- Sonia Pedraza of North Branford, a lawyer with Shipman & Goodwin, was among a select group of lawyers of color honored for their achievements by the Connecticut Law Tribune. Pedraza practices in the areas of insurance coverage and product liability and tort litigation, and has represented major product manufacturers and retail establishments in a variety of matters ranging from premises liability to defective design cases. She also has more than 13 years of experience in the insurance industry.
Opposing parties in certain civil suits are more restricted in what information they can seek about the other side's criminal history under a policy change approved by St. Louis Circuit Court judges. The court met en banc recently and approved a change in the pattern interrogatories used in auto accident and premises liability cases.
Over the past two years, a number of attorneys in the author's firm have been involved in toxic tort litigation. The firm has received back-to-back defense verdicts in asbestos exposure, products liability, premises liability, and gross negligence cases; further, it has resolved several other cases during trial, after the plaintiffs' demands dropped from seven-figure to five-figure amounts. After analyzing the firm's recent victories, they determined that all the cases had one common thread: extensive pre-trial preparation. This article details some of the pre-trial strategies employed by their firm that resulted in successful outcomes for their clients. In litigating toxic tort cases, or any other case, the groundwork for victory at trial begins with extensive preparation. From investi...
Bahadori, 270 Ga. 203, cannot be disregarded because it was a \"statute of limitation case relying on OCGA 34-9-104 (d) (2)\" and therefore not applicable to this case. Bahadori v. Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. is no more confined to statute of limitation cases than Lau\'s Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga. 491 (405 SE2d 474) (1991) is confined to premises liability cases. Our Supreme Court addressed in great detail therein numerous alternative cases in which this Court had dealt with some of the procedures herein addressed. I have followed the very procedure prescribed by our Supreme Court to address the underlying, unanswered question, \"Did Aldrich\'s fraud thwart the employer\'s reasonable investigation?\" There is no more germane case than Bahadori v. Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co., Judgmen...
In a unanimous opinion, Associate Chief Justice Matthew Durrant noted the court has previously held that the construction and maintenance of a slippery-when-wet floor surface does not itself constitute negligence in premises liability cases.
Two seasoned Memphis attorneys have come together to form Kramer + Crone, PLC, a new law firm that will specialize in business litigation, employment law and victims' rights. Effective April 1, Alan Crone, an employment law attorney, and Bruce Kramer, who concentrates on business litigation, civil rights and victims' rights cases formed the partnership of Kramer + Crone and are now located in Brinkley Plaza at 80 Monroe in Downtown Memphis . The firm has six attorneys, five staff members and focuses primarily on business litigation, employment law and premises liability cases.
Slip-and-fall cases have left property managers justifiably concerned about premise liability, imposed when a property manager is found liable for negligence. Plaintiffs must establish the existence of four elements, including duty, breach of duty, direct and proximate causation, and damages to prove negligence and hold a manager legally responsible for premise liability. The duty element, however, is at the forefront of premise liability disputes. Property managers have a duty to protect tenants and visitors from dangers that are not obvious, like a slippery floor without a caution sign. Managers must arrange for insurance coverage to adequately protect them against liability and legal fees incurred while defending against premises liability cases. By paying close attention to slip and...
A home health aide who slipped and fell while taking a client grocery shopping at a Price Cutter grocery store has settled her claim against the store. Liberty Byrom was at the Springfield grocery store with a client when she slipped in a puddle of water on July 23, 2009.
... because of the difficult nature of premises liability litigation. "Even though the facts comi... lack of a better term -- premises liability cases are very difficult to get a jury to go along [with...
... ANICO breached its duty: (1) to keep its premises in a reasonably safe condition; (2) to warn of dan... judgment in a Mississippi law premises liability case, “we will affirm if . . . . no reasonable f... rarely sustained” in premises liability cases under Mississippi law. 556 F.3d at 280. . In...
A convenience store was not liable for failing to protect a customer who was shot and killed in an altercation with another customer, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled in reversing the denial of summary judgment. The plaintiff's husband was shot and killed when he became involved in an argument between two customers at the gas pumps outside the defendant's convenience store.
... that the case was controlled by state premises liability law and that there could be no liability..."In premises-liability cases, there are two ways to establish legal causation, ...
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