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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

U.S. Fifth Circuit Sends Premises Liability Question to Texas Supreme Court

The Fifth Circuit, leaning in plaintiffs' favor, noted the Texas Supreme Court has indicated negligent undertaking may be a remedy in some circumstances.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Common Law Liability at Construction Sites and the 'Launching a Force' Test

"The 'Espinal' court never gave any reason why its three-prong test was better, fairer or more logical than the Restatement formulation," writes Brian J. Shoot.
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