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$6M Settlement: Litigators Circumvent Insurers' Exclusion

Less than two years after a stray bullet killed a sleeping child inside her Griffin apartment, plaintiff counsel with Butler Kahn and Mabra Law and defense counsel with Drew Eckl & Farnham negotiated a $6 million wrongful-death settlement.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Brogdon: The Final Nail in Corbin’s Coffin in Premises Cases

In Albertsons v. Mohammadi last year, the Texas Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin of Corbin v. Safeway Stores, its seminal 1983 premises law precedent.
8 minute read

Law.com

A Jury to Determine Whether Stairs Were Defectively Designed in Injury Case, State Appellate Court Rules

The appellate court reversed a summary judgment decision in favor of the university's board of regents as the disputes remained over whether the stairs were defectively designed, and if that defect caused the plaintiff's injury.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Awards $15M to Woman Who Slipped on Apartment Building Stairs

The jury determined Dec. 20 that the building’s owner and property manager were responsible for the plaintiff’s injuries, despite the defendants’ arguments that they had only taken charge of the building two weeks before the accident.
4 minute read

Law.com

'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."
5 minute read

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.
6 minute read

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

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