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Coverage of complaints, verdicts, court cases, trends in PI cases
By Emily Saul | May 15, 2024
Attorneys Kristen Gibbons Feden and Mike Della have secured at least $533.5 million in awards against ex-doctor Stuart Copperman. They represent more than 100 plaintiffs who allege Copperman sexually abused them as children.
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By Emily Cousins | May 15, 2024
"Slip-and-fall cases are difficult to try on both ends," Megan Boorsma said. "A case like this with a fracture is high risk. There's a big risk of us getting a defense verdict in a slip-and-fall case, but with an injury like this, there's definitely a risk that they would get a verdict. People always say like you never leave a mediation happy, neither side."
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By Aleeza Furman | May 15, 2024
"The reality is, but for the negligent security, the attacker couldn't have done what he did. Had proper security been in place, he wouldn't have gotten that far," Kline & Specter partner Lorraine Donnelly said.
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By Charles Toutant | May 15, 2024
It's unclear why all the lights in the area were out, but it's possible that a prior accident caused a short circuit, said plaintiffs lawyer Guillermo Gonzalez.
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By Charles Toutant | May 14, 2024
"The long and short of it is we're going to be looking into any sources of funding, including for fraudulent conveyances to intentionally make himself destitute," said the attorney who represented the plaintiff.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 14, 2024
"Expanding the definition of 'pedestrian' to include LSES operators would advance the medical coverage goal but undermine the goal of curbing the rise of insurance costs," Justice Lee A. Solomon said. "The legislature may certainly choose to expand the availability of PIP coverage to LSES operators, as they did with motorcycles, but that policy decision and its insurance cost implications, if any, is properly for the legislature, not the court."
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By Alex Anteau | May 13, 2024
"Even if the evidence presented at trial would authorize a greater or lesser award than that actually made, we will not disturb the award 'unless it is so flagrant as to shock the conscience,'" the court opined.
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By Amanda O'Brien | May 13, 2024
Simmons Hanly Conroy, based in the St. Louis metropolitan area, allegedly filed sham lawsuits and scripted witness testimony, according to plastic pipe manufacturer J-M Manufacturing.
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By Amanda O'Brien | May 13, 2024
"I get a lot of happiness in this job by getting to call my clients and say, 'Hey, this is what you got,'" Feden said in an interview. "I got to call seven different people to let them know about the awards. It's satisfying from a career perspective and emotional perspective as well."
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By Riley Brennan | May 13, 2024
"Lawyering in cases like this is a team sport, and you have to have more than one person who can score and defend," Kline, a basketball fan, said.
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