NEXT
Sign in to follow

Daily Report Online

How Plaintiff's Attorneys Secured a $10M Settlement in DeKalb County Auto Tort

Raising the stakes, counsel for the excess insurance carrier was hired to sit on the trial where tensions were running high.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

How a Plaintiffs Lawyer Secured $6M Gwinnett Co. Settlement Despite Adverse Police Report

"It's the perfect example of a case where you shouldn't take the police report at face value," said Darl Champion of the Champion Firm, who litigated the case with co-counsel Adrienne McKay.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Jury Returns $10M Verdict Against Einstein for Deadly Surgery

"Now when we're trying cases we try to emphasize to jurors why it's important for them to hold doctors accountable, because the next case could be you," Hill said.
3 minute read

Law.com

Utah Supreme Court Reverses $450K Survival Claim Due to Lack of Evidence

The five-judge panel said the plaintiff presented insufficient evidence to prove that the doctors' negligence caused her mother to experience a diminished quality of life between the eight hours spanning the withdrawal of care and the time of her death.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Warnings of the Impact of Fertility Treatments in Alabama Rush in After Frozen Embryo Ruling

The justices ruled Friday that wrongful-death lawsuits by couples whose frozen embryos were destroyed could proceed.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

'I Don't See How [Your Evidence] Proves That': Judges Press Parties on Timeline and Drug Use in Negligent-Hiring Appeal

"Changing this law is going to change not just staffing companies, but how physicians are able to practice if they have issues in their personal life, how pilots practice despite having issues in their personal lives," said defendant-appellee counsel Sarah Kazemian of Hall Booth Smith.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Columbus Attorney Leads Purported Self-Defense Claim to $20.7M Wrongful Death Verdict

"When you sense that something is wrong, you need to look into it. You need to get the experienced consultants, and experts necessary to figure out the science of a case because things aren't always as they appear, and that certainly turned out to be the case here," lead attorney Teresa Tomlinson of Hall Booth Smith told the Daily Report.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

$17.3M: How a Plaintiff's Attorney Switched Tactics to Circumvent a Midtrial Apportionment Ruling

"It really put me in a situation tactically that i didn't necessarily think i would be in in the moment," said plaintiff's counsel Darren Penn. "If you're in an Alston & Bird v. Hatcher situation, think about how that might play out before you get [to trial.]"
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

$32.5M Settlement Reached After Deadly Trucking Collision

"We are, of course, happy for our client and her family, but we wanted to try this case," said plaintiff counsel Brandon Peak of Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell in Columbus.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Case Over Non-Economic Damages Cap Is Transferred to Ga. Supreme Court

A wrongful-death medical-malpractice case out of Macon gave rise to the issue over whether a cap is constitutionally valid.
5 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • Why Embracing Change Is Essential for Your Legal Department

    Brought to you by DiliTrust

    Download Now

  • International Export and Trade Assistance State Law Survey

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now

  • How This Personal Injury Firm Reduced Client Intake Time by 80%

    Brought to you by PracticePanther

    Download Now

  • The Hidden Cost of Bad Reviews: Why Law Firms & Attorneys Can't Afford a Damaged Online Reputation

    Brought to you by Erase.com

    Download Now