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Jury Returns $2.5M Award Against Health Care Providers for Allegedly Failing to Prevent Blood Clot After Surgery

"I am extremely happy for the family of Mrs. Koesterer. The verdict vindicated their feelings that the life of their mother, who was age 86, was worth more them a nominal sum. It seems to dispel the insurance industry myth that the life of an elderly person is minimal and confirms that no matter the age, all lives are precious," said the plaintiff's attorney, Thomas Sacchetta of Sacchetta & Baldino.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Beasley Allen Attorneys to Represent Family in Wrongful Death Suit Following Atlanta Nightclub Shooting

"It is incomprehensible how they allowed this armed person to enter, remain, and cause the type of devastating harm that he did given their knowledge of what previously took place there," plaintiffs' counsel with Beasley Allen Law Firm said in a statement.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Small Venue, Big Outcome: 'Conservative' Rural Jury Returns $10M Verdict After Father's Wrongful Death

"With prejudgment interest and a 9-11-68 offer, the judgment could end up around $14.5 million," said Matthew Cathey of Cathey & Strain in Cornelia.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Court of Appeals Reverses Professional Negligence Sanctions Against Scrudder Bass

"Scrudder Bass was in an untenable position," defendant-appellant counsel Laurie Webb Daniel told the court at oral argument.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Secure $8.6M Settlement in Cautionary Tale for Real Estate Managers

"Commercial real estate residential housing is a huge business, and these people know they are having these problems," said Michael Haggard, the managing partner at the Haggard Law Firm.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Sides With Plaintiffs in 'Gotcha Tactic' Settlement Dispute

"If the insurance companies are interested in seeing confusing language, they need look no further than their own insurance contracts," said plaintiff-appellee attorney Ben Brodhead.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Jurors Return $3.5M Verdict to Immigrant's Family

Jurors also heard evidence that, although management reported crimes on premises to the owner, management did not warn the residents.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Times Square Hotel Not Liable for Guest's Suicide Death, Had No Duty of Care

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 
2 minute read

Law.com

Snapchat Faces Wrongful-Death Suit Following 'Sextortion' Scheme Involving 13-Year-Old Boy

Snapchat is accused of strict liability and negligence in a wrongful-death suit where a 13-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after he was a victim of a "sextortion scheme," according to the federal lawsuit filed in South Carolina.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Parents Bound to Son's Arbitration Agreement in Wrongful-Death Claim, Appeals Court Rules

A skilled nursing facility in Los Angeles won the right to compel arbitration in the case of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of one of its residents.
4 minute read

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