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By Allison Dunn | May 30, 2023
"Once you've done that, you've satisfied your requirement. If you fail to do that, you could potentially be liable. I suppose at that point it would be strict liability of some kind. It would be some kind of liability. It would be up to a jury to decide what happens in the end," the plaintiff's attorney, David L. Abney said, during oral arguments.
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By Everett Catts | May 30, 2023
Although the amounts of [a 4-year-old girl's] father's suit settlement and mother's suit settlement have not been released, the fact that the father's settlement was "at least four times the amount of [her] mother's case" was a factor in her decision, Judge Veronica Cope said in her order Thursday.
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By ALM Staff | May 30, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By ALM Staff | May 26, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the document here.
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By Allison Dunn | May 25, 2023
"Moreover, Mr. Zadnik was, from the evidence, the only other person in the room when the purported common law wedding ceremony occurred. There was no officiant. Perhaps I said that too quickly. Let me repeat that. There was no officiant," Circuit Judge Marilyn F. Bentley said from the bench, according to the opinion, that "There were no other witnesses; whether they be follow [sic] employees of either Mr. Zadnik or Ms. [Conway]; no neighbors; no friends; no siblings of Ms. [Conway]; no anyone." and that the "'testimony of one party alone is insufficient to confirm the existence of a valid and lawful marriage.'"
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By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | May 25, 2023
The deputies who put Brianna Grier in the back of a patrol car to take her to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office failed to close the rear passenger-side door before driving away, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found. The 28-year-old woman suffered brain trauma when she hit her head in the July 15 fall and was in a coma until she died July 21 at an Atlanta hospital, her family said.
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By Mark A. Behrens | May 24, 2023
Earlier this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed controversial legislation that would have dramatically increased liability in the Empire State, undermining…
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By Riley Brennan | May 24, 2023
The groom, Aric Hutchinson, was injured and his wife, Samantha Miller, died when the golf cart they were in was hit by a car allegedly driven by a drunk driver, Jamie Komoroski. He filed a wrongful death suit against Komoroski, who had a blood alcohol level over three times the legal limit, and others.
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By ALM Staff | May 24, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Michael A. Mora | May 22, 2023
The settlement was obtained by the Florida attorneys for the estate within five months of filing the complaint.
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