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Hawaiian Electric Ignites Legal Fight Over Hawaii Wildfire Whistleblower

Hawaiian Electric has moved to quash a subpoena of an ex-employee who plaintiffs say has records of its knowledge about wildfire risks.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Wrongful-Death Claim Remanded: 911 Operator's Immunity Hangs in Balance

"[T]he Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's ruling on the official-capacity claims on the ground that the public duty doctrine barred all of [the appellant's] claims without considering the threshold jurisdictional question of whether sovereign immunity barred [the appellant's] claims against [the appellee] in her official capacity," the Supreme Court of Georgia held.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Lawyer Gears to Fight Walmart Over Shopper's Death

"It was up to Thierry Bastien to save her, and in so doing, he lost his life, and his children lost their father," plaintiff counsel said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

How the Barnes Law Group Secured a $10M Med Mal Verdict in Fulton County

According to plaintiff's counsel Mark Meliski, the defense's strategy posed one of the greatest challenges throughout the litigation process—especially once their codefendant admitted negligence a couple of weeks before trial.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Hartford Sued After Teenager Dies in Gym Class From Fentanyl Overdose

"We think what the school did is wrong," Joaquin Madry said. "They failed to supervise him, and allowed him to lay out on a mat, and he was not given the proper medical treatment he should have received, which we believe would have kept him alive."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Accidental Stabbing Death at Meat Processing Plant Results in $12M Settlement

"When reviewing a potential case where somebody has been injured, it's important for lawyers to look at affiliates of the employer to see whether those affiliates may have done something to give them liability," Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky partner Jeffrey Goodman said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Rules Methadone Clinic Not Liable for Death Caused by Intoxicated Patient

"The consequence of imposing a duty on the RHJ parties in this case would be to expose them to liability to the public at large in the event of a car accident involving a patient," Judge Victor Stabile wrote in the opinion.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

DeKalb Jury Returns $38.6M Verdict Against Emory After Teen's Death

"The crux of the case was the failure to obtain a chest CT [scan] after the placement of the mechanical heart pump and before the heart transplant over a year later," said plaintiff counsel Lee Gutschenritter of Finch McCranie in Atlanta.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tipped Dresser Case Filed in New York Results in $7.25M Wrongful Death Settlement

The settlement was an unusual one for New York, as the state's current wrongful death laws limit the types of damages that decedents' relatives may seek with such actions. Legislation to amend the statutes awaits a Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Toddler's Death at Airbnb Property Prompts Parents' Wrongful Death, Negligence Suit

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

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