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Huge jury verdict in NYPD shooting lawsuit
City Weighs Its Response to $25.2M Shooting Verdict Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal March 30, 2015 | The City of New York has yet to determine whether it will appeal a Brooklyn jury’s $25.2 million award to a man … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order
Tagged appeals from jury verdicts, jury verdicts, Law and government agencies, law and the courts, legal contingency cases, personal injury lawsuits, settlement negotiations, settlements
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The god problem downs personal injury suit v Appelbee’s
From Lowering the Bar: An appellate court has ruled that “the danger posed by a plate of sizzling hot food [is] self-evident,” thus dooming a New Jersey man’s attempt to sue Applebee’s for burns suffered while bowing his head to … Continue reading
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Tagged liability for injury, personal injury, personal injury lawsuits, Personal injury liability, the god problem
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What a contingency case means to a lawyer
Also from Wil Hylton’s “A Bug In The System” (The New Yorker, February 2, 2015): When [Bill] Marler’s litigation becomes complicated and protracted, his firm can go months without generating income. Marler routinely lends money to the firm to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights lawsuits, personal injury lawsuits, what "contingency" means
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