellee counsel during oral arguments.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Waterbury Jury Awards $3.9M: 'We Didn't Have a Slam Dunk Here'

"He doesn't really know what happened," plaintiff counsel Maria Cahill said of her client.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

$1,575 Daily Interest Is Being Added in This Landmark Miami Case

"This is the largest verdict against a cruise line that I am aware of," said civil trial attorney John "Jack" Hickey, who is not connected to the case.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Unable to See Her Feet': $8.5M Verdict Awarded Against Midtown Condo & Georgia Power

"While we regret the plaintiff was injured and even though Georgia Power was only found to be responsible for 5% of the damages, the company still believes the claims against it are without merit and we are evaluating next steps," said defense counsel Meghan Pieler of Balch & Bingham.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Current State of New Jersey's Arbitrary Sidewalk Liability Law

Since the New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Stewart v. 104 Wallace St., 87 N.J. 146 (1981), commercial property owners have owed a duty to maintain…
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Trapped in the Floor': $5.25M Settlement Reached Years After Tenant's Death

"Perhaps it is not tort reform that we need but insurance reform," said plaintiff counsel Cash Krugler Fredericks partners Alwyn Fredericks. "Insurance companies should fairly assess and resolve cases on the front end as opposed to crying foul when a jury hammers them for not doing their jobs."
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