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By Charles Toutant | October 13, 2023
Attacking the character or morals of a witness, when they are not in issue, is viewed as "a particularly reprehensible type of impropriety," the appellate panel found.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | October 11, 2023
The trial court found Victor Ybarra's testimony uncredible; the testimony of an interested witness raises a fact issue, and whether to credit that testimony is a question for the factfinder, Justice Gordon Goodman noted in his dissent.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | October 9, 2023
"Appellants' arguments that Texas law, not federal bankruptcy law, controls are incorrect. We find the pre-petition payment doesn't affect the debtor's equitable interest in them at the time the petition was filed," wrote Fifth Circuit Judge Stephen A. Higginson.
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By Charles Toutant | October 4, 2023
The settlements were reached following mediation with Stephen Orlofsky, a former federal judge who is now with Blank Rome in Princeton.
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By Emily Cousins | October 4, 2023
Andrew Lieb, the complainant's attorney, said the police report is particularly damning. "I would be mortified if I was associated with a place like this," he said.
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By Charles Toutant | October 3, 2023
"This marks the third time in three years that an appellate court has overturned outsized verdicts that asbestos lawyers secured by confusing and misleading juries with unscientific opinions touting baseless liability theories," Erik Haas, worldwide vice president of litigation for Johnson & Johnson, said in a statement.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | October 3, 2023
Hyster-Yale chose not to offer any occupant restraint system or occupant compartment enclosure even though safer alternative designs existed, the plaintiff's amended complaint asserted.
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By Cedra Mayfield | October 3, 2023
"There's something to be said when ... the criticism is coming from your own," said plaintiff attorney Sam Weaver of Banks Weaver in Atlanta. "I felt really confident."
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By Jake Evans | October 3, 2023
This article provides tips for a giving a good deposition and can be provided directly to your clients that are preparing for a deposition.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | October 2, 2023
Senior U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn said the FTC's expert witness testimony was not supported by the evidence and concluded "the FTC provides no other evidence to show that the brand partner purchases should be uniformly treated not as sales to ultimate users."
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