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Marshall Dennehey

Appellate Court Affirms Wrongful Death Verdict, Upholds Damages for Pre-Impact Terror, Pain and Suffering, and Economic Loss

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Archer v. Parlman, 235 A.D.3d 1218 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025) - On appeal, the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division affirmed a trial court’s decision to deny the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict in a wrongful...more

Cozen O'Connor

Texas Supreme Court Narrows Employer Liability and Explains Standard for Proximate Cause

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In a significant decision issued on June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court of Texas reversed a jury verdict awarding over $89 million in damages in favor of the plaintiffs in Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. Blake, holding that the...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

CAUTION: Unreasonable Denials of Requests for Admission Can Prove Costly

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In Grace v. Mansourian, (filed 8/17/2015, order published 9/15/2015, No. G049590) the Fourth District Court of Appeal held a defendant’s denials of plaintiff’s requests for admission were unjustified given the substantial...more

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Court Escalates a $4 million Covenant Judgment to a $20 million Bad Faith Judgment

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Last week, the Washington Court of Appeals held that “in an insurance bad faith case, the amount of a reasonable covenant judgment sets a floor, not a ceiling, on the damages the jury may award.” Miller v. Safeco Ins. Co.,...more

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