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Punitive Damages Claim Can Proceed In Suit Over Lawyer's Killing at Mall

The widow of a New Jersey lawyer shot to death during a carjacking will be allowed to seek punitive damages from the upscale mall where the homicide occurred, along with the mall security company and other defendants, a state judge rules.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Allen v. Liberman

3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Mesothelioma Claim Fails for Lack of Causation Proof

From 1977 to 1979, plaintiff Joseph Salerno studied auto and diesel mechanics at his Philadelphia-area high school's vocational-technical program.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Haver v. BNSF Railway Co.

3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Won't Order Story Off of Lawyer's Website

A Fulton County judge has refused to order an attorney representing the family of a young girl sexually assaulted and murdered at a Canton apartment complex to remove a news article of the crime from his website.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Duties Of Contracted Security Companies Are Clearly Defined

There are dire consequences for business owners who fail to enact common-sense measures to secure their property, and these consequences can destroy the lives of their customers and employees, writes attorney Todd Michaels.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida's Premises Security Law Is Well-Defined

While Florida has well-developed premises security law, insurance carriers would like bright-line standards by which they could avoid all liability for failing to provide reasonable security, writes attorney John Elliott Leighton.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Low Crime Or High Crime, Owners Have Same Duty

Property owners owe the same duty to all customers to maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition and warn of hidden dangers whether it is a high-crime or low-crime environment, writes attorney Samuel A. Coffey.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Rules for Worker Denied Safe Equipment

Bloomingdale's Inc. is liable to a carpenter who fell off a ladder in the company's Manhattan store after a supervisor refused to let him use a portable scaffold, a state appeals panel has ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Clearing Snow and Ice: The 'Storm-in-Progress' Rule

In their Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner and Gail S. Kelner write: As the weather turns warmer and balmier, it is the perfect time to conjure up memories of winter past and talk about the "storm-in-progress" rule. Under this rule, there is no duty imposed upon a landowner to remove snow and ice while the winds are howling and the sleet and snow are pouring down.
13 minute read

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