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Articles in Oct 2003 issue of Law Reporter

• Pickup truck strikes man on sidewalk: Driving under the influence: Brain injury: Loss of vision: Gland damage: Settlement
• Helicopter hydraulic system fails: Crash: Pilot negligence: Shattered ankle: Verdict
• Insurance coverage for punitive damages not against public policy
• Television station inaccurately reports cocaine found in suspect's home and business: Defamation: Verdict.
• Dump truck, unable to stop, collides with vehicle: Negligent brake adjustment: Brain damage: Seizure disorder: Settlement
• Woman falls in department store: Carpet gap: Negligent maintenance: Hip fracture: Stroke: Settlement
• Particle emissions from petrochemical plant can constitute trespass
• Rental car strikes vehicle: Reckless driving: Wrongful death: Verdict
• Man commits suicide in jail: Inadequate supervision, care: Wrongful death: Judgment
• Waiver of right to grieve an action in "last chance" agreement pertains to penalty, not issue of whether violation occurred
• Worker falls in silo: Failure to warn that metal floor grating had been removed: Cervical herniation: Settlement
• Truck strikes disabled vehicle: Negligent hiring and retention: Vicarious liability: Wrongful death: Settlement
• Employee can show constructive demotion to meet "adverse employment action" requirement of ADA
• Driver drives off raised drawbridge: Inadequate warnings and barriers: Wrongful deaths: Verdict
• Carman twists knee while walking over loose ballast by track: Failure to provide safe place to work: Torn cartilage: Settlement
• Worker thrown from seat: Excessive speed for sea conditions: Negligent safety policies: Back injuries: Settlement
• Child struck by swimmer at public pool: Negligent supervision: Vision loss: Verdict
• Medical negligence
• Professional negligence
• Spotlight
  by Santoro, Elizabeth
• Intoxicated driver collides with vehicle: Negligent retention, supervision, and entrustment: Wrongful death: Settlement
• Federal rules do not preempt state regulation of mortgage prepayment fees
• Contract to arbitrate between an employer and employee raises a rebuttable presumption of substantive unconscionability
• Courts must weigh costs of production and other factors in ruling on discovery requests for stored materials
• Power line hits woman: Negligent maintenance: Burns: Amputations: Settlement
• Seaman injured using swing rope: Unsafe procedures for weather conditions: Lumbar injuries: Settlement
• General damages, increase in special damages were justified in personal injury case
• Iowa statute that allowed visitation rights for grandparents is unconstitutional
• Dog escape from fenced yard, bites jogger: Negligence: Lacerations: Scarring: Settlement.
• Tenant slips on glazed ceramic tile: Inappropriate tile: Creation of dangerous condition: Fractured foot: Settlement
• Student killed when vehicle flips: Serving alcohol to minors: Negligent supervision: Wrongful death: Settlement
• Pro bono attorney entitled to monetary sanctions for discovery abuses
• Spousal support terminates upon remarriage unless settlement agreement contains very clear language to the contrary
• Insurer denies payment for "palliative" care: Breach of contract: Arbitration award
• Principal of spendthrift trust cannot be used to satisfy tort judgment
• Defamation claim is not within ambit of FELA and thus is not preempted by FELA
• Woman exposed to asbestos fibers on husband's work clothing: Failure to warn: Mesothelioma: Verdict
• Digital camera manufacturer uses technology developed by another company: Patent infringement: Postverdict settlement
• Insurer that included clause agreeing to submit to court jurisdiction in the event of a dispute with insured cannot compel arbitration
• Girl sexually assaulted by apartment maintenance worker: Negligent hiring, retention: Psychological injuries: Settlement
• Truck driver injured while assisting in unloading pallet: Violation of industry practices: Knee injuries: Torn rotator cuff: Settlement
• Privacy provisions of Gramn-Leach-Bliley act not applicable to attorneys
• Legal owner of copyright can transfer right to cause of action for copyright infringement
• Third-party administrators who have primary control over benefit determinations owe a duty to act in good faith toward insureds
• Man hit by golf cart: Negligent maintenance: Wrongful death: Verdict
• Boy assaulted at camp: Negligent security and supervision: Posttraumatic stress disorder: Settlement: Verdict
• Man bitten by police dog trained in "bite and hold" method may have fourth amendment claim
• Manufacturer lays off, declines to rehire older employee: Age discrimination: Retaliation: Verdict: Punitive damages
• Evidence of workers' compensation benefits barred where it would prejudice plaintiff's case
• Airline passenger shoves flight attendant: Assault: Battery: Infliction of emotional distress: Verdict.
• Products liability
• Ground contaminated by petroleum products: Negligent containment of toxic material: Lost property value: Settlement