The Barkoskys' suit will now proceed to discovery and then trial, said Gaetano Mercogliano of Sweeney & Sheehan in Westmont, who represents Weber Training School and owner David Horowitz.

Jurors in the criminal case agreed with testimony that Michael Barisone was suffering from a delusional disorder that left him detached from reality at the time of the shootings.

A unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a city's participation in a state insurance fund does not trigger liability coverage under a policy issued by Star Insurance Company.

"For State Farm to have a duty to defend the Avaya lawsuit against DBSI and its officer, Avaya's operative complaint must potentially state a claim for trade dress infringement. But it does not," Judge Peter Phipps of the Third Circuit wrote.

"If you're not happy with a business relationship, the law doesn't allow you to hijack someone's internet to use as leverage or ransom to resolve a dispute," said Bradley Rice of Nagel Rice in Roseland.

The company engaged in dilatory and abusive claims handling by requesting irrelevant records, failing to keep the insureds apprised of the status of the claim at proper intervals, and harassing the insured with character attacks, the suit claims.

"It's fair to say that Geets and the carriers recognized in cases like this where there are high levels of intoxication, a jury would absolutely conclude that the patron was visibly intoxicated," said plaintiffs attorney Daniel Mann.

"Justice should mean the same thing for every American. That's why we need to make big, systemic changes to the way civil damages are determined in this country, to recognize the value of every life and to end the implementation of discriminatory calculations," said Sue Steinman of the American Association for Justice.