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Wackenhut Negligent in Walmart Parking Lot Murder

Posted by msch on Feb 16, 2011 11:41:00 AM

Smith v. Walmart (Las Vegas, NV). After fiery closing arguments, a jury found Wackenhut, but not Walmart, liable for inadequate security in a Walmart parking lot where a Walmart customer was murdered. The jury awarded over $1M in damages.

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Topics: Smith v. Walmart, Premises Liability, Negligence

Hootnick v. Wideroff Malpractice Trial Begins

Posted by msch on Feb 2, 2011 10:42:00 AM

Hootnick v. Wideroff involves an allegedly avoidable mid-thigh leg amputation for Jacob Hootnick, who was 87 years old and diabetic when he was admitted to an emergency room in November 2003.

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Topics: Negligence, Hootnick v. Wideroff, Malpractice

Walmart Wrongful Death Trial Begins

Posted by msch on Jan 31, 2011 11:44:00 AM

Smith v. Walmart involves a claim that Walmart and its courtesy patrol service, Wackenhut, failed to provide adequate security for the parking lot in which a Walmart customer, Michael Born, was murdered during a robbery.

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Topics: Smith v. Walmart, Negligence, Real Estate

Civil Trial Begins in Case of Fatal Stabbing at Apartment

Posted by msch on Jan 25, 2011 11:32:00 AM

Charlene Amrhein was murdered by 20-year old Solim Kollissiba while in a common area of her apartment complex, the Charleston Club Apartments, in Sanford, Florida.

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Topics: Premises Liability, Negligence, Real Estate, Amrhein v. Concord Management

Morgan & Morgan Reels In $18.88M Damage Award

Posted by msch on Jan 14, 2011 7:01:00 PM

In Van Zyl v. Fain, a man whose spinal cord was severed when he was 22 years-old, leaving him without feeling or motion below the chest, was awarded $18,888,875.70.

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Topics: Negligence, Van Zyl v. Fain