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Lawyers Sanctioned; Pleadings Struck: What's Next for Honda?

"The Court believes the defendants" conduct undermined the fairness of the trial and influenced the jury with evidence that was specifically excluded by the Court," read a sanction order issued by Clayton County State Court Chief Judge Michael T. Garrett.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Defendants in Chocolate Factory Explosion Litigation Lose Bid to Transfer Out of Philadelphia

After the parties spent more than a year conducting venue discovery, the defendants failed to convince the court that the companies being sued did not conduct sufficient business in Philadelphia for the lawsuits to be situated there.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Awards $9M to Estate of Golf Course Worker Killed by Falling Tree

And alongside making determinations on liability and damages, the jury also answered what plaintiffs counsel said was an unusual question to find on a verdict sheet in a personal injury case: whether one of the defendants was the decedent's employer.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Vindication for the Soldiers': Syria Held Liable in US Army Wrongful-Deaths Case

U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ruled Syria is liable for $364 million in damages to the families of the late Staff Sgt. Alex R. Jiménez and Spc. Byron W. Fouty in a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act wrongful-death case filed by the Perles Law Firm and Meridian 361 International Law Group.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Voids Default Judgment Against Amazon Due to Procedural Error, Grants Extra Time for Proper Service

Amazon's counsel with Campbell Conroy & O'Neil filed their appearances and asked the court to vacate the default judgment and to dismiss the plaintiffs' complaint, arguing the company wasn't properly served within 90 days of the complaint being filed. Rather, Amazon claimed the plaintiffs sent a request for waiver of service, to which Amazon did not reply.
3 minute read

Law.com

'Let's Be Blunt': State Court Justice Urges Revision of Civil Service Defense Rules to 'Prevent Gamesmanship'

"While that behavior does not violate the civil rules, it does affront the goals and values of the civil-justice process," a concurring justice wrote.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Disney Does an About-Face on Florida Lawsuit Over Patron's Death

"It didn't just occur to them in some epiphany that this was a nice family until after the public became horrified by their initial strategy," said one attorney who was not connected to the Disney litigation.
5 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Affirms Historic $40M Drunken Driving Verdict Against Driver and Vehicle's Owner

The appellate court disagreed with the defendants' claims that the $40 million award was excessive. Furthermore, the court rejected one of the defendants' claims that the plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to prove negligent entrustment against her and wrongly found her liable for $27.5 million in damages as the vehicle's owner.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Disney Attorneys Find a 'Fine Print' Loophole After Doctor's Death

"And it's not surprising they would try to move this case, away from a jury and out of the public eye, to an arbitration," said Michael E. Levine, who is not involved in the litigation.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Eggo Waffles Manufacturer Hit With Wrongful-Death Suit for Allegedly Failing to Seek Timely Medical Care for Injured Employee

The complaint alleged that Eggo's failure to assist Earl R. Brown Jr. with his injuries was a direct cause of his death.
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