Steven Saal on Liability

Pennsylvania Court Issued Discovery Sanction Against Defendants for Late Production of Evidence, Opening Door to Questioning...

Brown v. Brooks, 2024 WL 5008506, No. 23-2966 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 6, 2024) - This matter involved a motor vehicle accident between the plaintiff and a laundry truck driver, and it illustrates the danger of errors during discovery....more

1/31/2025 / Bodily Injury , Damages , Depositions , Discovery , Driver's Licenses , Employer Liability Issues , Evidence , Liability , Litigation Strategies , Motor Vehicles , Negligence

Ohio Court of Appeals Confirms Sovereign Immunity Does Not Apply to Municipal Transit Entity as to Operation of Motor Vehicle But...

Moree v. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, 2024 WL 5221330, No. CV-22-969544 (Ohio Ct. App. Dec. 26, 2024) - This matter presents the issue of sovereign immunity for a standard motor vehicle accident....more

1/31/2025 / Appellate Courts , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Liability , Motor Vehicles , Negligence , Negligent Hiring , Sovereign Immunity , Summary Judgment

Defendant Driver Succeeds on Summary Judgment Where there Was No Evidence of Negligence When Driver Collided with a Turning...

Glass-Hill v. Gordon, 2023 Wl 5202615, No. N21C-11204 (SPL) (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 14, 2023) - This action involved a motor vehicle collision where the facts were not in dispute. It was agreed the plaintiff approached an...more

2/22/2024 / Car Accident , Liability , Summary Judgment

Permitting a Driver to Borrow a Vehicle with a Malfunctioning Gas Gauge Was Not a Proximate Cause of Deadly Accident Where Driver...

Biamonte v. Biamonte, 219 A.D.3d 683, 194 N.Y.S.3d 553 (2d Dept Aug. 16, 2023) - The decedent driver had borrowed a vehicle from the defendant owner that had a malfunctioning gas gauge. The decedent ran out of gas and was...more

2/15/2024 / Car Accident , Hit-and-Run , Liability , Negligence

While Transit Entity Was Not Entitled to Summary Judgment Based on Municipal Immunity Where Issue of Fact Existed Whether Bus...

Mencini v. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, 221 N.E.3d 200, 2023-Ohio-2299 (Ohio App. July 6, 2023) - This matter addressed the applicability of Ohio’s sovereign and municipal liability laws as they pertain to...more

2/13/2024 / Drivers , Employees , Liability , Motor Vehicles , Negligence , Transportation Industry

When Confronted With Evidence That Defendant Could Have Avoided Accident, a Finding That Weather Caused Accident is Inappropriate....

Angeles v. Ruiz, 2023 WL 3669914, No. A-3751-20 (N.J. Super. App. Div. May 26, 2023) - The plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a snowplow driver for the City of Kearney. While approaching an intersection...more

9/22/2023 / Car Accident , Evidence , Liability

District Court Ruled Plaintiff’s Claim of Negligent Hiring, Retention, Training and Supervision Against Uber Failed as Matter of...

Karlen v. Uber Technologies, Inc., 2023 WL 3570635 No. 3:21-cv-835 (VAB) (D. Conn May 19, 2023) - The plaintiff alleged that on an Uber trip, intended to take the plaintiff from Philadelphia to Connecticut, the driver engaged...more

8/31/2023 / Employer Liability Issues , Liability , Negligence , Ridesharing , Sexual Harassment , Uber

Appeals Court Held That Alleged Violation of Ohio’s Assured Clear Distance Ahead Statute Qualified as a Separate Cause of Action,...

Kerns v. Hale, 2023 WL 2820467, No. 21-CA-3970 (Ohio App. Apr. 4, 2023) - This matter involved a pedestrian and motor-vehicle accident—the defendant struck two individuals walking on a highway off-ramp, who were allegedly...more

8/31/2023 / Bodily Injury , Car Accident , Liability , Pedestrian Accidents , Pedestrians , Summary Judgment

Tractor-trailer Slamming Into Traffic Stopped Due to Prior Accident Was a “Foreseeable Byproduct” of Initial Accident, Barring...

This highly interesting decision claims to be in line with our jurisdictions, but it appears to carve out additional liability, even in situations where the party seeking summary judgment is not the proximate cause of the...more

8/9/2023 / Car Accident , Liability , Negligence , Summary Judgment , Trucking Accident

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