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Ex-Prosecutor Builds Niche Practice in Civil Human-Trafficking Suits

A former prosecutor turned personal injury lawyer is making it his mission to bring accountability to the hotel industry when corporations turn a blind eye to sex trafficking on their properties.
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New York Law Journal

Disability Discrimination; Mismanagement Action: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Galonsky v. East 17th LLC," where the court had to decide whether there was "undue hardship in the context of the feasibility of an accommodation." and Medley v. 540 W. 146th Street Hous. Dev. Fund Corp." where an action for mismanagement was dismissed.
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Texas Lawyer

Take Nothing: Dallas Court Reverses $15.7M Wrongful-Death Jury Award

"There is no evidence to suggest Monticello should have anticipated that Red River's employees would attempt to perform this task themselves, or that it knew or should have known the pole could not be moved safely," Justice Amanda Reichek stated for the majority.
4 minute read

Law.com

Hotel Stayers Sue Days Inn Over Bedbug Bites, Infestation

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Future Treatment Needed After Fall at SEPTA Station: Suit

On Dec. 9, 2019, plaintiff Marlon Brown, 45, an information technology professional, slipped and fell at a SEPTA station in Philadelphia. He claimed multiple knee injuries.
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Daily Report Online

$2M DeKalb Settlement Reached Amid 'Unique Premises Liability Issues'

"This was an interesting case because the complex admitted superior knowledge of the creek's existence, but denied it was a legal hazard, or that they were responsible for Damaria's death," plaintiff counsel Arthur R. York told the Daily Report.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Sent Out to Try and Catch a Javelin': How Failed Negotiations Led to a $140M Premises Liability Verdict

"I suspect [the defendant] implored [the insurer] to accept [our] offers," plaintiff's counsel said. "But it seems to us like [the insurer's] business model is to routinely deny coverage, even in cases where coverage exists."
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Millions at Stake as Defunct Apportionment Law Is Debated in Ga. Courts

"[Our recent settlement's] a good example of what Alston & Bird v. Hatcher Management Holdings allowed that we can no longer do," plaintiff attorney Mike Rafi said. "Something like this will almost certainly never happen again because of the way the law changed."
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

'If More Judges Did [This], We'd See More Cases Settled During Trial': Plaintiff's Counsel Talk Strategy and Courtroom Management in $6.4M Cobb County Win

Cobb County State Court Judge Jane Manning conducts her courtroom a little differently than most jurists. Here's how it played out.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Shopper's Parking Lot Pothole Fall Garners $2.95 Million Settlement in Monmouth

A woman who had four operations on her back and shoulders after falling in a ShopRite shopping center parking lot was paid $2.95 million to settle her Monmouth County personal injury suit.
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