MEDICAL DAMAGES: Actual amounts billed to deceased tort victim admissible, not limited to amounts actually paid by Medicare/BCBS… reasonableness of bills as measure of damages to be determined by the jury… Defendants may contest reasonableness, Plaintiff may counter with what Medicare pays to other providers… order admitting only evidence of amounts insurers paid violates collateral source rule… supervisory control of Oldenburg granted. [Read more…]
Negligence, flagger run over by semi, State’s duty
NEGLIGENCE: State owed no duty to trucker or flagger who was run over at travel plaza paving site, not vicariously liable for torts of project contractors… summary judgment properly denied for trucker on contribution claim against State since there was no [Read more…]
Petroleum release, statute of limitations
PETROLEUM RELEASE: All but 1 leak reimbursement claim barred by 8-year statute… McCarter. [Read more…]