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New Jersey Law Journal

Case of Trespassing Teen Who Lost Leg in Construction Site Accident Can Proceed

The suit, reinstated by the Appellate Division, was brought on behalf of a teenager who had his right leg amputated as a result of a forklift injury he sustained while trespassing in a construction site in a busy shopping center in Sicklerville.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Lawyers Score $2.1M Verdict For Child Scarred After Bowling Alley Slip

South Florida lawyers John P. Fischer, Ian G. Ward II and Kara Ferrier argued that if Davie bowling alley staff had noticed a water spillage, a 7-year-old patron wouldn't have been left with permanent scarring from knee surgery.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Decoding the Basics on Service and Emotional Support Animals

Service animals and emotional support animals have become more common in today's world and make for intriguing news headlines, but few truly understand the laws surrounding these animals. What is legally mandated? The answer turns on where the individual and the animal are located.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Should the 'Vicious Propensities' Rule Allow a Property Owner To Escape Liability for Injuries Caused by a Domestic Animal Owned by a Third Party?

What is the liability of the landowner who is not the owner of the domestic animal that caused injury to another on the property, and there is no proof that such landowner had prior knowledge of the animal's vicious propensities?
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Monmouth University Covered by Charitable Immunity in Concert Injury Case

Monmouth University was fulfilling its educational purpose in holding a concert for country star Martina McBride, and a nonstudent injured there was a beneficiary of the event, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday: “The Court's decision is not at all based on whether the university here made a profit or lost money."
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jury Doesn't Blame Restaurant Server for Spilled Tea

No liability was found against a waitress who spilled hot tea on a patron.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Slip on Grapes at ShopRite Leads to $1.5 Million Settlement in Middlesex

Also, a $1.5 million parking lot fall case in Union County, and a $500,000 auto verdict in Hunterdon County.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appellate Court Denies Legal Secretary's Motion for New Trial Against Chuck E. Cheese's

The Third DCA reinstated a verdict favoring the children's entertainment chain. It ruled against a plaintiff, whose negligence suit alleged she and her son had suffered injuries at a Kendall Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff Seeks Sanctions Against Defendant for Alleged Breach of High-Low Agreement, in Wake of $25M Verdict

Michele Kalinowski, who in late March won a $24.8 million verdict on behalf of her injured husband, Sean Kalinowski, filed a motion for sanctions Monday, claiming that one of the defendants in the case has failed to pay the full $19.4 million it was ordered to pay following the verdict, and has improperly sought to appeal the judgment.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Trader Joe's Found Liable for Customer's Rainy-Day Fall

The shopper was awarded $438,559 after falling on her way into the store.
1 minute read

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