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May 31, 2010
Legal Issues with LEED and Green Building: A New Frontier?
Sustainable or “green” construction is here to stay. Future energy requirements, environmental issues and government mandates either require or will soon require that construction professionals and their attorneys deal with […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Man sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for shooting at military sites
- Constitutional – Court reinstates suit over abuses in West Virginia foster care system
- Domestic Relations – Wife defeats former husband’s contempt petition
- Civil Procedure – Court clarifies scope of craved oyer doctrine
- Corporate – LLC member prevails on breach of fiduciary claim
- Taxation – County may require data center company to provide customers’ names
- Criminal – Man fails to vacate default judgment forfeiting approximately $21,000
- Negligence – Business not liable for failing to call ambulance
- Search & Seizure – Police lacked reasonable suspicion for stop and frisk
- Criminal – Man convicted of pinching officer during struggle
- Municipal – Heirs claim surplus funds following tax sale of real property
- Contract – Res judicata bars some of breach of contract claim
