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Ohio appellate court finds expert testimony may not be necessary to prove claim against an insurance agent.
The Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment in favor of an insurance agent and found that there was an issue of fact as
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Claims by a new business or venture for ascertainment of future probable profits are too remote, contingent, speculative to meet legal standard in New Jersey for reasonable certainty.
Since 1936, the vast majority of jurisdictions have rejected the New Business Rule as a per se rule of exclusion and, instead, allowed lost prof
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Breach of contract claim barred under the gist of the action doctrine where alleged conduct pertained to manner in which duties of representation performed and not a breach of a specific contractual promise.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in an unpublished opinion, continued the recent trend of Pennsylvania case law barring breach of contract claims that actually s
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When there are factual disputes, the parties present those disputes to a jury of their peers for resolution. The factual disputes here require a jury trial to resolve.
The plaintiff alleged excessive force, false arrest, failure to intervene and municipal liability against the City of Vineland and its police officers.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Lawyer Liability
On December 22, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an opinion in Clark v.
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Appellate Division Rejects Plaintiff’s Extraordinary Circumstances Explanation under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act
In Anthony v.
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Florida Adopts the Federal Summary Judgment Standard, Leading a Path for More Successful Summary Judgment Practice
The Florida Supreme Court has adopted the federal summary judgment standard, effective May 1, 2021.
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Judge rules that a prior final compensation order did not predict that permanent total disability benefits would flow from the award in that the claimant intended, but did not, undergo a surgery to alleviate the work-related injury.
The claimant filed a petition for benefits, seeking permanent total disability benefits.
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The First District Court of Appeal was not persuaded by the argument that listing the left knee as an accepted body part on the pre-trial stipulation constituted acceptance of the left knee condition.
The claimant, a firefighter, suffered a work-related injury to his left knee in 1997.
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