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New Jersey Law Journal

Trump Plaza Defeats Summary Judgment in Patron Death Case

A federal judge has refused to grant summary judgment in favor the family of an intoxicated Warminster, Pennsylvania, man who fell to his death in an elevator shaft in the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.
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New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Special Master Chosen in NYCHA Mold Case

Southern District Judge William Pauley has overruled the parties' choice of a special master to oversee compliance with an agreement to have the New York City Housing Authority remedy mold problems that are said to be causing health problems for thousands of tenants.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suit Alleging Injury After Move Allowed to Proceed

A Queens judge denied a property owner's motion to dismiss a slip-and-fall lawsuit filed by an elderly tenant who was injured at an apartment where she was moved temporarily for repairs but which the defendants did not own.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Collects $30,000 After Falling on Sidewalk in Front of Courthouse

A lawyer recently won almost $30,000 in damages from the city of Hartford as compensation for injuries sustained when she tripped on an uneven sidewalk and fell on her face outside the city's Superior Court building.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Sides With Defense In Structure Collapse

By | January 09, 2016
On March 8, 2008, plaintiff Larry Marsh, 38, a welder, was standing outside Bowman's Stove & Patio Inc., at 1060 Division Highway, in Ephrata. Although the business was closed, an outdoor display on its patio was accessible to the public for viewing.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Considering Application of PIP Reimbursement Law

The New Jersey Supreme Court is set to decide whether state lawmakers intended for retroactive application of a 2011 amendment to the no-fault statute that prevents personal-injury-protection carriers from being reimbursed at the expense of injured persons.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Magaskie v. Wawa Inc., PICS Case No. 15-1877 (Pa. Super. Dec. 10, 2015) (memorandum) Gantman, J. (17 pages).

By | December 29, 2015
The occurrence of a snowstorm several hours prior to appellant's slip and fall created generally slippery conditions in the community that negated the applicability of the "isolated patch of ice exception" to the "hills and ridges doctrine," and, in any event, appellant failed to establish that appellee had actual or constructive notice of ice. Judgment affirmed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Moon v. Dauphin Cnty., PICS Case No. 15-1832 (Pa. Commw. Dec. 10, 2015) Covey, J. (21 pages).

By | December 22, 2015
Plaintiff's negligence claims in this slip-and-fall case against Dauphin County failed under Pennsylvania's Hill and Ridges Doctrine, and plaintiff's insufficient design flaw claim did not abrogate defendant's immunity under the doctrine. Affirmed.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Winners & Losers

By | December 18, 2015
Barnabas Health System. Seton Hall University. Experian, Equifax. Gregg Mark. BJ's Wholesale Club.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Concrete Decision: 'Qian' and the Evolution of Sidewalk Liability

The N.J. Supreme Court recently addressed the question of what duty a common-interest community association owes with respect to keeping its private walkways reasonably safe.
10 minute read

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