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Lawyer who missed deposition while viewing solar eclipse should pay $7,800 sanction, litigant says

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To Arbitrate or Not To Arbitrate? That Is the Question

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For example, California, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, and Wyoming have enforced arbitration provisions for lawyers. For example, it is not uncommon for each side to be limited to three depositions and expert reports only. States Enforcing Arbitration Provisions.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania tells customers that, if they come to their Halloween Haunt, “ Fear is waiting for you.” Pennsylvania is a comparative negligence state so contributory negligence by the plaintiffs would not be a bar to recovery. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania tells customers that, if they come to their Halloween Haunt, “ Fear is waiting for you.” Pennsylvania is a comparative negligence state so contributory negligence by the plaintiffs would not be a bar to recovery. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

even when accompanied by buckets of fake blood. __ The Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania tells customers that, if they come to their Halloween Haunt, “ Fear is waiting for you.” Pennsylvania is a comparative negligence state so contributory negligence by the plaintiffs would not be a bar to recovery.

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Justice or Just Desserts? Trump, Cosby and Georgia cases show rising cost of political litigation

JonathanTurley

In Pennsylvania, another prosecutor insisted that politics had nothing to do with a case. Kevin Steele, the Montgomery County district attorney who convicted comedian Bill Cosby in 2018, remained defiant after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Cosby’s sexual assault conviction on Wednesday. The Cosby ruling. In Cosby v.

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Former Miami Law Professor Files Federal Challenge Over Alleged Race and Gender Basis

JonathanTurley

Such complaints can be the precursor for litigation and there is every indication that Ravicher is intent on a showdown with Miami Law School. There was also such an incident at the University of London involving Bahar Mustafa as well as one involving a University of Pennsylvania professor.

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