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By VerdictSearch | July 14, 2022
On Dec. 31, 2017, plaintiff David Brodt, 64, slipped and fell on an icy patch in the parking lot of a Burger King in Easton. He suffered a hip fracture.
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By VerdictSearch | June 23, 2022
The power from the line ran down the ladder, through Mader, out his feet, and into the ground. He was shocked by 13,000 volts of electricity. The front half of both of his feet were severely burned.
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By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy | June 15, 2022
A woman who sustained neck and back injuries when her car was rear-ended by a dump truck agreed on May 10 to a $2 million settlement in her Ocean County…
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By Melissa Siegel | June 13, 2022
Plaintiff's expert architect opined that the sidewalk's surface was not even, and his counsel argued that the uneven surface constituted a hazard.
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By Cedra Mayfield | June 6, 2022
"[The plaintiff] chose to bring a claim based solely on premises liability, and our premises-liability statute imposes a duty to keep the premises safe only on 'an owner or occupier of land,'" read the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion. "This record contains no evidence from which a jury could find that Georgia Power owned or occupied the premises here."
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By David Gialanella | Colleen Murphy | June 2, 2022
A woman injured in her Paterson apartment by a falling piece of door hardware settled her Passaic County suit, Green v. LaRosa, for $765,000, and…
4 minute read
By Steve Hallo | June 1, 2022
In the past two years, the legal professional liability market has seen at least five claim settlements exceed $1B.
4 minute read
By George M. Heymann | May 31, 2022
The number of new cases in this area of law is constant. The cases discussed herein are representative highlights of some of the recent opinions regarding litigation of Labor Law §240(1) claims by workers injured in the performance of their jobs where "elevation" and "force of gravity" provide added risks to their assigned tasks.
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By Charles Toutant | Colleen Murphy | May 27, 2022
Also, a 66-year-old man who fell on black ice as he exited his apartment building settled for $900,000 in Middlesex County.
4 minute read
By VerdictSearch | May 19, 2022
On Oct. 27, 2019, during the evening hours, plaintiff Lester Eldridge, 64, was at the residence of Richard Austin, a family relative, in Philadelphia. Austin's kitchen was on the second floor and had a door that led directly to his deck. Eldridge claimed that when he exited the kitchen door, he stepped to the right onto the deck and fell off, falling approximately 12 feet to the ground. Eldridge suffered a leg fracture.
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