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New York Law Journal

Verdicts & Settlements Hall of Fame: Premises Liability

By | September 12, 2016
VerdictSearch and the New York Law Journal are proud to honor some of the highest dollar – and highest profile – Premises Liability cases from New York over the last five years.
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Daily Report Online

Clayton Jury Awards $10M to Murder Victim's Family

A Clayton County jury delivered a post-apportionment award of $10 million to the family of a man murdered by unknown assailants at a Forest Park apartment complex last year, earning praise from plaintiffs' attorney Jeff Shiver for putting aside the fact that the dead man's widow was a Mexican national and spoke no English.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards Plaintiff in Slip-and-Fall at Panera Bread

By | September 08, 2016
On June 5, 2014, plaintiff Jennifer Maull, 40, a regional director of an education company, slipped and fell at a Panera Bread restaurant, in Newtown Square. She had been walking toward the restroom when she slipped on a greasy substance and landed on her knees, injuring her left knee. (The fall was captured on video surveillance.)
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Negligent Security Suit Filed in Home Invasion Slaying of Halliburton Heir

The victim's widower is suing security companies at a Davie gated community in the home invasion slaying of a Halliburton heir. The suspect made a daring courtroom escape weeks earlier.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

State Justices to Review $35M Six Flags Verdict

The Georgia Supreme Court has agreed to consider questions related to apportionment of damages and premises liability stemming from the 2007 attack on a park visitor.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

White v. Seherlis, PICS Case No. 16-1068 (C.P. Philadelphia July 8, 2016) Sarmina, J. (12 pages).

By | September 02, 2016
Plaintiff in a slip-and-fall injury case failed to precisely designate the exact location where she slipped and fell on an icy, unshoveled sidewalk. At trial, she gave slightly conflicting testimony as to the exact location, which raised questions for the jury as to whether the location was on defendants' property or that of someone else. The jury found defendants negligent in general but plaintiff failing to meet her burden of proving the location. The court recommended its findings be upheld.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Milano v. Commerce Square Partners, PICS Case No. 16-1064 (C.P. Philadelphia July 19, 2016) Sylvester, J. (13 pages).

By | September 02, 2016
Employee in an office building slipped and fell on the polished floor and sustained a hip injury with persistent nerve pain. A jury trial determined there was insufficient evidence to determine negligence on the part of any of the defendants, and plaintiff sought several possibilities of reintroducing the evidence of remedial work done after the fall and revisiting the verdict in her motions for a new trial or JNOV. The court, in its review on appeal, found that the trial court neither abused its discretion nor committed evidentiary errors, which were in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence. The appellate court found no basis for a new trial or JNOV and recommended denial of plaintiffs' appeal.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Citizen Journalist Sues Over 'Pumpkingate'

A citizen journalist arrested at a political rally at a north Georgia pumpkin farm two years ago as she recorded speeches by Republican candidates has sued the farm and owners Johnny and Kathy Burt for damages stemming from her arrest and what the suit describes as assault and battery by an off-duty sheriff's deputy who was at the rally.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Awards $3M to Man Beaten by Family Dollar Store Cashier

A Fulton County jury awarded more than $3 million to a man who was beaten into unconsciousness by a Family Dollar cashier who wrongly suspected him of shoplifting.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Barnes v. Alcoa, Inc., PICS Case No. 16-1040 (Pa. Super. Aug. 12, 2016) Olson, J. (15 pages).

By | August 26, 2016
A parent company was entitled to nonsuit on claims of negligence and negligent hiring/supervision in a snow-and-ice slip-and-fall case, where there was insufficient evidence to prove that employees responsible for maintenance of premises were under the direction and control of the parent company. Judgment affirmed.
7 minute read

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