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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,
Punitive Damage Claims Allowed to Proceed in Asbestos Case
A Lackawanna County trial judge has allowed plaintiffs in an asbestos case to move forward with punitive damage claims against two boiler manufacturers.
ADA Exception for Religious Schools and Defamation Against Parents
A recent decision in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey analyzes the religious organizations exception under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. Section 12182, as it applies to private schools and also evaluates whether a school has any claims against a parent for defamation. In Sky R. v. Haddonfield Friends School, U.S.D.C., N.J., Civil Action No. 14-5730, U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez of the District of New Jersey provides a thorough analysis of both concepts and shows that the court can giveth and taketh away.
Katten Litigation Co-Leader Decamps, Plus More Lateral Moves
The U.S. Department of Commerce adds a high-profile partner from Katten Muchin Rosenman; Greenberg Traurig and Holland & Knight trade hires; Winston & Strawn's arbitration co-chair departs; and other notable additions from around The Am Law 200.
Recent Pa. Decision Analyzes Fee-Shifting Under the IDEA
A recent decision in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania thoroughly discusses the fee-shifting mechanism set forth in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), wherein the prevailing party is entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs, 20 U.S.C. Section 1415(i)(3)(B). In I.W. v. School District of Philadelphia (E.D.Pa., Jan. 13, 2016), U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania provides a full analysis of when fee-shifting should occur and what fees should apply while rendering a decision relating to plaintiffs' motion for attorney fees and costs. The memorandum opinion is instructive to both attorneys for parents/students and school districts alike.People in the News - Dec. 24, 2015 - Kats Joins Children's Village Board
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young associate Samantha Kats was appointed to the board of directors of Children's Village in Philadelphia, a nonprofit organization that provides early childhood education and school-age academic enrichment distinguished by excellence and family diversity.People in the News - Dec. 24, 2015 - Kats Joins Children's Village Board
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young associate Samantha Kats was appointed to the board of directors of Children's Village in Philadelphia, a nonprofit organization that provides early childhood education and school-age academic enrichment distinguished by excellence and family diversity.
Suits & Deals: Infant's Family Settles Product Liability Suit for $7.25 Million in Morris Co.
The family of a weeks-old infant who asphyxiated in an allegedly faulty infant carrier was paid a $7.25 million settlement Dec. 1 in Estate of Bethea v. Infantino LLC.
Suits & Deals: Infant's Family Settles Product Liability Suit for $7.25 Million in Morris Co.
The family of a weeks-old infant who asphyxiated in an allegedly faulty infant carrier was paid a $7.25 million settlement Dec. 1 in Estate of Bethea v. Infantino LLC.
Company Sanctioned for Not Preserving Asbestos Documents
A company that made asbestos products in the 1980s should have anticipated it would be sued, and therefore the destruction of dozens of boxes of related documents in the 1990s was spoliation requiring sanction, a Manhattan state judge has ruled.TRENDING STORIES
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