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New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Division Upholds $4.7M Personal Injury Award to Disabled Woman in Slip-and-Fall Case

The jury returned a $4.7 million molded verdict, which ranked among the 20 largest personal injury awards reported for 2023 by the Law Journal.
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Daily Report Online

Court of Appeals Divided in Spoliation Sanction Remand Case

Before they filed suit, the plaintiffs asked Golden Pantry to preserve years of security footage for evidence. However, after consulting with its lawyers and insurance carrier, the company still chose to delete the video.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff Failed to Regard Warning Signs in Slip and Fall: Defense

On July 23, 2019, plaintiff Lorraine Horan, 51, slipped and fell in the lobby of a building owned by PMC Property Group in Pittsburgh. PMC contracted with ISS Facility Services Inc. to provide custodial services.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Flagger Said Her Trip and Fall Was Preventable

On July 7, 2020, plaintiff Holly Barlett, 52, a construction worker, tripped and fell on an uncovered valve box located on Penn Avenue, near its intersection with Edmond Street, in Pittsburgh. She suffered a back fracture.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Appellate Court Rules Landlords Not Liable for Premises Liability Shooting Claims, Even if They Keep Right of Entry

The plaintiff-appellant is the mother of a child who was shot by another boy who lived in the apartment complex. She argued that if the landlord took action to remove the gun from the child's apartment unit after receiving reports that he was carrying it in the common areas, her son wouldn't have died.
4 minute read

Law.com

North Dakota Court Clarifies Natural Accumulation Rule in Matter of First Impression

"Remote areas are precisely the locations the natural accumulation rule protects because the reasonableness of monitoring remote areas of property, and lack of notice resulting therefrom, demonstrates the rationale for the rule. Where it is unreasonable for an owner or operator to continually monitor an area, such as the remote well site in rural North Dakota, it is unreasonable to expect the owner or operator to promptly clear any naturally accumulating snow or ice, ..." Justice Jerod E. Tufte wrote for the court.
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Daily Report Online

Ga. Appeals Court Rules Stadium Can't Be Sued, but Lawsuit Over Brawl at Venue May Proceed

The court said the doctrine of assumption of the risk did not eliminate liability on the part of individual defendants allegedly involved in a fight.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$2.3M Verdict Against Phila. Housing Authority Tees Up Challenge to State Damages Cap

"Because of the cap, a lot of lawyers don't want to get verdicts, so they will settle a case that should be in the multimillions for pennies on the dollar," Leonard Hill, of Hill & Associates, said.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'Her Vacation Getaway Turned Out to Be a Death Trap': Airbnb Hit With Wrongful-Death Suit

"When she rented the property, Airbnb promised her a safe and secure home away from home," the complaint alleged. "Unbeknownst to Debra, the Airbnb property she rented for her vacation getaway turned out to be a death trap."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Woman Sues Law Firm After Exit Sign Hits Her on the Head

The 80-year-old plaintiff claimed the defendants were negligent, and they should have made sure the exit sign was properly secured.
2 minute read

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