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New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Say City, Fire Official Immune in Fatal Paterson Apartment Blaze

"The [Tort Claims Act] grants absolute immunity from liability to public entities and their employees for injuries resulting from a failure to enforce the law," Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina, writing for the court in "Lee v. Brown," said in the 5-0 ruling.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Children Win $6.48M in Brantley County for Mom's Shotgun Death

Following a one-day bench trial, Judge Kelly Brooks set damages for $5.97 million for wrongful death and $510,000 for suffering before the mother died at a Waycross hospital a few hours after being shot in the community of Hickox, 4 miles from Nahunta (pop. 1,000).
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'There'll Be No Sympathy:' Lawyers Discuss Defense Strategies After Mass School Shooting

The focus is on diverting attention from potential defendants in civil cases and pointing to mitigating factors that might aid the defense in the criminal case.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut's 'Celotex' Problem: Preventing Unnecessary Trials by Revitalizing Summary Judgment

The perception that summary judgment is more difficult to obtain in Connecticut state courts has led to a series of Superior Court decisions that all but eliminate its utility. Fortunately, the Connecticut Supreme Court has begun to take corrective action.
15 minute read

Daily Report Online

Alabama AG Hires PI Firms to Sue Big Pharma Over Opioid Crisis

A 65-page lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges one of the largest pain pill manufacturers in the country intentionally marketed drugs that created the opioid epidemic.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

$4M Premises Liability Verdict Allots 1 Percent Blame to Defendants

After three days of deliberations, the DeKalb County jury apportioned only 1 percent of the liability to the complex's owners, dividing the rest among the shooter and other involved brawlers, meaning the slain man's parents will see none of the money.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

How a $100K Insurance Policy Led to a $6.75M Settlement

In March 2014, a 78-year-old man traveling through Georgia on his way to Florida exited I-75 to take a break in Marietta but couldn't take his foot off the gas, according to the lawyers. As a result, a 25-year-old woman died. Friends said she made the world a better place.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Defense Verdict in Case of Man Left With Denture Stuck in Throat at Care Center

The jury rejected the family's claims that the three days the deceased man spent with a dental bridge stuck in his throat contributed to his death from complications of Parkinson's disease several months later.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Families Settle With Chiquita Over Deaths of Americans in Colombia

The families of six Americans kidnapped and killed in Colombia during the 1990s by the terrorist organization known as FARC settled before the scheduled start of jury selection in West Palm Beach federal court.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Upholds $6M Wrongful Death Verdict Against Hospital

An award of approximately $6 million to the estate of a heart attack victim who died after a feeding tube was mistakenly inserted into his lung has been upheld by the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
3 minute read

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