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Case digests and stories on significant verdicts and rulings
By ALM Staff | April 29, 2024
At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was in the process of manually draining the bathtub, which had a clogged drain. As she stepped on the unstable flooring, the floor suddenly collapsed.
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By Louis Locascio | April 24, 2024
"Does the mode of operation rule apply where customers wait on themselves after being served by an employee?" writes former Superior Court Judge Louis Locascio.
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By Mason Lawlor | April 18, 2024
"I think the jury concluded that companies shouldn't make profit when they result in people being killed or severely injured, and that makes a lot of sense," plaintiffs' counsel, Mike Rafi of the Rafi Law Firm in Atlanta, told the Daily Report. "They didn't want a company making money when their behavior disregarded such obvious problems."
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By ALM Staff | April 15, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Alex Anteau | April 10, 2024
"Where are the police? It almost seems like you want to privatize law enforcement to a corporation," said Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard.
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By George M. Heymann | April 10, 2024
The Appellate Division, Second Department recently had the opportunity to review the background of the "vicious propensities" rule as the standard by which an individual can be sued for injuries caused by domesticated animals over which they have full or partial control.
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By Alex Anteau | April 1, 2024
"To cope with rising crime and critically low law enforcement capacity, the County has made the outrageous decision to sue property owners, placing the primary law enforcement responsibility on them," the defendant-appellants wrote in their briefs.
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By Alex Anteau | March 29, 2024
"The biggest difficulty was the plaintiff was a completely innocent victim," defense counsel said.
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By Alex Anteau | March 28, 2024
The foreseeability of a falling tree on a parking lot adjaacent to but not part of the property are the key factors in the case.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 21, 2024
The jury returned a $4.7 million molded verdict, which ranked among the 20 largest personal injury awards reported for 2023 by the Law Journal.
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