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The recent struggles of a family to collect a $200-million verdict against a Florida nursing home highlight the difficulty that plaintiffs frequently face in getting the money that a jury has ruled is theirs. Elvira Nunziata, a 92-year-old resident of Pinelas Park Care and Rehab Center, died in 2004 after falling down a stairwell to her death. Her family sued the company that operated the home for negligence because a door was wrongfully left open while employees went for a …

In early summer of 2005, a 13-year-old boy sought counseling at a Virginia facility known as Empowering Families. The counseling center was run by a man named Daniel Price, who had employed a counselor by the name of James Davis who was assigned to the boy’s case. Davis had just been hired by Price a few months prior to counseling the boy. Throughout the course of the counseling, Davis allegedly made repeated sexual advances toward the boy and on several …

An emotionally distant husband, stepping out mysteriously in the evenings. A delivery truck driver taking hours longer than expected to complete his routes. A teenager coming home glassy-eyed and loopy while her grades fall precipitously. Each cause for suspicion, for the jilted spouse, skeptical boss or worried parents. With the advent of inexpensive GPS technology, we now possess the tools to track our wayward lovers, employees and children—but how far can we go without violating the privacy of our target …

Murder conviction reversed because jurors slept and tweeted. The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned the death penalty conviction of Erickson Dimas-Martinez because of juror misconduct. The Court decided Dimas-Martinez didn’t get a fair murder trial because one juror kept falling asleep and another juror kept posting Twitter messages during the proceedings. Dimas-Martinez was convicted of murdering 17-year-old Derrick Jefferson in 2006. During his trial, a juror fell asleep for as long as five minutes during the technical discussion of some scientific …

If you flew on Delta Airlines and arrived at your destination minus your baggage, there’s a class action lawsuit you might want to join. The basis for the lawsuit is Delta’s policy of telling passengers whose luggage has been delayed that they are only entitled to only $25 to $50 in daily expenses. Yet the “contract of carriage,” which applies to Delta and other airlines, entitles passengers to be paid up to $3,300 for expenses they incur when their baggage …