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Case digests and stories on significant verdicts and rulings
By VerdictSearch | April 6, 2023
A slip-and-fall plaintiff is hoping to try his case a third time after his bid for a higher damages award ended in a verdict an eighth the size of what he had originally won. The plaintiff was injured when he slipped and fell on a patch of ice on a paved pathway while walking from one building at a hotel to another.
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By Cedra Mayfield | March 30, 2023
"Amazon always tries to hide their responsibility for occurrences such as what happened to my client," said plaintiff attorney Steven N. Newton of Peachtree City.
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By Katie Hall | March 30, 2023
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By Cedra Mayfield | March 24, 2023
"We hear in mediations all the time that defendants are just going to stipulate to the $250,000 cap to take away the evidence of their wrongful conduct," said plaintiff attorney Jed Manton of Harris Lowry Manton in Brookhaven.
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By Katie Hall | March 23, 2023
The amount was the largest settlement or verdict ever made for a single child drowning case in U.S. history, according to a verdict analysis the parents' attorneys conducted.
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By VerdictSearch | March 23, 2023
On July 17, 2019, plaintiff Shirley Coker, 84, was entering her apartment building at the Village Green Apartments, in Hatboro. Upon entering the doorway, she fell and struck her head against nearby steps and fractured her neck. Coker later died, allegedly from injuries suffered in the fall.
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By Cedra Mayfield | March 21, 2023
"They are paying not only the full amount of the judgment but also an amount on top of the judgment in light of, at that point, the unknown of what was going to happen with the cap," said plaintiff attorney Jed Manton of Harris Lowry Manton in Atlanta.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 10, 2023
A $988,750 settlement was reached on Dec. 29 for a Belleville man seriously injured when he was rear-ended in a crash. On the accident date, June…
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By Kenneth E. Pitcoff and Andrea M. Alonso | March 10, 2023
The key word in any application of the 'assumption of risk' doctrine is the term "inherent." This article discusses how the Second Department's latest interpretation of inherency narrows the application of the doctrine.
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By Everett Catts | March 9, 2023
In his order, Judge John R. Mather said he granted the summary judgment motion because the plaintiff had no evidence of previous crimes happening on the property, adding "the Court has found no authority which supports a nuisance action for incidents occurring in surrounding areas, and … an underlying breach has not been shown."
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