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Coverage of complaints, verdicts, court cases, trends in PI cases
By Katheryn Tucker | January 30, 2018
The defense offered to settle the case for $325,000. The plaintiff asked for $850,000 before the trial. The jury's verdict of $935,288, minus $100,000 already paid, puts Nationwide on the hook for just under the top pretrial offer.
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By Charles Toutant | January 29, 2018
At opening statements Monday in a Middlesex County court for the second suit linking Johnson & Johnson's talc products to mesothelioma, the company offered several alternate theories for the source of the asbestos that caused the plaintiff's illness.
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By Greg Land | January 29, 2018
The jury found the nursing home liable for only 20 percent of the award, but plaintiffs attorney Ken Connor said that because the panel found both professional and ordinary negligence—a claim for which the defense had not sought apportionment—he would seek the entire award.
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By Louis Locascio | January 29, 2018
OP-ED: Judge formulates guidelines for determining the need for expert testimony in a particular case.
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By Katheryn Tucker | January 29, 2018
“This case is ground zero for the entire USA Gymnastics investigation,” W. Brian Cornwell of Cornwell & Stevens in Savannah told the Daily Report on Friday. “None of this would have happened if it hadn't been for my client and her parents standing up for what's right to protect other kids."
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By Law Journal Editorial Board | January 29, 2018
In 'Hayes,' the court has provided clear guidelines for the handling of evidential issues that occur with some frequency. Since prior opinions on these issues have been principally by the Appellate Division, it is helpful and appropriate that the bench and bar have now guidance by our highest court.
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By Charles Toutant | David Gialanella | January 29, 2018
A Monmouth County jury awarded $8.5 million on January 17 in a medical malpractice suit over unnecessary thyroid surgery.
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By Jason Grant | January 26, 2018
The panel emphasized that the patient from New York did not seek out the New Jersey center but was directed there by her New York doctor as part of a referral fee agreement.
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By Michael Booth | January 26, 2018
"There was no obligation on the state to forward the wrongly filed tort claims notice to defendant," the appeals court said.
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By Greg Land | January 26, 2018
Plaintiff William Smith was cuffed and claimed he was not belted in when a Fulton County officer crashed into a stolen car.
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