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The Legal Intelligencer

Delco Jury Awards $5.4M to Brain-Damaged Cyclist

A Delaware County jury has awarded more than $5.4 million to a man who suffered brain damage after falling off his bicycle because of an alleged road defect.
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New York Law Journal

Jury Awards Nearly $30M to Victim of Fire Escape Fall

A New York University student who was rendered a paraplegic after falling from a faulty East Village fire escape in 2008 was awarded $29.3 million Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
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New Jersey Law Journal

McInroy v. Vill. Supermarket Inc.

By | February 23, 2017
Court Imposes Discovery Sanction for Failure to Appear for IME
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Court of Appeals Sides With Attack Rooster

A pet-sitter attacked by a rooster named Sam in the suburban city of Roswell cannot sue, the Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Nightlife Violence: Who Is Responsible for Keeping It at Bay?

In an age of mass shootings and terrorist attacks, entertainment venues have a responsibility to implement stronger security measures to protect patrons.
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

Former DeKalb DA Joins Plaintiffs Firm—and Other 'On the Move' News

Former DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James has joined plaintiffs firm Moriss Shim James as a name partner after 18 years as a prosecutor.
20 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Affirms Dismissal of Deeds Office Trip-and-Fall Case

A split Commonwealth Court panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that Delaware County was responsible for a woman's slip and fall in the County Recorder of Deeds Office.
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Daily Report Online

Challenge to $35M Six Flags Verdict Tests Limits of Premises Liability

Georgia Supreme Court justices posed a pragmatic question to lawyers arguing over a $35 million verdict for a teen brutally beaten outside Six Flags Over Georgia: How far can someone flee from a menace before the liability runs out for the business where the trouble started?
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Craven v. Lawrence Cnty. Physical Therapy Inst., PICS Case No. 17-0120 (C.P. Lawrence Oct. 24, 2016) Motto, P. J. (12 pages).

By | February 10, 2017
Defendant was not entitled to summary judgment in plaintiff's slip and fall complaint based on her fall in swimming pool locker room because a jury could reasonably conclude that a dangerous condition existed and defendant should have known of it, while plaintiff did not see the substance that caused her to fall, she noted that the floor was waxy and shiny, another patient had exited the pool and gone to the locker room before plaintiff did, there were no rubber mats and defendant recognized the danger of slipping as evidenced by its advisory to patients to wear flip flops. Motion denied.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Sal Army Building Collapse Case Settles For Record $227M

Parties in the Salvation Army building collapse civil case have settled the matter for $227 million, an amount plaintiffs attorneys say is the largest personal injury settlement out of a Pennsylvania state court.
14 minute read

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