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Out-of-possession landowner can be liable for property defects.
The Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision which held that the duty to maintain sidewalks in a “reasonably safe condition” under Section 7-210 of the New
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Delaware law does not recognize general duty of a child to care for an aging parent.
The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit stemming from an auto accident, suing not only the other driver, but also his adult children.
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Court may not award a legally excessive jury award of nominal damages when jury was not permitted to award compensatory damages.
The First District Court of Appeal reversed an award of $80,000 in nominal damages as legally excessive.
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Court affirms granting motion for summary judgment for defendants following the death of an individual in a workplace accident.
After Rickie Lee Grimsley was killed in a workplace accident, his wife filed suit asserting claims of negligence against the Manitowoc Company, Inc.
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The Eleventh Circuit upheld foreign arbitral award, refusing to apply the New York Convention’s public policy exception.
At issue before the Eleventh Circuit in this matter was the interplay between a foreign arbitration award and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement
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Residential landlord did not owe a duty of care to tenant to protect against a blatant and known hazard.
The plaintiff caught her foot in a gap between the boards of a tread of the front porch steps in the single-family home that she rented.
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Vacant two-family home with ability to generate income not considered commercial property in sidewalk liability case.
The plaintiff fell and injured herself in front of a vacant two-family property, whose owners lived across the street, due to a sidewalk defect.
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Court holds that photographs can be authenticated via pictorial testimony or the silent witness method.
The plaintiff sued the City of Miami for a 2010 trip and fall on a sidewalk that had an asphalt patch 1.25 inches lower than the adjoining concrete slab.
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania finds that trial court and intermediate appellate court erred in setting an accrual date for purpose of evaluating timeliness of plaintiffs’ claims.
The plaintiffs were among thousands to sue Janssen Pharmaceuticals, claiming they devel
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Allowing secondary evidence in the form of testimony of defendant’s employee.
In a slip and fall action, the Third District Court of Appeal held it was not an abuse of discretion for the trial court to allow secondary evidence, in the fo
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