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Regardless of its volume, health care facilities are required to provide narrative directing plaintiff to specific location in the medical record where raw factual data of an adverse medical incident is documented.

January 1, 2020

The plaintiff presented to the hospital with complaints of pain in her right leg. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020

Allowing secondary evidence in the form of testimony of defendant’s employee.

Orlando

Premises & Retail Liability

January 1, 2020

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 Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

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.

Philadelphia - Headquarters

Product Liability

January 1, 2020

The plaintiffs were among thousands to sue Janssen Pharmaceuticals, claiming they devel Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

Court holds that photographs can be authenticated via pictorial testimony or the silent witness method.

Orlando

Premises & Retail Liability

January 1, 2020

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. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

Vacant two-family home with ability to generate income not considered commercial property in sidewalk liability case.

Roseland

Premises & Retail Liability

January 1, 2020

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. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

Residential landlord did not owe a duty of care to tenant to protect against a blatant and known hazard.

Roseland

Premises & Retail Liability

January 1, 2020

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. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

The Eleventh Circuit upheld foreign arbitral award, refusing to apply the New York Convention’s public policy exception.

Mount Laurel

Maritime Litigation

January 1, 2020

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 Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

Court affirms granting motion for summary judgment for defendants following the death of an individual in a workplace accident.

Philadelphia - Headquarters

General Liability

January 1, 2020

After Rickie Lee Grimsley was killed in a workplace accident, his wife filed suit asserting claims of negligence against the Manitowoc Company, Inc. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

Court may not award a legally excessive jury award of nominal damages when jury was not permitted to award compensatory damages.

Orlando

General Liability

January 1, 2020

The First District Court of Appeal reversed an award of $80,000 in nominal damages as legally excessive. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

Delaware law does not recognize general duty of a child to care for an aging parent.

Wilmington

General Liability

January 1, 2020

The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit stemming from an auto accident, suing not only the other driver, but also his adult children. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2020 is prepar

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