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January 17, 2013 |

Boat repairman gets $826,400 after fall down rolling staircase

Attorney William Ruggiero said the rolling staircase was put up without chocks and his client fell 15 feet straight down on his heel. "He's lucky he's not dead," Ruggiero said.
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July 18, 2011 |

Insurers Need Not Cover Trade Secrets Theft Verdict, Court Rules

Two insurance companies don't have to cover a $13.8 million verdict in a trade secrets theft case because there wasn't an "advertising injury" under the respective policies, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. On July 7, a unanimous panel affirmed a summary judgment ruling for the insurers by U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy K. Johnson of the Southern District of Texas in Continental Casualty Co. v. Consolidated Graphics Inc.
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November 13, 2006 |

Election Results Could Temper Bush's 5th Circuit Picks

President George W. Bush will have a chance to place at least three more judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in his final two years in office. But with the Senate falling to the Democrats after last week's elections, he may be forced to pick less controversial nominees, several lawyers say.
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October 16, 2006 |

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July 12, 2011 |

Insurers Need Not Cover Trade Secrets Theft Verdict, 5th Circuit Rules

Two insurance companies don't have to cover a $13.8 million verdict in a trade secrets theft case because there wasn't an "advertising injury" under the respective policies, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled. John Tollefson of Dallas-based Tollefson, Bradley, Ball & Mitchell, who represented an excess insurer in the case.
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September 10, 2013 |

A-List Judges Head to Florida for IT-Lex Inaugural Conference

A-List judges head to Florida for IT-Lex' inaugural conference, including John Facciola, Lawrence Kolin, and retired jurists Nan Nolan and Ronald Hedges — and Paul Grimm via video. The two-day October event focuses on e-discovery and risk management.
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September 19, 2005 |

VerdictSearch

"Life of the party" claimed insurer should pay out policy limits. Defendant buyer recovers royalties on counterclaim. No payout for gambler who fell. while aboard floating casino. Finding no permanency, motorist's award limited to medicals. Mechanic sent flying by pressurized gas line awarded $3.11M.
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June 01, 2012 |

The Am Law 200: The Firms A to Z

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December 21, 2009 |

Truth and Consequences: Cathy McBroom's Bravery Alters Federal Judicial Disciplinary Procedure

If not for Cathy McBroom, the Galveston federal courthouse might still be lorded over by former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent, the last full-time judge to sit there. Instead, Kent is sitting in prison in Florida, due, in large part, to a complaint McBroom — Kent's former case manager — filed in 2007 with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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