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$1M Negligence Award to Women Sexually Assaulted in Apartment Reversed

Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals has reversed a $1 million jury award to two women sexually assaulted by an intruder who came into their apartment through a window with a faulty latch.
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Daily Report Online

Jury Awards $3.2M in Death of Disabled Man Pinned in Wheelchair by Patio Rail

The family of Antoine Hendrix, who suffocated after his motorized wheelchair ran through a rail and off a patio at a Villa Rica apartment complex, had reached an earlier $1M settlement, which will be deducted from the final judgment.
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The Recorder

Camper Struck By Falling Tree Settles for Record $47.5M

A young man whose leg was amputated after a 75-foot tree fell on him while camping has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $47.5 million, the largest personal injury settlement for a single plaintiff in California, according to his lawyers.
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Daily Report Online

Cobb Jury Delivers Defense Win in Apartment Shooting Case

Hall Booth Smith partner Jeffery Saxby said the jury was leaning 11-to-1 for a defense verdict from the outset of deliberations, rejecting plaintiffs' arguments that the Six Flags Drive apartment complex had failed to provide adequate security.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyers Negotiate $3 Million Settlement for Visitor Shot at Apartment Complex

Jason Brenner and Doug McCarron of the Haggard Law Firm argued that C&F Properties and United Property Management could have avoided a shooting if they'd implemented better security.
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New York Law Journal

Jury Awards $45M for Woman Left Brain Damaged by Falling Shopping Cart

A Manhattan jury awarded more than $45 million to a philanthropist who was nearly killed by a shopping cart that two adolescents pushed from the fourth floor of an outdoor shopping center in East Harlem.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Landlord Hit With $4.2M Default Judgment in Pit Bull Attack

The attorney for the injured woman said the owner of the property where she was attacked never responded to the Fulton County lawsuit. Now, he intends to go after properties the defendant owns to satisfy the judgment.
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Daily Business Review

Retail Owner Cleared in Case of Falling Water Heater

A restaurant manager claimed his back was hurt when the hot water heater fell through the ceiling.
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Daily Business Review

Jury: Owner Blameless in Installer's Fall From Ladder

The jury finds for a homeowner in a fall during the installation of hurricane shutters.
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Daily Report Online

Lawsuit Filed Against Masquerade Over Shooting During Concert

According to a lawsuit filed in DeKalb County State Court Friday, at about 9:30 p.m. that night, “a deranged, armed assailant entered one of the confined, crowded venues with a handgun, and shot four persons inside the concert, killing two people—including Ewell Ynoa.”
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