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Judge Blasts Plaintiffs for Forum Shopping Before Dismissing Their Lawsuit Over Car Booting

District Judge Michael Brown said he'd allow the plaintiffs to dismiss their case with prejudice, but invited the defendants to move for attorney fees for litigation tactics "tantamount to bad faith."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Sides With Jazz Club After Patron Rejected $100K Settlement Over Fall

Attorneys for Cafe 290 said they will seek legal fees after their $100,000 settlement offer was rejected.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Orkin to Pay Arbitration Award After Alleged Faulty Insulation Leads to House Fire

Plaintiff Thomas Przybylowicz, a 57-year-old Haddam man who suffered neck injuries after jumping from a window during a house fire, alleged improperly installed Orkin-Therm insulation was responsible for the blaze. He won a $623,065 arbitration award.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Totality of Circumstances Approach Trumps Rigid Tests in Two Decisions

As practitioners, we are often called upon to evaluate how a court might apply the law to a client’s fact patterns. In two tort cases from the past term, the Court of Appeals reminded us that legal principles often require us to analyze the totality of circumstances, rather than apply facile but ill-fitting and rigid tests.
17 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

$1.2M Settlement for Hartford Man Who Lay Undiscovered for 8 Hours After Fall

Cheshire attorney Frank Bartlett Jr. has secured a $1.2 million settlement for Hartford resident Tommie Buchanon, who was left a quadriplegic following a fall on construction debris on the stairs of an apartment complex.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Customer Blames Melted Ice Cream for Store Fall

The Miami jury awarded more than $500,000 for the fall in a Presidente Supermarket.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

First Suit Over Legionnaires' Outbreak at Sheraton Filed in Gwinnett County

The outbreak spurred the Sheraton to close last month, and at least a dozen cases have been confirmed so far.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Traveler's Tarmac Fall at Newark Airport Yields $3.1M Settlement

A woman who slipped on ice while disembarking from a US Airways flight at Newark Liberty International Airport agreed to a $3.1 million settlement…
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Sparks Fly Following $13M Valdosta Verdict

Defense attorney Steven Kyle of Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin accused plaintiffs counsel Lance Cooper of the Cooper Firm of violating a confidentiality agreement by talking about the case. Cooper called that an unconstitutional effort to place a gag order on the record of a public trial.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Denies FPL's Attempt to Circumvent Discovery in Asbestos Lawsuit

The Third District Court of Appeal dismissed the utility company's petition for writ of certiorari. FPL is defending against a suit by Larry Cook, who alleges the company's negligence led to his lung cancer from asbestos exposure.
3 minute read

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