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Connecticut Law Tribune

Stew Leonard Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Barbara Speranza, personal representative and executrix of the estate of Robert Speranza, and Barbara Speranza, individually v. Stewart "Stew" Leonard Sr., Thomas P. Leonard and Carpe Diem Three LLC: The founder of Connecticut-based Stew Leonard's supermarket chain and the widow of a man who fell off of Leonard's boat near a Caribbean Island and drowned have settled a lawsuit that was filed in state court.
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Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Ponders This: Is Judgment Enforceable After Worker's Comp Settlement

In the Florida Supreme Court, the insurance industry opposes a family's claim to collect a wrongful death judgment in a case where it already got a worker's compensation settlement.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Cop Chase Claims Settled for $2M

Seven years after two teenage boys were killed when the stolen car in which they were passengers slammed into a tree, with a Clayton County police cruiser in pursuit, the county has settled the resulting wrongful death actions for more than $2 million.
7 minute read

Law.com

Obstacles to U.S. Lawsuits in Malaysia Airlines Mystery

The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is unlikely to lead to lawsuits in the United States because, unlike the Asiana Airlines crash last year, there’s no potential case against the American manufacturer, The Boeing Co., according to lawyers with aviation litigation expertise.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

GM Recall Concessions Hardly Mollify Plaintiffs Bar

General Motors Corp.'s hiring of noted claims attorney Kenneth Feinberg has raised the possibility that it might set up a fund to compensate victims of accidents linked to its recent recalls. But the announcement, made by CEO Mary Barra during testimony before Congress, has done little to placate the plaintiffs bar.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Attorney Sees Need for Film-Crew Safety Training

The Feb. 20 death of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant during a film shoot in Georgia, has prompted calls for improved safety measures on television and movie sets. Richard Charnley, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Washington's Arent Fox, talks to the NLJ about the incident.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cornell, Ithaca Face Trial Over Student's Suicide

The family of Bradley Ginsburg argued that the 2006 rebuilding of the Thurston Avenue Bridge, from which Ginsburg leapt to his death in February 2010, gave the school and the city the perfect opportunity to redesign the span to deter jumpers.
2 minute read

Law.com

Litigation Mounting Over Alleged GM Ignition Defect

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman who died last year pins the blame on an ignition switch defect that was the subject of General Motors Co.'s recent recalls.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Court to Rule on How Specific Ante Litem Notice Should Be

The Georgia Supreme Court soon will be called on to decide just how much personal injury plaintiffs must tell the state before they sue it.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Narayanan v. British Airways

By | March 19, 2014
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