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The Legal Intelligencer

Spoliation as a Liability Lifeline

Many cases are ultimately won or lost because of early preparation or lack thereof. Spoliation can be a key to winning a liability case where there appears to be no apparent strong theory. This is especially true in premises liability cases, where relevant evidence is lost or destroyed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Monaco v. Temple Univ., PICS Case No. 15-0829 (Pa. Super. May 22, 2015) (memorandum) Fitzgerald, J. (33 pages).

The trial court did not err in allowing plaintiff to elicit from defendant's housekeeping employee testimony regarding certain anti-slip strips on steps other than those where plaintiff fell because the witness was allowed to testify as to the facts he observed. Affirmed.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Restaurant Wins Defense Verdict After Diner's Fall

Frieda Battipaglia v. Chuck Wagon Restaurant LLC: An elderly woman who fell while entering a popular Litchfield County restaurant and shattered her hip and shoulder was unable to convince a jury that the restaurant should be liable for her injuries.
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New York Law Journal

Chong v. Target Corp.

Fact Issues Exist on Target Store's Constructive Notice of Liquid Where Shopper Slipped, Fell
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New York Law Journal

Ezzard v. One East River Place Realty Company, LLC

Res Ipsa Loquitur Applies to Woman's Mislevel Claim Against Firm That Maintained Elevator
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New Jersey Law Journal

$500,000 for Injury From Trip on Stairs

A woman allegedly injured in a fall on the stairs of an apartment complex settled her case for $500,000.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Convenience Store Murder Leads to Unusual Negligence Claim

It was a particularly heinous crime. A husband and father who ran an East Hartford convenience store was shot to death during a robbery. The man arrested for the killing, Kezlyn Mendez, was sentenced to 55 years behind bars.
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Daily Report Online

Security Guard Wounded During Shooting Spree Sues FedEx

The security guard grievously injured by a close-range shotgun blast at the FedEx facility in Kennesaw last year has sued the delivery company in Gwinnett County Superior Court, claiming that the 19-year-old employee who shot six people had told a superior that he was hearing voices and "felt like he was going crazy" before the shootings.
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Daily Business Review

$7.3 Million in Settlements Go to Driver Paralyzed on Construction Site

Attorneys overcome workers' compensation immunity to win a combined $7.3 million settlements after a delivery driver was paralyzed in a 20-foot fall.
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Daily Business Review

Lauderdale Lawyer Helps Landlord Escape Liability for Disabled Bar Worker

It wasn't an easy case to make, but attorney Gary Baumann helps exonerate a landlord staring down a $109 million premises liability lawsuit.
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