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Marshall Dennehey

Court Affirms Dismissal of Product Liability Claim Over Absence of Driver-Assistance Features

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Berkoski v. Honda Motor Company, Ltd., 328 A.3d 986 (N. J. Super., App. Div. 2025) - This product liability action centered on a fatal auto accident; a head-on collision that the plaintiff claimed could have been prevented if...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

D.C. Court Finds A Piggyback Statute Of Limitations In Segway-Crash Case

According to court filings, on October 11, 2019, a Segway struck Marilyn Kubichek and Dorothy Baldwin as they strolled along a D.C. sidewalk....more

Marshall Dennehey

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

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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

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Superior Court of Connecticut Granted Summary Judgment in Negligent Entrustment Action Where Plaintiff Sought to Sustain Their...

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D’Elia v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company et al., 2024 WL 2931140 (Sup. Ct. Waterbury, June 3, 2024) - In this matter, a vehicle rented by defendant ELRAC, LLC to Mr. Edreice Harrell, but operated by an unknown driver, was...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 14, 2020

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: Where plaintiff was substituted in as a party plaintiff after original note was filed with the court, introduction of original note bearing blank indorsement into evidence at...more

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Common Sense Prevails Over Dictionary Definitions: Rolling Trash Bins Are Not ‘Vehicles’ Judge Explains

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A federal judge recently refused an insured’s attempt to escape a policy exclusion by contending that a large “storage bin” on wheels was a “vehicle” under an exception to the exclusion, which prohibited coverage for costs...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) - In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., the Federal Circuit reviewed the District Court’s summary judgment finding that certain claims of a patent were invalid as...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Second Time Lucky: In Phantom Vehicle Cases, Ohio Insureds Can Now Corroborate Their Own Testimony

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Hit-and-run drivers don’t always hit; some motorists recklessly cause accidents without making contact, then vanish from the scene. Victims in such cases can often obtain coverage under the uninsured motorist (UM) provisions...more

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