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New York Law Journal

Injury Suit Involving Trapdoor Stairway Dismissed

Stairs leading from sidewalk trapdoors to basements, common throughout New York City, are not "interior stairs" under the city's building code, making it legal to obstruct them with a conveyor belt in order to unload merchandise, a Bronx state judge has ruled.
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Daily Report Online

Irony in Six Flags Case and EEOC Push Not to Screen Hires With Arrests

By | December 02, 2013
I appreciated Sheryl Jaffee Halpern's On Topic article concerning the EEOC's aggressive pursuit of some companies over the use of criminal conviction records in making hiring decisions ("EEOC: Using arrest or conviction records in hiring decisions requires caution," Nov. 20).
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The Legal Intelligencer

Case Over Paralyzed College Student's 20-Foot Fall Settles

By | November 26, 2013
A case involving a college student who was paralyzed after she fell 20 feet through a skylight has settled for $11.6 million.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Case Over College Student's Fall Settles for $11.6 Mil.

A case involving a college student who was paralyzed after she fell 20 feet through a skylight has settled for $11.6 million.
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The Legal Intelligencer

City Not Liable for Man's Slip and Fall

By | November 05, 2013
On Feb. 4, 2005, plaintiff Ronald Tompko, 68, a retired firefighter, was descending the right side of the handicap ramp of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., city hall when he was allegedly caused to slip on a patch of ice and fall. Tompko allegedly sustained a knee injury.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Quick Chek Store Not Liable for Slip on Phone Card on Sidewalk

A New Jersey appeals court refuses to extend a doctrine that can eliminate the need for a plaintiff in a premises-liability case to prove the defendant's knowledge of a dangerous condition.
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