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Daily Business Review

Elon Musk Will No Longer Be Deposed in Broward

The crux of the legal dispute centers on the speed-limiting software feature in the Tesla vehicle, which was initially set to cap speeds at 85mph, but was allegedly removed by Tesla.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$6.5M Accord Reached for Estate of Child Who Died in Foster Care

A Philadelphia social services agency has agreed to pay $6.5 million to the estate of a child who was beaten to death while living in a foster home.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Aviation Firm Seeks $150 Million After Deadly Plane Crash

"We understand what we need to do in order to get justice for our clients and really get to the cause of accidents, and frankly, it helps make aviation safer," said firm partner Ricardo Martinez-Cid.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Social Services Agency Agrees to $6.5M Settlement With Estate of Child Beaten to Death in Foster Care

"Agencies that I think once wondered about my area of practice are now reaching out and saying, 'hey you want to tell us how we can do things a little differently,'" Nadeem Bezar said.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Division Finds AOM Not Required for Teacher in Wrongful Death Suit Involving 8-Year-Old Newark Student

"Because teachers are not licensed persons under the AMS, the court should not have dismissed the complaint's allegations pertaining to the teacher's alleged conduct," the per curiam opinion said. "Given the Board's motion was based solely on Washington's failure to supply an AOM, there was no basis to dismiss the entirety of her complaint—particularly, allegations regarding the teacher."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$12M Accord Reached in Death of Student-Athlete in Sickle Cell Crisis

A suburban Philadelphia high school's insurer has agreed to pay $12 million to the mother of a 17-year-old student-athlete who died from a sickle cell crisis during football practice.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

$92 Million in 2023: These Settlement Strategies Worked for Butler Kahn

Plaintiffs counsel credit Butler Kahn's yearlong string of seven-figure or higher settlements to several key strategies.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Amal Clooney, Jenner & Block Sue French Company for Support of ISIS in Yazidi Genocide

Lafarge S.A. is the first corporation criminally charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist group. Members of the Yazidi-American community allege that forfeiture obtained through the guilty plea was not earmarked for ISIS' victims, including the Yazidi community attacked by ISIS in 2014 in what was widely described as a genocide.
4 minute read

The Recorder

$61M Verdict Secured for 16-Year-Old Crash Victim of Reckless Car Chase

Defendants engaged in a reckless car chase that reached speeds of 120 miles per hour before colliding with father and son.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Updated: Attorney: Feds' Report on Probe Into Ga. Poultry Plant Incident Won't Impact Lawsuits

"I think they got some things right, and I still think they got some things wrong, and I think they missed some real opportunities," Matt Cook, the lead plaintiff attorney whose firm, Cook Law Group in Gainesville, was involved with most of the lawsuits filed, said of the report.
6 minute read

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