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Connecticut Law Tribune

Fire Leads to Breach of Contract Fight Against Enfield Business

Triumph Group has sued Connecticut-based Yankee Casting after it allegedly did not have proper insurance to cover losses from the fire.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State Can Be Held Liable for Dangerous Guardrails, Justices Rule

The justices unanimously reversed the Commonwealth Court's ruling in Cagey v. Commonwealth that the state is immune from claims seeking to hold it responsible for dangerous guardrails.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYC Housing Authority Under Fire Over Lead Paint, In and Out of Court

As members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's team engage in talks with New York City Council members about improving the city's public housing stock, the city is also fighting numerous legal battles with public housing residents suing over lead paint.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

No Liability After Falling Box Lands on Customer's Foot

A customer won't collect for a broken toe after lifting a box of slate tiles by its plastic banding, which broke.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

'There'll Be No Sympathy:' Lawyers Discuss Defense Strategies After Mass School Shooting

The focus is on diverting attention from potential defendants in civil cases and pointing to mitigating factors that might aid the defense in the criminal case.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Youth Sport Groups, Municipality Hit With $1.7M Verdict Over Baseball Brain Injury

An Allegheny County jury has awarded $1.7 million to the family of a boy who was struck in the head by a foul ball during a youth baseball game and suffered a brain injury.
4 minute read

The Recorder

On Appeals: (Don't) Take a Walk on the Wild Side

If I throw a birthday party at my house, and I suggest guests park a couple blocks away where there's always lots of space, and, as my guest, you do that but get hit by a car when walking over, can you sue me for your injuries because my suggestion of where to park created a foreseeable risk of harm?
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit: Collateral Source Rule No Bar to Evidence of Doctor Funding

The appellate panel ruled that a jury could hear about a litigation investment company's payment of a plaintiff's medical bill as evidence of possible bias by the testifying doctors.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Man Injured by Collapse of Rusted Steps Reaches $375K Settlement

Kirk Trofatter was awarded $375,000 last month after falling 10 feet from a stairway in his apartment complex that collapsed due to rusty steps.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pedestrian: Fall on Sidewalk Led to Brain Damage

On May 3, 2015, plaintiff Paulette Isaac, 57, was walking on Commissioner Street, in North Philadelphia, when she tripped and fell. She asserted that she had been walking on the sidewalk at 3429 W. Commissioner St. when her foot caught on a patch of temporary asphalt, causing her to fall and land face-first. She claimed she suffered brain damage.
6 minute read

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