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New York Law Journal

Attorneys for Victims of Deadly Bronx Fire Seek Consolidation, Steering Committee

The firms are also asking the judge to establish a steering committee appointing retired judge Stanley Green to preside over the matter until trial.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Messer Settles Suit Involving Poultry Plant Incident Survivors

Lead plaintiff attorney Matt Cook said the settlement was reached "just a few hours" before a hearing regarding Judge Emily Brantley's order for Messer to show cause and rule nisi on why the court shouldn't sanction Messer for a fourth time based on its alleged behavior in the case, including what the judge called possible "discovery abuses."
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

$4.3M Med-Mal Verdict: Athens Doctor Retains Appellate Counsel After Jury Award

"This verdict sends a clear message about the important responsibility physicians have to provide the quality of care required by law to every patient," said plaintiff attorney Steve Lowry of Harris Lowry Manton in Savannah.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Foreseeable? Texas Court Divided on Issue of Proximate Cause

"If that belt falls off during an officer's restraint of a suspect, especially a violent suspect, in my opinion, it is easily foreseeable that the suspect may escape and harm or kill someone," Justice Gisela Triana said.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

45 Minutes: That's How Long It Took a South Florida Jury to Decide This Nelson Mullins Case

The all-women trial team for the Zoll defendants included attorneys Jenny Covington, Kate Helm, Eden Darrell and Jenna Durr of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and Vinita Sinha of Zoll.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards $19M Verdict in Nursing Home Death Suit

A Delaware County jury handed down a $19 million verdict Jan. 25 to the estate of a 70-year-old woman who allegedly died as a result of improper care at the nursing facility in which she lived.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Could a New Class of Claims Flood Texas Courts?

"What we're really are looking at is a sector of the aviation industry that's asking for blanket immunity," said Steven Aldous.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Contract Provision Nixes Wrongful-Death Claim Against Home Inspector

"There is no ambiguity," the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled. "The contract is plain on its face."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

3rd Circuit Rejects State Troopers' Qualified Immunity Defense in Wrongful Death Case Over Shooting

"Ultimately, the court finds that a jury could reasonably conclude that the troopers' alleged conduct was not objectively reasonable and that the allegedly violated rights had been clearly established at the time that they killed Mr. Ardo," U.S. District Judge Edward Smith of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania wrote.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'What Did Everybody Else Get?': Standardized Noneconomic Damages Proposed

"It seems we're replacing one arbitrary option with another," Justice Jimmy Blacklock said. "The economic value of that person and their earnings has no connection to the suffering of their loved ones."
4 minute read

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