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October 19, 2017 – The Appellant, Andrew Sabean, was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 2004. In May 2013, a jury awarded Mr. Sabean damages for his injuries in the amount of $465,400.00. The amount he received from the Tortfeasor’s Insurer was about $382,000.00, leaving a shortfall of more than $83,000.00. Mr. Sabean subsequently claimed under the excess...

October 19, 2017 – Mr. Birss (the “Plaintiff”) was a taekwondo member with the Tien Lung Taekwon-Do Club and Authentic South Side Taekwon-Do Club (the “Defendant Clubs”). The agreement between the Plaintiff and Defendant Clubs contained a waiver of liability covering negligence, gross negligence, breach of contract, and breach of any statutory duty or other duty (the “Waiver”). Read...

August 17, 2017 – A person may be injured by the shared act of two or more joint tortfeasors or by the independent acts of several, concurrent tortfeasors. Defendants in a civil suit can be held jointly and severally liable if their combined actions brought about the harm to the plaintiff. When defendants are jointly and severally liable they...

August 17, 2017 – This Court of Appeal decision arises from an unsuccessful application brought by the Defendants to strike an action due to delay. In this case, the Defendants were accused of liable for fraud and breaches of contract. Read more