Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on personal injury and negligence involving bodily harm, including medical malpractice issues. Coverage includes major litigation over medical negligence, patron safety, and accidents involving catastrophic injuries and death, as well as legislative and regulatory developments.



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Latest News in Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

  • August 20, 2026

    Social Media Cos. Fight Bid To Merge 2 Bellwether Trials In LA

    An attorney for two plaintiffs set to be the second and third bellwether trials out of thousands of lawsuits alleging social media platforms caused children mental health harm urged a Los Angeles judge Thursday to combine their trials into one, although a Meta attorney said they are "fundamentally different cases."

  • August 20, 2026

    What To Know As Cyclosporiasis Cases Continue To Climb

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  • August 20, 2026

    Meta Atty 'Absolutely Wrong' On Client Privilege, Judge Warns

    With trial dark Thursday due to juror illness, a California judge overseeing states' claims that Meta Platforms Inc. hid social media's harms heard arguments over evidence, at one point criticizing Meta's efforts to assert attorney-client privilege and calling the company's in-house lawyer "absolutely wrong" about the appropriate standard.

  • August 20, 2026

    J&J Talc Unit Loses Libel Suit Over Flawed Cancer Study

    A Virginia federal judge handed three doctors a win Wednesday in a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary's libel lawsuit over a 2020 study linking cosmetic talc exposure to mesothelioma, finding the subsidiary's evidence didn't show the trio knowingly or recklessly published falsehoods and instead merely revealed the doctors' "fear of litigation."

  • August 20, 2026

    Podhurst, Ex-Client Take Malpractice Fight To Lion Air Judge

    The Illinois federal judge handling consolidated wrongful death litigation over Lion Air Flight 610's crash agreed on Thursday to take on malpractice claims a widow recently lodged against Podhurst Orseck PA for allegedly failing to communicate about her $4 million settlement over the 2018 tragedy.

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Areas of Coverage

  • LITIGATION
  • Suits accusing major companies of not taking proper safety precautions to ensure the health and safety of patrons
  • Suits accusing major companies of negligence in car accident, slip-and-fall, and fatal injury cases
  • Disputes over alleged acts of negligence or omission, including failure to diagnose an illness or injury and improper treatment
  • Suits claiming a failure to properly warn a patient about known risks or side effects of a medication or medical procedure
  • Disciplinary proceedings against health care providers
  • Ethics violations
  • Criminal charges for illegally prescribing opiates or otherwise compromising patient care
  • Professional liability insurance coverage disputes
  • REGULATION
  • Tort reform measures, including lawsuit payout caps
  • State and federal legislation involving patient care
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  • Profiles of personal injury and medical malpractice practices

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