Liability, discrimination issues for holiday parties?
Businesses have to put the holly in holidays rather than the Christ in Christmas. Office holiday parties are a regular occurrence this time of year, but businesses have to stay neutral on having...
View ArticleCOA examines police liability
A case involving a police officer’s liability when operating an emergency vehicle will be argued this week before the New York State Court of Appeals. A Monroe County sheriff’s deputy rear-ended a...
View ArticleSecurities: Standard Investment Chartered Inc. v. National Association of...
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Securities Self-Regulatory Organizations — Liability Standard Investment Chartered Inc. v. National Association of Securities Dealers 10-945-cv Appealed from the...
View ArticleMaryland appellate court rules landlord may be liable for pit bull attack
A landlord may be liable for injuries suffered by child in an attack by a tenant's pit bull, a Maryland appellate court has ruled in reversing judgment. The plaintiff's ten-year-old son suffered severe...
View ArticleExposure to Infectious Disease: Muckova M.D. v. State of New York
New York State Court of Claims Exposure to Infectious Disease Liability Muckova M.D. v. State of New York 2011-013-035 Judge Patti Background: The plaintiff doctor was infected with a highly...
View ArticleDarvon, Darvocet liability suits consolidated
A federal judicial panel has consolidated product liability suits involving the popular pain medications Darvon and Darvocet in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
View ArticleIs county liable for recycling center injury?
It is up to a trial court to determine if the extent of control Monroe County exercised over a recycling center is enough to hold it liable for injuries suffered by a worker. The county maintains it...
View ArticleEmployee faces liability for ‘theft’ of South Carolina company’s Twitter...
A federal judge on Monday gave the green light to a South Carolina employer’s lawsuit against a former employee who allegedly stole 17,000 Twitter followers from the company. The lawsuit was brought by...
View ArticleCourt eyes liability for STD disclosure
ALBANY — While he’s identified only as John Doe in court papers, the man’s treatment for a sexually transmitted disease was revealed by a nurse at an upstate New York medical facility to someone who...
View ArticleLandowner not liable for payments to subcontractor
Federal environmental law does not hold the landowner of a contaminated property liable for payments to subcontractors when the general contractor hired for cleanup fails to make them. In a case of...
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