DENVER - The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 10 affirmed a $15,275,000 award to the plaintiffs in a trucking accident action, finding no errors in several rulings by the trial court judge (Terry L. Frederick, et al. v. Swift Transportation Co. Inc., No. 09-3080, 10th Cir.).
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BOSTON - A panel of Massachusetts Appeals Court justices on Aug. 12 reversed a judgment for the defendant in an auto accident case, concluding that it was an error for the trial court to allow a police officer to testify about the condition of the plaintiff's tires (Wyatt Peterson v. Catherine Foley, No. 09-P-990, Mass. App.; 2010 Mass. App. LEXIS 1066).
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Case name: Rodolfo Flores, et al v. Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, et al. Case number: 1-08-cv-106280
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In a 2-1 decision reached Aug. 9, a California appeals panel reinstated a jury award for past medical expenses to a man injured in an auto accident, concluding that the trial court erred by reducing the amount to the total paid by his private health insurance (Michael King v. Carol Willmett, No. C059236, Calif. App., 3rd Dist.; 2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 1375).
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AKRON, Ohio - In a 2-1 decision reached Aug. 9, an Ohio appeals panel granted partial summary judgment to a municipality named as the defendant in a fatal auto accident case, agreeing that the defendant was not required to place a guardrail at the crash site (Raymond Sanderbeck, et al. v. County of Medina, No. 09CA0051-M, Ohio App., 9th Dist.; 2010 Ohio App. LEXIS 3117).
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Sarah Cooper, a visiting fellow at the Arizona Justice Project, will talk to students Thursday in Deb Siroky's criminology class at Skyline High School. Her topic will be the conviction, imprisonment
Barristers’ chambers could provide a ‘lifeline’ to small criminal law firms, Bar Council chairman Nick Green QC has told the Gazette . But Green criticised some solicitors who he claimed have threatened to ‘blacklist’ any chambers that bid against them for legal aid contracts. Green said that when the Legal Services Commission next tenders for criminal contracts, likely to be next year, he ...
Riverside County supervisors revamped the search last week for a law firm to handle criminal defense for those who cannot afford lawyers. Soliciting new bids is intended to preclude the favoritism accusations that arose in March when proposals from two firms came within $100 of each other on a $6.9 million contract.
TONIGHT'S MIGHT-SEE: 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent,' 8-11 p.m., NBC.
Arizona’s controversial new immigration law is stirring local discussion that could lead to Decatur adopting similar rules.
