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'It Was Literally Raining Men': Miami-Dade Lawyers Secure $1.2M Settlement Over Fall From Truck

It was a lawsuit that alleged missed opportunities to tighten safety measures and featured a battle over whether plaintiffs lawyers could attend a medical evaluation conducted by the defense.
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Law.com

Big Law Litigators Tell What's Worrying Clients About COVID Liability

"We're hearing from clients that there are going to be concerns," said Strotz, managing partner of the firm's L.A. office. "Everything from crisis management and employment to data privacy and security to insurance, real estate, corporate governance, restructuring. And this assumes there is not going to be legislation to abate some of this. I think it has the potential to reach all kinds of areas of the law."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Eye Limits of Liability Waivers for Pa. Municipalities in Case Over Phillies Charity Bike Ride

Justices heard arguments in a case first filed by a plaintiff against the city of Philadelphia after he was partially paralyzed after hitting a sinkhole during a 20-mile charity bike ride in 2015.
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Daily Business Review

Confrontational Deposition Leads to $1 Million Settlement in Broward Case

"It's not fun sitting and watching three hours of surveillance video from multiple different angles over and over. But you need to do that investigation beforehand so that when you have the witness there and they tell that lie, you're ready to recognize it," plaintiffs counsel said.
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New York Law Journal

Hazing Death Suit Will Go Forward Against Cornell, Despite Dismissal Motion Addressing Its Efforts to End Hazing

Cornell has argued that holding it liable for a student's hazing death after it had worked to control fraternity hazing would be "profoundly counterproductive" and would "upset" clear New York law.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

How a Waterford Attorney Secured a $125,000 Bench Verdict in a Casino Fall

Plaintiff counsel James Harrington helped an elderly woman secure a $125,000 bench verdict.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Morris County Tenant's Stairway Fall Case Settles For $2 Million

A Morris County personal injury case by a tenant, who fell on decrepit steps that the landlord allegedly failed to repair, settled on Aug. 30 for…
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

How a Milford Lawyer Clinched $225,000 Workers' Comp Payment for a Laborer With an Injured Leg

Milford attorney Daniel Seiden secured a $225,000 workers' compensation settlement for his client, who had his left leg crushed beneath a truck.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Nixes Valdosta State Student's Suit Over Fall from Dorm Bed

The Court of Appeals decision said the freshman had been been sleeping in the 'lofted bed' for nearly three months and was well aware of its condition when she fell to the floorafter returning from a Halloween party.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Patron Claims Waiters Pushed Him Down Restaurant Stairs

The Rocco's Tacos patron claimed he suffered a brain injury when waiters pushed him down steps while ejecting him.
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