Docket: S256665 Opinion Date: July 12, 2021 Judge: Tani Cantil-Sakauye Areas of Law: Personal Injury In this wrongful death action, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeal determining that a minor’s eighteenth birthday is excluded in calculating when the statute of limitations begins to run, holding that an individual’s eighteenth birthday … Read more
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Docket: 20-0940 Opinion Date: June 11, 2021 Judge: Walker Areas of Law: Personal Injury The Supreme Court denied a writ of prohibition sought by Morgantown Health and Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home, holding that the circuit court erred in applying the statute of limitations contained in the … Read more
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Dockets: 19-0890, 19-0899 Opinion Date: June 15, 2021 Judge: Hutchison Areas of Law: Insurance Law, Personal Injury, Real Estate & Property Law In these appeals arising from adverse jury verdicts rendered in separate trials following an automobile accident involving Joseph Jenkins and Tessa Jordan, the Supreme Court … Read more
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Docket: 20-0171 Opinion Date: June 17, 2021 Judge: Jenkins Areas of Law: Education Law, Personal Injury The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the order entered by the circuit court granting the motion to dismiss filed by Defendant, the Harrison County Board of Education, … Read more
Court: Vermont Supreme Court Citation: 2021 VT 42 Opinion Date: June 11, 2021 Judge: Eaton Areas of Law: Civil Procedure, Personal Injury, Real Estate & Property Law Plaintiff Cameron Crogan was seriously injured when he rode his motorbike into a cable strung across a beach access road at the lakeside residential development where he lived … Read more
Work is important for people but safety should never be compromised. A slip and fall accident is one of the tragic events that could happen at the workplace. 22% of slip and fall at work resulted in more than 31 days of lost wages. It was recorded in 2019 that there are 880 employees lost … Read more
Court: Supreme Court of Texas Docket: 20-0127 Opinion Date: June 11, 2021 Judge: John P. Devine Areas of Law: Personal Injury The Supreme Court conditionally granted a petition for writ of mandamus sought by the Diocese of Lubbock, as the relator, asserting that ecclesiastical abstention prohibits the trial court from assuming jurisdiction over a suit … Read more
Court: Supreme Court of Texas Docket: 20-0005 Opinion Date: June 11, 2021 Judge: Per Curiam Areas of Law: Personal Injury The Supreme Court vacated the trial court’s underlying interlocutory order denying a motion to dismiss under the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code 27.003, and the judgment of the court … Read more
Court: Oregon Supreme Court Docket: S067882 Opinion Date: June 17, 2021 Judge: Martha Lee Walters Areas of Law: Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Plaintiff was a passenger in a truck driven by Lorenz. The vehicles were traveling on an interstate when it began to hail and rain. A sedan ahead of the truck spun … Read more
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