New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Brad Hoylman | December 22, 2022
Every other state, save for New York and Alabama, has already reformed their wrongful death statutes. The governor should seize this historic opportunity to rectify generations of injustice by signing the Grieving Families Act into law.
By Mason Lawlor | December 20, 2022
"There is no excuse for how poorly secured this production was."
By Cedra Mayfield | December 16, 2022
"The opinion of the Court of Appeals is a sweeping re-interpretation of O.C.G.A. § 9-3-99, a statute that is often the only means by which crime victims are able to obtain relief," said appellee attorney George L. Phillips Jr. of Dozier Law in Macon.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | December 13, 2022
Under the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act provision, majority opinion author Justice David Wecht ruled, "cause of death" refers only to the medical meaning of the phrase and not the legal interpretation.
By Allison Dunn | December 9, 2022
In May, the plaintiffs sought to add Mayfield Consumer Products supervisor Justin Bobbitt as a party, but the federal court has yet to make a ruling. Out of "an abundance of caution that the federal court may deny the motion to add" Bobbitt as a party, the original plaintiffs were joined by members of the estates—a total of 18 individuals—in filing the present state action against the supervisor.
By Adolfo Pesquera | December 7, 2022
Plaintiffs' attorneys claimed Weiss was using the plane for business purposes, but Raymond James refused to take any responsibility for his conduct in operation of the Beechcraft, according to court pleadings.
By Emily Cousins | December 1, 2022
"In the present case, no activity or occurrence relevant to the plaintiffs' strict products liability claim against the defendant took place in Connecticut," the opinion said.
By Everett Catts | December 1, 2022
"We're pleased with the verdict," said Virgil Adams, the lead plaintiff attorney. "... This lady was 45 years old. She was simply going to the other side of that intersection to pick up a rotisserie chicken for dinner. For six years, having to fight this case and get a $7 million verdict, I feel good. The family has been through a lot."
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | November 29, 2022
"In the present case, no activity or occurrence relevant to the plaintiffs' strict products liability claim against the defendant took place in Connecticut," the opinion said.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | November 29, 2022
Imani Bell collapsed on Aug. 13, 2019, after running up the football stadium steps during required conditioning drills for the girls' basketball team, her family said in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against administrators at the school.
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