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Iowa Court Reverses $6M Jury Verdict, Finding Hearsay on Alleged Nursing Home Abuse Was Presented as Evidence

The Iowa Court of Appeals reversed a jury's verdict granting the estate of a woman who died in a nursing home $6 million, concluding the lower court had allowed hearsay regarding alleged abuse at the facility into evidence at trial.
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Law.com

Wrongful Death Suit Against Alaska-Based Airline Can Proceed Under Washington Law, Judge Holds

"Oltman purchased his trip from Alaska Airlines," Judge Linda Coburn wrote. "His flights were all under the name of Alaska Airlines, but Oltman ended up on the PenAir flight because of PenAir's [capacity purchase agreement] with Alaska Airlines."
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Daily Report Online

How We Did It: Lawyers Use Workers' Comp Exemptions to Clinch $2M Settlement

"We were ready to keep litigating the case rather than take the limits," said plaintiff counsel Jeb Butler of Butler Kahn in Atlanta. "But we talked with our clients, and they decided that $2 million was a sufficient number for them."
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Daily Report Online

Inmate's Family Sues Sheriff, Travelers Over His Death While in Custody

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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Daily Report Online

'Our Most Powerful Exhibit': Plaintiff Counsel Leverage Prop to Get $35M Verdict

"When the city's witnesses would come in and say things like, 'Hey, we never noticed that thing,' and this huge replica is sitting right there in front of the jury, it's a tough sell," said plaintiff attorney Jeffrey R. Harris of Harris Manton Lowry.
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New York Law Journal

Family of Adirondacks Drowning Victim Reaches $1.5M Settlement With NY State

Settlement terms between Jennifer S. Calverley, representative of the estate of Dale S. Calverley, and the New York Attorney General's office were reached after extensive litigation in the New York Court of Claims, and just prior to trial, McLaughlin & Stern said in a statement.
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Law.com

Family of Deceased Michigan Man Files Suit Against Dunham's Sports for Allegedly Selling Shotgun to 'Straw Purchaser' on Behalf of Convicted Felon

"The facts are clear that, in this case, Dunham's Sports did not perform its duty and should not have facilitated an obvious straw purchase which ended in a very preventable tragedy," Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Chief Legal Officer Douglas Letter said in a statement provided to Law.com.
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New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Court Awards Plaintiffs for Hiring Investigator Not Provided by Defendants in Wrongful Death Suit Against Times Square Hotel

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 
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Daily Report Online

Oliver Maner and Coleman Talley Secure Defense Win in Chatham Co. Med-Mal Trial

Laura Shamp and Joshua Silk represented the wife of a man who died from septic shock after a neobladder stent removal went south.
4 minute read

Law.com

Reversing $2M Wrongful Death Judgment, Court Finds Speedway Had No Duty to Prevent Employee From Driving Post-Shift

"The evidence at trial, when viewed in the light most favorable to respondent, failed to demonstrate that Speedway engaged in affirmative conduct that created an unreasonable risk of harm to the motoring public, including Mr. Jarrett," West Virginia Supreme Court Justice John A. Hutchison wrote on behalf of the unanimous court. "Therefore, Speedway had no duty to exercise reasonable care by preventing Ms. Liggett from driving."
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