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James D. Linnan of the firm of Linnan & Associates has again been selected to be honored by Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Linnan has over 40 years of trial experience and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for many years. The firm has focused its practice on the representation of severely injured victims of accidents and medical negligence.

Linnan & Associates has been named to the “New York Verdicts & Settlements Hall of Fame” by the prestigious New York Law Journal. Verdict Search, an affiliate of the New York Law Journal, has recently established the “New York Verdicts & Settlement Hall of Fame”. For 2014, the Hall of Fame will honor law firms who have received extraordinary verdicts or settlements in the area of medical malpractice. The number one firm recognized in the list of Hall of Fame honorees is Linnan & Associates, located at 150 State Street Suite 504, Albany, New York. Linnan & Associates was named number one in the list of 25 Hall of Fame recipients for their verdict in Sohl v. A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, et. al.

Source: New York Law Journal

A National Publication, Lawyers USA, has published its Top 10 Jury Verdicts for 2012. The $144,690,039 verdict obtained by Linnan & Associates, of Albany, New York, ranked Number 6 in the country, and the largest in the State of New York, for a personal injury case.

Source: Times Union

CATSKILL - Albany Medical Center Hospital was found liable for the wrongful death of Thomas P. Meehan, the popular town supervisor of Windham who had been re-elected 19 times.

The jury awarded Meehan's family $1.4 million in Greene County Supreme Court on Thursday.

Meehan, 61, a carpenter, went into Albany Med on Nov. 11, 2009, for hip replacement surgery. He was walking and doing physical therapy the day after the surgery, said the family's lawyer, James Linnan, of Linnan & Associates in Albany.