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IKEA Agrees to Pay $50M in Dresser Tip-Over Litigation
Swedish furniture company IKEA has agreed to pay $50 million to three families whose children were killed when the company's dressers fell onto them.
12 Months of Memorable Cases in Georgia
Large jury awards are always headline-grabbers—and 2016 was no exception. But there is often more to a case than just an eye-popping award. Here is a notable case from each month of 2016 in Georgia courts.
IKEA to Pay $50M in Dresser Tip-Over Cases
Swedish furniture company IKEA has agreed to pay $50 million to three families whose children were killed when the company's dressers fell onto them.
Justices Urged to Scrap Dragonetti Act as Unconstitutional
The Dragonetti Act unconstitutionally encroaches on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's exclusive ability to regulate the practice of law, an attorney seeking to overturn the 36-year-old law allowing lawyers to be sued for filing frivolous lawsuits argued before the justices Tuesday.
Gwinnett Jury Awards $30.5M in Brain-Damaged Baby Case
Following a two-and-a-half-week trial, a Gwinnett County jury awarded more than $30.5 million to a mother and her child, who was left severely brain-damaged when a problem with blood flow through the unborn baby's umbilical cord was not addressed promptly.
Top 20 Personal Injury Awards of the Year
A list of New Jersey's Top 20 personal injury recoveries, reported by the Law Journal between Aug. 22, 2015, and Aug. 19, 2016,
Plaintiffs Bar Diversity Improves Slightly as Conversations Shift
While certain firms made individual gains in attorney diversity since last year, improvement in the number of minority and female trial attorneys remained sluggish from 2015 to 2016, based on The Legal's ninth annual survey examining diversity at the largest plaintiffs firms in the state.
U-Haul Fights Consolidation of Food Truck Explosion Cases
Efforts are underway to consolidate several lawsuits filed over a fatal food truck explosion that happened two years ago in Philadelphia, but defendant U-Haul is pushing back.
Legislation, New Generation Are Focal Points for Trial Bar Leader
The future will be the focus for Ezra Wohlgelernter, the incoming head of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association