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New Jersey Law Journal

Expanding Sidewalk Law Liability: Judicial Prerogative or Legislative Priority?

The dissent argues that expansion of the "Stewart/Abraham" "legal principle" should rest solely with the Legislature.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Walmart Ordered to Pay $1.2M by State Jury for Employee-Caused Injury in Georgia Store

According to a Monday press release by Morgan & Morgan, plaintiff Tammy Callihan declined Walmart's highest settlement offer of $350,000 before being awarded the seven-figure verdict.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Beasley Allen Attorneys to Represent Family in Wrongful Death Suit Following Atlanta Nightclub Shooting

"It is incomprehensible how they allowed this armed person to enter, remain, and cause the type of devastating harm that he did given their knowledge of what previously took place there," plaintiffs' counsel with Beasley Allen Law Firm said in a statement.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defense: Manufacturing Defect Caused Chair to Flip

On March 18, 2018, plaintiff Dolores Ann Donnelly, 53, a nurse, was reclining in a chair at Abington Memorial Hospital. She claimed that the chair, which was manufactured by Nemschoff Chairs Inc., flipped backward and landed on top of her.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Awards $1.8M, Not Rejected $60K, for Broken Pinky Finger

"If you have a good client and a corporate defendant that has not preserved evidence or has mishandled evidence, then a case with bad facts can become a strong case," claimed lead plaintiff counsel Drew Gilliland.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

'I'm Having Trouble Seeing That': Panel Eyes Combat Doctrine in Premises Liability Case

"The mutual combat doctrine arose back in the mid-1990s. And since that period of time, there have been maybe seven or eight cases that have worked their way through the appellate courts," the plaintiff-appellants argued. "All those cases have one thing in common. The combatants … had absolutely no connection whatsoever with the establishment."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

No Dangerous Condition Existed in Front of Store: Defense

On Aug. 29, 2021, plaintiff Terry Harris, a woman in her late 50s, tripped and fell while entering a Dollar World in Philadelphia. She suffered a knee fracture.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Auto Repair Shop Failed to Clear Black Ice, Plaintiff Alleged

On Dec. 18, 2020, plaintiff Charo Simpson, 50, slipped and fell at Lykon Automotive, an automobile repair shop in Bristol. She claimed neck, arm, ankle and foot injuries.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Jurors Return $3.5M Verdict to Immigrant's Family

Jurors also heard evidence that, although management reported crimes on premises to the owner, management did not warn the residents.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Landlord Agrees to $6M Settlement With Woman Assaulted in Phila. Office Building

"The reality is, but for the negligent security, the attacker couldn't have done what he did. Had proper security been in place, he wouldn't have gotten that far," Kline & Specter partner Lorraine Donnelly said.
3 minute read

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