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New Jersey Law Journal

Worker Injured in Electrical Accident Gets $1.2M Settlement in Essex

A worker severely injured by electrocution at a construction site was paid a $1.2 million settlement in his Essex County lawsuit, Zhindon v. Prestige…
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Overcoming Suspicion, Cheshire Lawyer Clinches Settlement for Man Who Sued Girlfriend After Falling on Ice

Cheshire plaintiffs counsel Frank Bartlett helped secure a $250,000 settlement for his client, who sued his girlfriend, after falling on accumulated ice in her driveway.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Revives Suit Over Fatal Shooting at 'Murder Kroger'

The Court of Appeals said a man who approached his work truck when he saw someone in it didn't necessarily know he was about to have a fatal confrontation.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward Woman Accidentally Run Over by Boyfriend Gets $1 Million Presuit Settlement From Condo Association

"As she rounds the corner he did not see her in the darkness and, unfortunately, ran her over," said Miami attorney Alexander Perkins.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Store Customer Fell in Puddle, Claimed Shoulder and Spinal Injuries

A man's fall in a supermarket dairy aisle brings a $240,000 jury award.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Ongoing-Storm Rule No Longer Ongoing

COURT WATCH: To adopt a bright-line rule providing that under any and all circumstances a landowner is permitted to wait until a snow event is over before being obligated to start snow removal procedures, would turn tort law on its head.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court: Surveillance Footage Overwritten Before Preservation Letter Not Spoliation

The Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected an attempt by the plaintiff to compare the facts of the case to those in Marshall v. Brown's IA, in which the court ruled that defendant ShopRite should have been sanctioned for spoliation of evidence after giving only partial surveillance evidence of a slip-and-fall.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Attorneys File $25 Million Lawsuit Against 'Crime-Free' Apartment Complex After Fatal Stabbing

"When you make promises that you're going to take efforts to make sure that it's a safe environment, you actually, strange as it sounds, have to do something about it," plaintiffs counsel said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Restaurant's Patron Claimed Grease Caused Fall, Injuries

On Sept. 29, 2015, plaintiff Curtis Winstead, 40, an owner of a home remodeling business, was a patron at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Bridgeville. He slipped and fell while on the property. Winstead claimed head injuries.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Busch Gardens Patron Trying to Get Out of Rain Hit by Descending Steel Bar

A woman claimed a disc injury after being hit by a descending tarp when she ran into a shop during a rain storm.
1 minute read

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