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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice - December, 2018

145 articles

• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• California Nursing Facility Cleared In Elder Abuse Appeal
• Uber, Others Must Face Auto Collision Injury Suit
• Calif. Court Revives Suit Over Worker Crash In Company Car
• ProPublica, Texas Newspaper Can't Skirt Surgeon's Libel Suit
• Farm Owes Worker $850K After Firing Her For Reporting Rape
• Fla. High Court Eases Med Mal Causation Standards
• Ex-Doc Not Owed Defense In Sex Abuse Suits, 4th Circ. Says
• Calif. Atty Owes Former Client $800K For Mishandled Case
• Fla. High Court Strikes Down Public Hospital's Lien Powers
• Medals Prioritized Over Safety: Olympics Sex Abuse Report
• NY Trial Judge Won't Toss Weinstein Sex-Assault Indictment
• NJ Hospital's Win In Widow's Fatal Clot Suit Is Upheld
• 700 Catholic Priests Accused Of Sexual Abuse: Ill. AG Report
• Insurer Wants To Wash Hands Of $47M Avis Verdict
• IPhone Ping Can't Be Blamed For Crash, 5th Circ. Says
• Ex-NFLers Face Skeptical 9th Circ. In Career-Killer Drug Suit
• Royal Caribbean Escapes $700K Ice Skating Injury Verdict
• 8th Circ. Says Med Mal Expert Properly Excluded At Trial
• NJ Atty's Improper Argument Leads To New Slip-And-Fall Trial
• Ala. Court Is 'Dead-Ass Broke,' Judge Says In Order
• Parkland School Shooting Survivors' Suit Gutted By Judge
• 7th Circ. Nixes AIG's Win In Med Mal Deal Coverage Row
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018
• Gov't Wins Trial Over Woman's Blood Clot Death
• Drug Evidence Tainted Train Death Trial, 6th Circ. Told
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• How Product Liability Law Works In Denmark
• Both Sides In Insys Case Violated Media Rules, Judge Says
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Jury Grants Royal Caribbean Win In Passenger Death Suit
• Tenn. Court OKs Injured BNSF Employee's $5M Trial Win
• Gwen Stefani Can't Escape Concert Stampede Injury Suit
• High Court Can Skip Atty's Defamation Row, Yelp Says
• Trucking Co. Says Insurer Backed Out Of Required Coverage
• Anthem Nabs Fees To Sanction Insys In $19M Fentanyl Fight
• Apple Off The Hook In Fatal Facetime Car Crash Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms Geico's Win In Bad Faith Retrial
• The Biggest Trucking Injury Awards Of 2018
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• Fatal Helicopter Crash Suit Ends With $6M Settlement
• Family Of Vet Who Died Jumping From Ambulance Wins $7M
• Feds Fight To Keep Insys Grand Jury Instructions Secret
• Fla. Court Delays Answering Privileged Hospital Comms Issue
• Prison Contractors Can't Dodge Fla. Inmate's Amputation Suit
• Breaching Insurer's Liability Not Capped, Nev. Justices Say
• Sens. Refer Ex-USOC Chief To DOJ Over 'False Statements'
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Bar, Ex-NFL Player Hit With $25M Wrongful Death Verdict
• The Biggest Personal Injury And Med Mal Cases Of 2018
• Aviation Watch: Behind The Lion Air Flight 610 Tragedy
• Ky. High Court Reinstates Hospital's Med Mal Trial Win
• Deutsche Bank Not Liable For Iran Bomb, 7th Circ. Says
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• NY Court Tosses Amateur Hockey Player's Suit Over Fight
• Drunk Man's Fall Not Cruise Line's Fault, 11th Circ. Says
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• Let Jury Hear Passenger Used Medication: Royal Caribbean
• Insys Slams BCBS Privilege Claim In $19M Fentanyl Suit
• Oil Platform Co. Asks 5th Circ. To Toss $3.2M Injury Verdict
• Engineering Co. Worker's $3.3M Injury Award Cut To $600K
• 5 Of 6 NECC Defendants Guilty In Latest Trial
• 'Boilerplate' Defense Can't Spare Transit Unit In Assault Suit
• Hotel Hit With $50M Suit Over Teen's Walk-In Freezer Death
• Flawed Verdict Form Triggers New Trial Against Calif. Hospital
• Bad Jury Instructions Nix Defense Verdict In Patient Death Suit
• USOC Says Time, Safe Sport Act Bar Ex-Gymnast's Abuse Suit
• Fatal Crash Of Thrice-Lent Car Not Insured, 10th Circ. Says
• Feds Agree To Pay $1M Over Blood Pressure Med Death
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• Judge Passionately Defends Juries In Denying Instant Wins
• State Farm Must Defend Accused Cyberbully In Suicide Suit
• Cape-Wearing Chicago Atty Offers No Excuse For Client Theft
• Feds Settle Suit Claiming VA's Medication Error Killed Patient
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe USC Coverage In Abuse Suits
• Justices Asked To Review Due Process In Faulty Helmet Suit
• Drone Injury At Wedding Not Covered, Judge Rules
• Atty Wins Remaining Disability Benefits In Coverage Fight
• Delta Flies Away From $1M 'Wrongful Detention' Suit
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• New Nassar Abuse Probe Spotlights Institutional Failures
• Ret. Judge Tapped To Probe NFL Settlement Fraud Allegations
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Sex Assault Suit Against NBA Star
• Intent Is Focus At Trial On Royal Caribbean Passenger Death
• Ship Has Sailed On Royal Caribbean Injury Suit: 11th Circ.
• Supreme Court To Review Merchant Seaman Injury Suit
• Dentist Can't Appeal Evidence Admission, Texas Panel Says
• Move Montgomery McCracken Malpractice Row To NY: Judge
• Texas Court Affirms Tollway Agency's Immunity In Death Suit
• Ohio Justices Cut $1.5M Award To Nurse Defamed By Hospital
• Texas Panel Won't Let Doctor Duck Suit Over Bowel Injury
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds SEPTA Win In Bus Injury Suit
• Morgan & Morgan Can't Nix $5M Legal Malpractice Verdict
• NJ Justices Take Up Geico's Challenge Of Auto Coverage Law
• NJ Justices Won't Review Facebook Pics Ruling In Crash Row
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• USA Gymnastics Should Dissolve Itself In Bankruptcy
• Co. Seeks To Dump Jury Verdict In Coal Ash Liability Case
• 5th Circ. Says Alcoa Can't Dodge Plant Worker's Injury Suit
• NY Terror Plotter's 240-Month Jail Time Affirmed By 2nd Circ.
• Gov't Presses Judge To Force Insys Founder To Produce Docs
• Injured Man Must Repay Litigation Funder, NY Court Says
• BJ's Must Face Woman's Long Dormant Slip-And-Fall Suit
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• Trucking Co. On Hook For $1M After Auto Collision Trial
• 17 Women Sue Columbia Over OB-GYN's Alleged Abuse
• $2.8M Judgment Still Gone, But Oil Worker Gets New Trial
• Chicago Jury Awards $21.5M Over 6-Year-Old's Drowning
• USA Gymnastics Hits Ch. 11 To Address Nassar Abuse Claims
• Jury Finds Net Installer Not Liable For Fan's Foul Ball Injury
• Pa. Justices Question College's Duty In Football Injury Row
• Mass. Top Court Weighs Nixing Asbestos Claim Time Limit
• NJ Tenant Sheds Coverage Obligation In Elevator Injury Row
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• Drug Design Defect Litigation Faces Its Demise
• Atty Tells Jury CrossFit's Sloppiness Caused Her Slipped Disc
• Hilton Sued Over Secret Filming Of NY Bar Exam Taker
• NC Court Slashes $6.5M Jury Award In Patient Death Suit
• Progressive Settles $23M Bad Faith Case As Trial Nears
• Pain Doc's 'Fame' Questioned In TM Suit Over Same Name
• Driver Asks Texas Justices To Ax Sanctions For Pretrial Acts
• Unqualified Expert Sank Hospital Med Mal Row: NJ Court
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over Jury's Role In Tree Fall Case
• NYCHA's Insurer Needn't Cover Injury Suits, Says 2nd Circ.
• 6 NECC Workers Had Role In Drug Fraud, Feds Say In Closing
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Property And Casualty Insurers Face A Genomics Revolution
• Epstein Ducks Victim Testimony With Eve-Of-Trial Settlement
• Fla. Hospital Seeks Sanctions Over Deleted Facebook Profile
• Atty Fighting Sanctions Says Lies Ignored In Insys Case
• Alaska Air, Virgin America Settle Woman's Sex Assault Suit
• Colo. Justices Say Privilege Nixed By Stroke Victims' Parents
• Parents Seek Win Against Tribal Hospital In Birth Injury Suit
• 10th Circ. Revives BNSF Engineer's Injury Suit
• NY Jury Awards $28M Over Rape Of Special-Needs Student
• Pa. Justices Permanently Block Clergy IDs In Abuse Report
• Contractor Loses Bid For Gov't Info On Abu Ghraib Abuse
• High Court Declines To Hear Ex-NHL Player Opioid Death Suit
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Mass. Justices Say Atty's Fee Dispute Suit Too Late
• Pittsburgh Foul-Ball Injury Lawsuit Goes To Jury
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018