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Tossing $5M Verdict, Court Tries to Clarify When Defense Can Blame a Third Party

Defendants in civil cases have won an important victory at the Georgia Court of Appeals, which attempted to clarify how defendants can blame plaintiffs' injuries on third parties who have not been sued.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Premises Liability Suit Over Window Fall Is Restored

Residents of a student boarding house had no obligation to supervise an 18-year-old college freshman who got drunk at their party and fell out a second floor window, an appellate court has held, but should have ensured the house was free of open and obvious dangers.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Sanchez-Guardiola v. Philadelphia, PICS Case No. 14-0436 (Pa. Commw. March 10, 2014) Simpson, J. (14 pages).

By | April 01, 2014
Governmental Immunity • Real Property • Personal Property
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

School Not Liable for Dog Attack On Its Grounds During Weekend

A school district was not liable to a woman attacked by a stray dog on its property on a weekend, since there was no duty of care to protect her, the New Jersey Supreme Court says.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cornell, Ithaca Face Trial Over Student's Suicide

The family of Bradley Ginsburg argued that the 2006 rebuilding of the Thurston Avenue Bridge, from which Ginsburg leapt to his death in February 2010, gave the school and the city the perfect opportunity to redesign the span to deter jumpers.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Case Tests if, For Want of a Tree, A Fallen-Limb Injury Suit Was Lost

Removing a tree that allegedly had spawned an errant limb that fell on a passing motorist may or may not have been spoliation of evidence, a New Jersey appeals court says in an instructive opinion.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawsuit Alleges Lax Security Led to Shooting Death of Lawyer at Mall

A lawsuit over the carjacking that took the life of a young lawyer at a posh New Jersey mall accuses the owners of skimping on security even though the upscale customers who shop there tend to drive the kinds of luxury vehicles that attract such crimes.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Muldrow v. Southeastern Pa. Transp. Auth., PICS Case No. 14-0353 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 26, 2014) Covey, J. (10 pages).

By | March 18, 2014
Liability • Immunity • "Commonwealth Agency" • SEPTA
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dram Shop Update: Extent of Liability for Serving Liquor

Kevin G. Faley and Andrea M. Alonso, partners of Morris Duffy Alonso & Faley, write that recently, courts in New York have been limiting the extent of personal liability for injuries that result from another's intoxication, but upholding stricter rules on the public taverns and commercial establishments that serve alcohol.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Prioleau v. Kentucky Fried Chicken, Inc.

By | March 05, 2014
Mode Of Operation Liability Does Not Necessarily Apply To Fast-Food Restaurant
3 minute read

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