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Trial Court Allows Punitive Damages Claim to Proceed in Campground Bleacher Fall Case, Citing Monroe Standard

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K.H. v. Mill Run Campground, Docket No. 2197 of 2023, G.D. (Pa. Com. Pl., Fayette Cnty, Mar. 10, 2025) - A Pennsylvania trial court overruled primary objections to claims of punitive damages when the plaintiffs’ alleged...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Trial Courts May Control, But They May Not Dismiss, PAGA Claims On “Manageability” Grounds

The California Supreme Court has issued its much-anticipated decision in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., determining whether Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims can be dismissed as unmanageable. The Court...more

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Fourth Department Applies Special Duty Rule to Child Victim Act Case

In Weisbrod-Moore v. Cayuga County, on May 5, 2023, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, reversed the trial court’s denial of the county’s pre-answer motion to dismiss an action brought pursuant to the Child Victims...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Defamation and Wrongful Termination Claims Against the Los Angeles Times Were Properly Dismissed

Rall v. Tribune 365, LLC, 2019 WL 6887261 (Cal. Ct. App. 2019) - Frederick Theodore Rall III, a political cartoonist and blogger, sued the Los Angeles Times after it published a “note to readers” and (later) a more...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 19, 2019

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Real Property Update - • Special Tax District Bond Validation: hospital center special tax district could not validate bonds intended to finance the construction of a hospital outside the geographic boundaries established...more

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