New York and tri-state area edition:

• New Jersey gets favorable ruling in suit demanding natural resource damages from ExxonMobil [NJLJ] "Ford Settles New Jersey Toxic Tort Case" [Mass Tort Lit, NorthJersey.com]
• Million dollar broken elbow verdicts not so unusual in NYC [Hochfelder]
• Discrimination complaints up nationwide, but down in Connecticut [Schwartz]
• Calamitous crash on Taconic spurs a rush to legislate [Greenfield]
• "A huge number of the physicians I know in New York are part of a two-income couple", and not by chance [Derbyshire, NRO]
• Hey, don't break them: New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) faces $250 fine over violation of state's lobbyist ethics rules [Albany Times Union]