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Regarding the plaintiff's motion for a bifurcated trial on the issues of liability and damages in a personal injury action, bifurcation is normally not granted where the injuries sustained by the plaintiff have an important bearing on the issue of liability and are probative in determining how the accident occurred. However, in Betty Booker v. K-Mart Corp. and Benderson Development Co., Inc., Acting Buffalo City Court Judge Philip M. Marshall granted the plaintiff's motion for bifurcation. The first trial will address: 1) whether the area where the accident occurred was reasonably safe, and 2) whether the defendants were negligent in failing to keep the area in a reasonable safe condition.
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A Missouri district court could impose strict time limits in an insurance-coverage dispute after the first phase of the trial took 29 days, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Inefficient is a kind description of the attorneys' presentation of their first-phase case," wrote Judge Michael J. Melloy for the appellate court.
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Bifurcated trial – fraud – bad faith – summary judgment – coverage – statute of limitations – public policy – contract – reasonable.
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Introduction: A Preliminary Evaluation I. Informant Testimony Rules. II. Witness Testimony and Scientific Corroboration Rules. III. Videotaping Interrogations. IV. Lineup Procedures. V. Independent Review of Scientific Evidence. VI. A Significantly Narrower List of Death Penalty Eligibility Factors. VII. Use of Different Juries for Each Stage of a Bifurcated Capital Trial. VIII. A Heightened Burden of Proof. IX. Discretion of Judges to Overturn Death Sentences They Believe Are Unwarranted. X. An Ongoing Review Commission. Conclusion: Learning from Experience Since 1995.
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Thompson Coburn has announced that Elizabeth Blackwell, Laura M. Duncan, Matthew H. Kaiser, Catherine Schroeder and Steven R. Wild have been selected to become partners in the firm. Blackwell is a member of the firm's Tobacco Litigation and Appellate practice areas. She possesses special expertise in defending against the improper use of aggregate trial procedures, such as class certification, large and small consolidations, and phased bifurcated or trifurcated trial plans. Blackwell earned her J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law. She also holds a M.T.S. from Harvard University and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Westminster College.
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... On November 10, 2008, seven days before the trial was scheduled to begin, Gototweski filed a second ... decision to grant judgment following a bifurcated trial on the issue. As discussed above, there is a...
