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Case digests and stories on significant verdicts and rulings
By Max Mitchell | February 14, 2018
An Allegheny County jury has awarded $1.7 million to the family of a boy who was struck in the head by a foul ball during a youth baseball game and suffered a brain injury.
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By Maureen Dear | February 14, 2018
If I throw a birthday party at my house, and I suggest guests park a couple blocks away where there's always lots of space, and, as my guest, you do that but get hit by a car when walking over, can you sue me for your injuries because my suggestion of where to park created a foreseeable risk of harm?
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By Greg Land | February 13, 2018
The appellate panel ruled that a jury could hear about a litigation investment company's payment of a plaintiff's medical bill as evidence of possible bias by the testifying doctors.
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By Robert Storace | February 9, 2018
Kirk Trofatter was awarded $375,000 last month after falling 10 feet from a stairway in his apartment complex that collapsed due to rusty steps.
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By VerdictSearch | February 8, 2018
On May 3, 2015, plaintiff Paulette Isaac, 57, was walking on Commissioner Street, in North Philadelphia, when she tripped and fell. She asserted that she had been walking on the sidewalk at 3429 W. Commissioner St. when her foot caught on a patch of temporary asphalt, causing her to fall and land face-first. She claimed she suffered brain damage.
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By Greg Land | February 7, 2018
After three days of deliberations, the DeKalb County jury apportioned only 1 percent of the liability to the complex's owners, dividing the rest among the shooter and other involved brawlers, meaning the slain man's parents will see none of the money.
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By Verdict Search | February 5, 2018
A $720,000 award went to a man who tumbled in the parking lot at the Cypress Creek Station retail plaza.
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By VerdictSearch | February 1, 2018
On June 2, 2014, plaintiff Ann Marie Pearson, in her mid-50s, was descending the exterior stairs of a condominium she had rented in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.
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By Brian J. Shoot and Susan M. Jaffe | February 1, 2018
In this Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian J. Shoot and Susan M. Jaffe write: The Court of Appeals is frequently called upon to make rulings concerning the scope and application of Labor Law §240, the so-called scaffold statute. It sometimes explains the grounds for its determinations in great detail. This column concerns a recent case in which the court went in, well, a different direction.
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By Max Mitchell | January 25, 2018
A man injured by a street light that was knocked over by a reversing truck agreed to settle his claims against multiple defendants for $2.75 million.
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