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Atlanta Attorneys Rely on Google Earth, YouTube for Evidence in $6M Faulty Guardrail Settlement

When a mother fatally fell over a guardrail at an Atlanta train station in February 2020, an initial police report was used as a basis to charge her boyfriend with murder for supposedly pushing her off an overpass. However, attorneys representing her daughter knew there was more to the story.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Rogge Dunn Represents Florida Trucking Firm in Civil RICO Suit Against Worldwide Express

Dallas-based Worldwide Express and affiliated companies are alleged in a RICO suit of cheating consumers, their agents and partners and of retaliating against a whistleblower.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Delivery Driver's Slip-and-Fall Suit Slides Forward Against Equipment Rental Company

In Neyman v. Sunbelt Rentals, the court concluded a jury would have to determine whether the injured party was expected to come in contact with the wet, slippery ramp, and whether Sunbelt could have anticipated the harm that occurred.
4 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Affirms $2.75M Jury Verdict in Negligence Suit Against Railroad Co.

"Overfield did not need to present evidence that either the vest or the working conditions of the locomotive were inherently unsafe, or that they each constituted an independent cause of his damage, in order to submit the verdict director in the disjunctive," Missouri Appellate Judge Gary M. Gaertner said in Overfield v. BNSF Railway.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyer as Litigant as Late Fees Take Spotlight in Class Action

Two Texas law firms representing a national class sued ACE Parking Management over its alleged practice of encouraging minor underpayments, so that it can later charge large fines.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the (Past) Week: A $34.7M Defamation Win For Former Walmart Truck Driver

David deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm and Mohamed Eldessouky of Eldessouky Law convinced jurors in San Bernardino, California, that the company defamed client Jesse Fonseca by claiming he committed a fireable “integrity” violation of Walmart’s ethics code when he took pre-planned, disclosed family trips while on worker’s compensation.
12 minute read

The American Lawyer

Trump and Latin America: Industry Braces for Hard-Line Approach to Region

The incoming president has already threatened to impose high tariffs on imports from Mexico, prompting a response from Mexico's president that hints at a potential trade war. Latin America and the Caribbean are likely to become more of a focus for the U.S. under the second Trump administration, lawyers say.
5 minute read

Law.com

Trump and Latin America: Lawyers Brace for US's Hardline Approach to Region

The incoming President has already threatened to impose high tariffs on imports from Mexico, prompting a response from Mexico's president that hints at a potential trade war. Latin America and the Caribbean are likely to become more of a focus for the U.S. under the second Trump administration, lawyers say.
5 minute read

International Edition

Trump and Latin America: Lawyers Brace for Hard-Line Approach to Region

The incoming president has already threatened to impose high tariffs on imports from Mexico, prompting a response from Mexico's president that hints at a potential trade war. Latin America and the Caribbean are likely to become more of a focus for the U.S. under the second Trump administration, lawyers say.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Hit by Mail Truck: Man Agrees to $1.85M Settlement for Spinal Injuries

The plaintiff's attorney said the biggest hurdle had to do with proving causation, since the plaintiff had suffered a previous back injury and, while not actively treating, was still taking pain medication.
3 minute read

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