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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.
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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.
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Daily Report Online

Intermediate Court Weighs Apartment Complex Ability to Waive Security Requirements

'It's one thing [for an apartment complex] to say we can't be your insurer, it's another thing to say 'We're not doing anything [to provide security].' That seems to be a very extraordinary thing and that concerns me," said Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard.
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Daily Report Online

'Incredibly Unsafe'? Plaintiffs Warn of Possible Adverse Impacts in Upcoming Premises Liability Appeal

The defense, however, has said the exculpatory provisions in a lease and a crime addendum to "are not contrary to public policy."
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Daily Report Online

Was $15M Too Much?: Defendants Argue for New Trial in Macon-Bibb Medical Malpractice Appeal

"[The defense was] doing our work for us, and we were fine with that," the plaintiff-appellees said.
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Daily Report Online

$3.8M Settlement Reached After Deacon Dies in Atlanta Police Custody

"While this part of their struggle is coming to a close, this fight for justice will not end until criminal charges are levied," said plaintiff counsel Mawuli Mel Davis of the Davis Bozeman Johnson Law Firm in Decatur.
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Texas Lawyer

The Attorney Who Helped Write a Controversial Law Is Now Testing It

"This is just a lawsuit in fearmongering," respondents' lead counsel Katherine Treistman said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Remand To State Court Granted by Connecticut Judge in Wrongful-Death Suit Stemming From 2021 Colorado Mass Shooting

"We are pleased this case will be sent back to the state court where it belongs," plaintiffs counsel said. "We look forward to proving our case that Ruger's illegal marketing and sale of a short-barreled rifle made the King Soopers shooting possible."
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Texas Lawyer

$72 Million Dallas Verdict Came After Nearly 1,000 Court Filings

A critical hurdle in getting to a just verdict was overcoming the Walker companies' shell game to use workers compensation insurance as a bar, plaintiffs' attorney Charla Aldous said.
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Daily Report Online

'Not Something You See Often': How Butler Kahn Bucked Conventional Wisdom to Win a $28M Verdict

"Classic lawyer wisdom is to keep a limited number of witnesses. [But] Jeb and I talked through all these different witnesses and came up with the idea to call as many of them who were willing to come," plaintiff's attorney Matt Kahn said.
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