Snapchat Speed Filter Claimed To Have Led To High Speed Tragic Car Accident
No immunity under federal law for Snapchat's Speed Filter which is claimed to have led to high speed tragic car accident.
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Hedge Funds Deepen Investment In Personal Injury Lawsuits
The New York Times (NYT) reported this week that hedge funds nationwide have invested billions into mass tort litigation because they can collect 18% or much more in profit. Personal injury litigants often find themselves unable to work due to their injuries and cannot wait for years to collect t...
Manhattan Judge Refuses to Dismiss Punitive Damages Claim Against Building Owner/Manager
On June 14, 2018, Justice Carol Robinson Edmead agreed that a jury should decide whether the conduct of an owner/manager of a building on East 59th Street in Manhattan was so egregious and dangerous to warrant punitive damages in addition to the usual compensatory damages. Basically, one morning ...
Construction Worker Fractures Left Knee & Hip Injury = $1,200,000
On May 30, 2018 the appellate court covering Queens County refused to overrule a trial court Judge who had reduced a jury verdict from $2,251,663 to $1,200,000. The plaintiff construction worker was in the process of removing the fourth floor of a commercial building when a coworker requested his...
Court of Appeals Limits Burden of Proving Faulty Highway Design Caused Deadly Accident
On June 7, 2018, New York's highest appellate court clarified a longstanding rule regarding the liability of a municipality for failing to promptly install a recommended four-way stop sign at an intersection in the Town of Ontario. A motorcyclist with the right of way traveling north on Route 350...
Upstate Town Justice Pleads Guilty To Bilking Estate $11.8M
On June 11, 2018 former NYS Town of Guilderland Justice Richard Sherwood (voluntarily resigned when caught) pleaded guilty to money laundering, tax crimes and grand larceny. Sherwood provided estate planning for the estate of Warren Bruggeman, a top executive of General Electric who died in 2009....
Red Sox Fan Struck By Foul Ball at Fenway Park Loses Trial
Yesterday, a Boston jury sided with the Red Sox team and its owner who were sued by a female fan who was seriously injured when she was struck in the face by a foul ball hit by slugger David Ortiz. The Red Sox fan sued for $9.5 million claiming that she suffered multiple facial fractures and perm...
$45M Awarded To Victim Struck in Head By Shopping Cart Thrown Off Roof at Mall
On June 15, 2018, a Manhattan jury held five property owners who managed the facilities at East River Plaza Shopping in East Harlem, responsible for the devastating brain and neck injuries suffered by Marion Hedges, age who was standing outside a Costco retail store with her son when she was struck in the head and neck by a shopping cart thrown off a roof at shopping mall in East Harlem.
Convicted Felon Not Allowed to Sue For Legal Malpractice Unless Conviction Vacated
Last week a United States Federal Court Judge from the Southern District of New York dismissed a legal malpractice claim of a woman who had been convicted of "misbranding drugs, conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud" and sentenced to three years in prison.She sued the law firm that unsuccessfully...
Queens Jury Holds Long Island Jewish Med Ctr Liable For Death of Patient - Awards $3.9M
On May 7, 2018 a Queens County jury awarded $3,920,000 to the family of a 63 year old woman who died in 2012 as a result of malpractice in failing to promptly treat a post operative infection caused by a leaking colon. The patient had been diagnosed with uterine carcinoma and underwent a total ab...
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