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Arizona Supreme Court Splits on State's Dram-Shop Liability Law, Reversing $800K Jury Verdict

The high court's decision denied the plaintiffs' contention that state's dram-shop liability statute violated a provision of its constitution that limits legislators from passing laws that could abrogate any right to bring a legal action before Arizona's statehood in 1912.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Sovereign Immunity Ruling Clarifies 'Motor Vehicle Use' in Wrongful Death Case

"'[L]oading' the decedent into the back of the patrol car was inherently a part of the detention process because the decedent could not have been detained inside the patrol car without having been 'loaded' inside it by the deputies," read the Supreme Court of Georgia reversal.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Nearly $3M in Attorney Fees for Litigators Representing Disbarred New York Lawyer

"It is the highest hourly rate of any plaintiff lawyer in the entire state of Florida for tobacco litigation," the attorney said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'You Live by the Sword; You Die by the Sword': Ga. Appellate Court Mulls Proper Garnishment Procedure in $3.5M Default Judgment Appeal

Each party contends the other made a big mistake in the filing process—the question is whose error sticks.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

They Didn't Know the Jury Was About to Return $23M—So They Settled for $10M

"The foreperson and several other jurors told us that they had been 10 seconds away from submitting the verdict that they had already agreed upon," said Jeb Butler of Butler Khan. "The verdict was for the [plaintiff's] family in the amount of $23 million, with 75% of the fault placed on [the defendant] and 25% on [the plaintiff]."
7 minute read

The Recorder

Live Nation Entertainment, San Bernardino Accused of Wrongful Death After Music Festival Attendee Died of Fentanyl Poisoning

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

The Recorder

Family of Man Killed in October 2021 Plane Crash Files Product Liability Lawsuit Against Textron

While no specific defect was identified in the complaint, it alleges that the plane suffered "a sudden and catastrophic mechanical failure" during its normal flight, "causing the aircraft not to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would have expected it to perform during its flight on October 11, 2021."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Woman Sues Doctor/Husband, Blaming Mother's Death on Illegal Opioid Prescriptions

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Plaintiffs Pitted Against Each Other as Insurance Settlement in Doubt

"Appellants' arguments that Texas law, not federal bankruptcy law, controls are incorrect. We find the pre-petition payment doesn't affect the debtor's equitable interest in them at the time the petition was filed," wrote Fifth Circuit Judge Stephen A. Higginson.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Go Public or Keep It Discrete? These Lawyers Took Different Approaches. Here's the Result

"The two things that typically can help change the direction of a system is the exposure and then the financial impact," said Davis Bozeman Johnson Law Founding Partner Mawuli Mel Davis.
6 minute read

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