There are two types of damages in any personal injury case: compensatory damages and punitive damages. Compensatory damages, sometimes called “actual” damages, are intended to return the accident victim to the status he or she had before the accident. Obviously,...
Burlington County Bar Association’s CLE Luncheon Seminar Series 'Don't Lose Your Shirt and Your House: What Professionals Must Know About the Tricky Area of Foreclosure Defense' Thursday, June 6, 2013 12-1:15pm Bar Headquarters, 137 High Street, 3rd Floor, Mount...
On March 4, 2009, there was a tangible shift in the playing field between consumers and big business. Consumers have always faced a steep uphill climb when fighting corporate America and defective products. This month, the Supreme Court of the United States...
We had a foreclosure case come up for trial last month in Cape May County, New Jersey. The plaintiff was Fannie Mae, and they had bought the loan from my client’s federal credit union. There was significant fraud in the way the Lender lied to my client in order to...
In 1998, the American Law Institute (ALI) issued the Third Restatement of Torts which contained several changes to product liability. These changes of the Third Restatement do not represent Pennsylvania jurisprudence. Some of these changes are a drastic departure...
