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New York Law Journal

Arbitration and Mediation for Young Lawyers: An Introduction to the Alternative

Young advocates would be remiss in not familiarizing themselves with the ever-expanding world of ADR.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Tenant Impaled During Shower Fall Awarded $179,689

The man needed 29 sutures to close the wound in his back.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I want to expand my practice by advertising in several geographical areas. My primary office is located in the eastern part of Pennsylvania in an urban area. I am very interested in advertising in western Pennsylvania. Can I use a virtual law office as my office in western Pennsylvania if my main office is in eastern Pennsylvania?
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Gwinnett Jury Awards $13.8M to Mother of Baby Starved to Death in Cult Case

The jury said the Extended Stay America Hotel in Norcross bore 30 percent of the blame—worth $13.8 million of the total—for the abuse and starvation that led to the death of 15-month-old Alcenti McIntosh in 2014.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Jury in Georgia Awards $13.8M to Mother of Baby Starved to Death in Cult Case

The jury said the Extended Stay America Hotel in Norcross bore 30 percent of the blame—worth $18.3 million of the total—for the abuse and starvation that led to the death of 15-month-old Alcenti McIntosh in 2014.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Governmental Immunity and the Sidewalk Covering the Storm Drain

Exterior premises liability cases usually begin with the premise that the owner of the property abutting the sidewalk has primary responsibility for the sidewalk, while the municipality's liability is secondary.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Splits Over Home Depot Slip and Fall

Plaintiff's lawyers are already at work on the next appeal of a case Chief Judge Stephen Dillard called "the poster child" for the difficulty court's face in applying the "distraction doctrine."
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

$264,852 Awarded for Waitress' Kitchen Fall

The jury was asked to set damages after the property manager's staff mopped the kitchen floor.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Slashes $3.2M Verdict Over Fall in Phillies Charity Bike Ride

Despite the fact that a man who was partially paralyzed during a charity bike ride signed a waiver, Philadelphia cannot escape liability for the 16-square-foot sinkhole that caused the crash, a judge has ruled in denying the city's efforts to win a new trial in a case that resulted earlier this year in a more than $3 million verdict.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

To Foresee or Not to Foresee?

That is the question for determining liability for criminal acts by third parties.
9 minute read

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