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Verizon Settles Class Action “Cramming” Suit
In college I recall a time when a friend pranked another friend by secretly signing his cell phone up for one of those "joke a day" text message spam services....
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Injured? Should You Settle or Go to Trial?
Check out this excellent blog post about what "going to trial" in an injury lawsuit really means. Jerry H. Trachtman, an attorney out of Melbourne, Florida, writes a detailed rundown...
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Blind Woman Struck by Car Receives $200,000 Settlement
The Star-Ledger reports today that a settlement has been reached for the blind Morristown, NJ woman who was hit by a car two years ago. Chistina Brino was walking her...
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Free Speech Lawsuit Settled for $75,000
The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech to all people, even if you don't agree with what they're saying. The town of South Hadley in Massachusetts learned that...
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Theater Company Settles Identity Theft Suit with… Popcorn?
Some quirky news out of Kansas City today. The Kansas City Business Journal blog reports that Dickinson Theatres Inc. has settled a suit with the promise to pay $1.5 million...