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Connecticut Law Tribune

Doctor Seeks New Civil Trial After Being Found Liable For Murder-Suicide

A former doctor found liable in a 2009 murder-suicide is asking a state judge to set aside the verdict and order a new trial, alleging the judge improperly allowed testimony that harmed the defense.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Estate of Kotsovska v. Liebman

The Division of Workers' Compensation was the proper forum to resolve the question of decedent's status as an employee or independent contractor in this wrongful-death action.
6 minute read

Law.com

Two Miami-Dade Police Officers Denied Immunity In Fatal Shootings

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit refuses to give two Miami-Dade police qualified immunity in a shooting that left two black men dead.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards Family Of Decedent in Fatal Car Crash

By | December 31, 2013
A trial over a fatal accident on I-83 near York, Pa. - in which a car was thrust by a tractor-trailer over a Jersey barrier to be struck head-on by another speeding truck - has ended with a $3.8 million verdict in federal court for the family of the woman who died in the crash.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Troup Jury Awards $2.5M in Transport Crash Suit

The 94-year-old father of a disabled woman killed when she was thrown from a stretcher during an auto wreck was awarded $2.5 million by a Troup County jury after evidence showed that restraining straps that should have been installed on the stretcher were missing.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Litigator of the Week: $281 Million Verdict Awarded in Vehicle Accident

In an effort to avoid unnecessary emotional pain, Ronald Rodriguez asked that only the eldest child of five siblings testify in his father's wrongful death trial. The children's loss of their father—a loss that "could have been avoided"—Rodriguez said, must have registered deeply with the jury that issued a $281 million verdict in favor of the family.
3 minute read

Law.com

Halfway House Can Be Sued Over Inmate Escape That Led to Murder

The family of a woman murdered by a halfway house inmate who absconded after faking a seizure can sue state contractors who operate the facility, a federal judge in New Jersey has ruled.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Settlement Talks Opening in Toyota Death, Injury Claims

Lawyers for Toyota Motor Corp. have taken a step toward settling hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of drivers injured or killed in accidents blamed on sudden, unintended acceleration, according to court documents.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards $3.8 Mil. Verdict in Wrongful-Death Suit

An accident on I-83 near York, Pa., that sent a car over a Jersey barrier to be hit head-on by a speeding truck has garnered a $3.8 million verdict in federal court for the family of the woman who died that day.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Defense Verdict in Truck Fatality

A Gwinnett County jury declined to hold a trucking company driver liable for the death of a man killed when a box truck crossed the center line and rammed a car after being hit by another vehicle during a nasty three-vehicle wreck in 2005.
6 minute read

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