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Allison Dunn is a reporter on ALM's Rapid Response desk based in Ohio, covering impactful litigation filings and rulings, emerging legal trends, controversies in the industry, and everything in between. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AllisonDWrites.
October 13, 2023 | Law.com
"Throughout the entirety of this transaction, defendants Williams and A&G were acting solely as agents of Vetcomm," Senior U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. wrote. "Thus, even if Williams volunteered in the second email to notify Jones upon request to disburse the subject funds, such a modification would bind only Vetcomm, the principal, and not defendants Williams and A&G, the agents."
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
October 12, 2023 | The Recorder
While no specific defect was identified in the complaint, it alleges that the plane suffered "a sudden and catastrophic mechanical failure" during its normal flight, "causing the aircraft not to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would have expected it to perform during its flight on October 11, 2021."
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
October 12, 2023 | Law.com
"Court-appointed counsel serve a vital role in our appellate justice system. This adjustment continues the commitment of Virginia's appellate courts to ensure that court-appointed counsel are adequately compensated for their services," Chief Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn said in a statement.
By Allison Dunn
2 minute read
October 11, 2023 | Law.com
A federal judge in Massachusetts partially granted summary judgment to a plaintiff who alleged that her attorneys overbilled her after successfully representing her in an underlying $10 million premises liability action.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
October 10, 2023 | Law.com
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
October 6, 2023 | Law.com
"Basically, Jordan's system required the employees to pay for their own hourly labor. And then once they had earned sufficient draw to cover that time, which Jordan's would take out of their earned commissions, Jordan's would pay them whatever commissions were left," Sutton's counsel, Brant Casavant, of Fair Work in Boston, explained to the justices Oct. 4.
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
October 6, 2023 | The Recorder
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
October 5, 2023 | Law.com
At oral arguments Wednesday regarding whether a home health aide who was fired for violating her employer's COVID-19 vaccination policy is owed unemployment benefits, several Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices appeared wary of denying benefits to employees who express sincerely held religious beliefs.
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
October 4, 2023 | Law.com
"The parties appear to agree that the statute of limitations is two years and began to run on July 30, 2020. Therefore, ordinarily, the statute of limitations would expire on July 30, 2022," U.S. District Senior Judge David A. Faber wrote. "Defendant argues that the complaint needed to be filed on July 30, 2022, even though it was a Saturday. Plaintiff argues that he had until August 1, 2022. Plaintiff is correct."
By Allison Dunn
4 minute read
October 3, 2023 | Law.com
"The Court's well-reasoned ruling squarely rebukes JetBlue's meritless contention that it met Federal Aviation Regulation standards of care by performing a visual check of equipment which had nothing to do with the hinge defect which caused this easily preventable occurrence in which an overhead bin door detached from both hinges and struck a passenger in the head," plaintiffs counsel Marc L. Breakstone told Law.com.
By Allison Dunn
7 minute read
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