Court: Supreme Court of California Docket: S247677 Opinion Date: August 19, 2021 Judge: Groban Areas of Law: Personal Injury The Supreme Court held that a landowner may not be liable for injuries to an independent contractor or its workers that result from a known hazard on the premises where there were no reasonable safety precautions the landowner could have adopted … Read more
Court: Arizona Supreme Court Docket: CV-20-0058-PR Opinion Date: August 17, 2021 Judge: Montgomery Areas of Law: Arbitration & Mediation, Contracts, Personal Injury The Supreme Court reversed the order of the trial court denying a motion to compel arbitration, holding that a fee agreement between a client and her attorney, especially where the attorney agrees to advance the costs of arbitration, … Read more
Court: US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Docket: 20-13666 Opinion Date: August 19, 2021 Judge: Marcus Areas of Law: Civil Procedure, Health Law, International Law, Personal Injury, Transportation Law Turner, a Wisconsin resident, filed a putative class action against Costa, an Italian cruise operator, and its American subsidiary, alleging that their negligence contributed to an outbreak of COVID-19 … Read more
Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Docket: 17-56610 Opinion Date: August 16, 2021 Judge: M. Margaret McKeown Areas of Law: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, International Law, Personal Injury Yañez was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent while on the border fence, which is in the United States. After being shot, Yañez fell and landed … Read more
Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Docket: 20-55579 Opinion Date: August 17, 2021 Judge: Milan Dale Smith, Jr. Areas of Law: Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Personal Injury Herring launched the conservative One American News Network (OAN) in 2013. While employed by OAN, Rouz also wrote articles as a freelancer for Sputnik, a Russian state-financed news organization. Herring … Read more
Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Docket: 20-71449 Opinion Date: August 16, 2021 Judge: Richard C. Tallman Areas of Law: Constitutional Law, Government & Administrative Law, Personal Injury, Public Benefits Decker employed Pehringer at its Montana open-pit surface mine, 1977-1999. There were periods when Pehringer did not work, including a roughly three-year-long strike. For most of his … Read more
Court: US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Docket: 20-2590 Opinion Date: August 13, 2021 Judge: Steven M. Colloton Areas of Law: Personal Injury After the defendant injured the plaintiff while the defendant was driving a vehicle owned by the US Postal Service, the plaintiff filed suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and … Read more
Court: US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Dockets: 18-3553, 18-3580 Opinion Date: August 17, 2021 Judge: Raymond W. Gruender Areas of Law: Personal Injury, Products Liability The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment in the plaintiffs’ case, which is part of the Bair Hugger multidistrict litigation (MDL). The court concluded that the district court did not abuse … Read more
Being injured due to a slip and fall is very unfortunate especially if it is not your fault. According to law, common areas like parks, buildings, parking spaces, and walkways must be safe from slip, trip, and fall. Property owners and managers should ensure the safety of people within their premises. On the other hand, … Read more
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