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Connecticut Law Tribune

Case Proceeds Against Metro-North After Man Falls From Platform Before Oncoming Train

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 did not preempt negligence claims against Metro-North Railroad over the 2013 death of Kevin Murphy, who slipped from the platform and fell in front of an oncoming train.
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Daily Report Online

Columbus Jury Awards $125M in Heat-Related Apartment Death

A plaintiffs attorney said there had been multiple complaints about squalid conditions and broken air conditioning at The Ralston, a once-swanky Columbus hotel that now serves as subsidized housing for the poor and disabled.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Women Who Fell on Sidewalk Blamed Owners' Association

A skull fracture from a fall on an uneven sidewalk brings a $1.5 million award.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Reloads Suit by Trucker Run Over After Foiled Break-In

The Court of Appeals said there was enough evidence that a supposedly secure parking lot for long-distance truckers had ignored safety concerns to support a suit by a driver who was attacked and run over by a would-be burglar.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff: Slip, Fall Caused New Shoulder Injury, Surgery

At about 11 p.m. on Feb. 15, 2016, plaintiff Monica Patterson, 56, a restaurant manager's assistant, slipped and fell in the parking lot of the Rockvale Outlets in Lancaster. She claimed that she suffered an injury of a shoulder.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Bad News for Attorney Who Worked 10 Years Pro Bono on Case That Reached Conn. Supreme Court

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Naugatuck in a case by a family who claimed its house flooded eight times in three years because of the town's allegedly mismanaged storm drains. The high court found the town had governmental immunity and said a 1931 state Supreme Court ruling that showed liability on the part of the town was outdated.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jury Sides With Defense on Key West Resort Grass Maintenance

Fall at luxury resort warrants no damages, jury finds.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Essex County Misdiagnosis Case Yields $5.1 Million Accord

A $5.1 million settlement has ended Ryan v. Shih, an Essex County medical malpractice suit on behalf of a woman whose stroke was misdiagnosed as a…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Review Dismissal of Claims Over Snow Tubing Injury

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal by a man who claims injuries he suffered while snow tubing were the result of negligence and recklessness on the part of the tube run operator.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Supreme Court Sides With Town, Fire Department on Motorcyclist's Personal Injury Claim

The Connecticut Supreme Court has sided with Old Saybrook and its town firehouse against a motorcyclist who was injured when a volunteer firefighter, who had just left the firehouse in his vehicle, struck him. The court upheld lower court rulings and said the municipality and firehouse were not liable for the crash.
4 minute read

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