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Texas Lawyer

$72 Million Dallas Verdict Came After Nearly 1,000 Court Filings

A critical hurdle in getting to a just verdict was overcoming the Walker companies' shell game to use workers compensation insurance as a bar, plaintiffs' attorney Charla Aldous said.
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Daily Report Online

'Not Something You See Often': How Butler Kahn Bucked Conventional Wisdom to Win a $28M Verdict

"Classic lawyer wisdom is to keep a limited number of witnesses. [But] Jeb and I talked through all these different witnesses and came up with the idea to call as many of them who were willing to come," plaintiff's attorney Matt Kahn said.
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Daily Report Online

Family of Woman Killed at Atlanta Apartment Complex Wins $3.8M Verdict, Another Suit Threatens Recovery

"I think the jury concluded that companies shouldn't make profit when they result in people being killed or severely injured, and that makes a lot of sense," plaintiffs' counsel, Mike Rafi of the Rafi Law Firm in Atlanta, told the Daily Report. "They didn't want a company making money when their behavior disregarded such obvious problems."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Stamford Jury Returns $5.5 Million Verdict

"Every other piece of evidence in the case was through that classroom lens, if you will, which I think was very beneficial," plaintiff counsel Michael Kennedy said.
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Texas Lawyer

Admitting 'I F-ed Up' Resulted in $37.5M Verdict

The defense never admitted their driver was distracted, and instead allegedly tried to spin a tale that their driver did everything he could to avoid the 18-wheeler, plaintiffs' attorney Matt Greenberg said.
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Law.com

Hospital May Be Held Liable for Independent Contractor Doctors, Washington Court Holds

"However, where an entity has a nondelegable duty, it cannot avoid liability simply by delegating its duty to an independent contractor," Chief Justice Steven C. González wrote on behalf of the Washington Supreme Court. "Instead, an entity will be vicariously liable for the independent contractor's negligent performance of that duty absent special circumstances not present here."
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New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: NYCHA Has No Duty to Protect Nonresidents in Common Areas

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 
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Law.com

Live Nation Hit With Wrongful Death Suit Following 'Beyond Wonderland' Festival Shooting

"What's so important about this case, is truly holding Live Nation accountable for their complete lack of security, and the history of violence and shootings and drug overdoes, etc., at Live Nation venues across the globe, is truly astounding," plaintiffs' attorney Spencer Lucas of Panish Shea Ravipudi, in Los Angeles, said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'With All Due Respect, I Disagree': Intermediate Court Judge Clashes With Litigator Over Case of Employee Slain by Co-Worker

According to the defendant-appellees, if the intermediate court sides with the appellants, it "would throw the Workers' Compensation Board into chaos."
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Texas Lawyer

Courts Disagree as Dallas Judges Uphold Bond for $404M Judgment

Greystar did not try to stop or delay the foreclosure in an "unmistakable effort to improperly dissipate assets that would hinder (plaintiffs) attempt to collect the full amount of the judgment," the plaintiff attorney Andrew Gould said.
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