As we reported in
January, Illinois judgment
interest statute imposes post-judgment interest in tort actions at
the rate of 9 percent per year from the date of the judgment s
entry through the date of the judgment s
satisfaction.
See, 735 ILCS 5/2-1303(a) (Section
1303). Prejudgment interest currently is not recoverable. The
Illinois General Assembly aimed to change this through its passage
of House Bill 3360, which sought to amend Section 1303 to impose
prejudgment interest in tort actions.
House Bill 3360 would have imposed prejudgment interest at the
rate of 9 percent per year in all tort actions seeking recovery for
personal injury or wrongful death beginning on the date the
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The drive from our home to the Delaware courthouse takes no more
time than the drive to the Philly courthouse. But those two
courthouses are worlds apart. The Philadelphia Court of Common
Pleas is plaintiffs heaven. Most judges there think everything
should go to a jury, and most jurors there think heaps of money
should go to plaintiffs. Forget about any sort of hometown
advantage. Philly jurors feel no compunction about picking the
pockets of local companies. It is all very . interesting.
Delaware is altogether different. Dare we say it? We think we
A district court in the Fifth Circuit granted conditional certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") to a class of allegedly misclassified truck drivers, analyzing certification using the widely used.
The Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eight Judicial District last Thursday. While the Court clarified certain aspects of its specific personal.
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It seems fitting that if we are going to talk about a one-two
punch, we acknowledge the passing of boxing legend Marvelous Marvin
Hagler. The undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to
1987 whose boxing career started in Massachusetts but who started
out a New Jersey boy.
Only Jersey Understands
Jersey!
From New Jersey to Alabama and
Lowery v. Sanofi-Aventis
LLC, 2021 WL 872620 (N.D. Ala. Mar. 9, 2021). Today
we re going to talk about the first hit to plaintiff s case
–
Daubert. Stay tuned for the knockout blow
– preemption.
The product at issue is a Class III medical device that is a