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Judge Rejects Settlement for Estate of Woman Killed in Poultry Plant Gas Leak

Although the amounts of [a 4-year-old girl's] father's suit settlement and mother's suit settlement have not been released, the fact that the father's settlement was "at least four times the amount of [her] mother's case" was a factor in her decision, Judge Veronica Cope said in her order Thursday.
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Daily Report Online

Families of Victims in Truck Crash Sue Trailer Company for Wrongful Death

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Becton Dickinson Turns to McCarter to Defend Wrongful Death Suit

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
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Law.com

'Let's Get Married': Description of Private Vows Sufficient to Establish Dispute of Common Law Marriage Under Pa. Law

"Moreover, Mr. Zadnik was, from the evidence, the only other person in the room when the purported common law wedding ceremony occurred. There was no officiant. Perhaps I said that too quickly. Let me repeat that. There was no officiant," Circuit Judge Marilyn F. Bentley said from the bench, according to the opinion, that "There were no other witnesses; whether they be follow [sic] employees of either Mr. Zadnik or Ms. [Conway]; no neighbors; no friends; no siblings of Ms. [Conway]; no anyone." and that the "'testimony of one party alone is insufficient to confirm the existence of a valid and lawful marriage.'"
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Daily Report Online

Family of Ga. Woman Who Died After Falling From Moving Patrol Car Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The deputies who put Brianna Grier in the back of a patrol car to take her to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office failed to close the rear passenger-side door before driving away, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found. The 28-year-old woman suffered brain trauma when she hit her head in the July 15 fall and was in a coma until she died July 21 at an Atlanta hospital, her family said.
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New York Law Journal

If Sent to Her Desk, Gov. Hochul Should Veto Costly Lawsuit Damages Bill, Again

Earlier this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed controversial legislation that would have dramatically increased liability in the Empire State, undermining…
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Daily Report Online

Couple's Family Sues Ford Over Wrongful Death Claims After Rollover Crash

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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Daily Business Review

Sidewalk Bicycle Death by Semi-Truck Hauls $10M Settlement

The settlement was obtained by the Florida attorneys for the estate within five months of filing the complaint.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Garbage Truck's Fatal Pedestrian Strike Garners $6 Million Settlement in Essex

Also, a motorist who suffered neck and back injuries when she was struck driving across Route 18 agreed to settle her Middlesex County suit for $758,750.
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Daily Report Online

Federal Judge, Citing SCOTUS, Rules 'Emergency Aid' Warrant Exception Shields Police Officers in Wrongful Death Suit

"There is simply no authority clearly establishing that an officer who finds a bedridden, elderly, incoherent citizen sitting in her own waste, without any visible source of food or water, violates the Fourth Amendment when the officer directs that the citizen be transported from her home for medical treatment," the court said.
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