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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice - August, 2019

207 articles

• Calif. Jury Hits Ford With $34M Asbestos Verdict
• Church Shooting Victims Can Sue US Over Background Check
• Va. Radiologist Wins Trial Over Missed Bowel Obstruction
• 5th Circ. Upholds $4.2M Award In Longshoreman's Fatal Fall
• Ex-Pharmacy Owner Charged In $5M Fraud Scheme
• Texas High Court To Hear $100M Church Case, Utility Fight
• New Best Practices Under E-Discovery Spoliation Rule
• Blank Rome Sued By NJ Firm Over $9M Severed Leg Case
• Union Pacific Crash Victims' Kin Cite Kisor In High Court Case
• 8th Circ. Upholds $2.4M Injury Verdict Against Ladder Cos.
• 6th Circ. Says Walmart Isn't Liable For Assault In Dairy Section
• 3rd Circ. Reinstates Injured NJ Transit Worker's $824K Award
• Va. Justices Affirm Patient's Trial Win In Botched-Surgery Suit
• How Law Firms Can Create Content Decision Makers Will Read
• SEC Accuses Florida Attorney Of Defrauding NFL Players
• Punitive Damages Bid Cut In Cruise Line Child Assault Case
• C&J Energy To Pay $2.1M In Deal To End Worker Death Case
• Suit Over Deadly Police Chase In Texas Gets Second Chance
• Damages Cap 'Conflict' Reinstates Driver's $1.9M Injury Award
• Excess Insurer Can Skip Payout In Hotel Assault Case
• Claims Trimmed From Penn State Frat Party Hazing Death Suit
• Hospital Unlawfully Made Nurse Take Part In Abortion: HHS
• Attys Behind $1B Syphilis Study Suit Beat Sanctions, For Now
• Texas Panel Won't Pare Nurse's Case Over Drug Test Rumors
• Jury's Award For Widow Was Too Low, Illinois Court Says
• Chemical Plant Emissions Caused Cancer, Ill. Residents Say
• Actress Reboots Weinstein Suit To Add Disney, Miramax
• Sovereign Immunity Won't Shield Health Dept. In Suicide Case
• Epstein Accusers 'Robbed' Of Justice Speak Out At Hearing
• Hotel Cos. Complicit In Ga. Sex Trafficking, 4 Suits Allege
• Robot Maker Escapes Liability In Fatal Auto Factory Accident
• Cruise Co. Says Onboard Injury Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Amazon, Others Pay $20M To End Ill. Warehouse Injury Trial
• Bail Denied For Texas Injury Atty Charged In Kickback Scheme
• $2.14M Injury Verdict Stayed As Tenn. High Court Weighs Caps
• 5th Circ. Keeps Texas Road Death Suit In Federal Court
• 4th Circ. Asked To Rehear Nixed $7.1M Baby Injury Award
• Penn State Coach Pressured Doc To Clear Players, Suit Says
• Bell Helicopter Worker's $9M Asbestos Trial Win Tossed
• Hospital Can't Sanction Patient Over Deleted Facebook Profile
• Sprinkler Co. Can't Dodge $10.6M Suit Over Fire Coverage
• Manufacturers Won't Bear All Liability For Driverless Vehicles
• Harvey Weinstein Again Denies Charges, Trial Moved To 2020
• Parties Warned To Focus On Mediation In OSU Assault Cases
• Florida Bars Hit With $31M Verdict For Drunken Hit-And-Run
• Contractor Can't Duck Abu Ghraib Torture Suit, 4th Circ. Says
• Lewis Brisbois Enters Va. With 6 LeClairRyan Med Mal Pros
• Ga. Jury Awards Record $280M In Fatal Auto Wreck Suit
• Ex-NFLers Ask 9th Circ. To Save Painkiller Suit Once Again
• Punitives Axed In Suit Over NY Patient Wrongly Declared Dead
• NJ Hospital Must Face Suit Over Child's Leg Amputation
• AECOM Sued Over Deadly Gas Leak At Pa. Power Plant
• Texas Doc Can't Ax $1.8M Judgment Over Cotton Ball In Brain
• Missing Expert Report Kills NJ Legal Malpractice Suit
• Family Awarded $8.3M For Negligence At Gov't Clinic
• Univ. Of Texas Hospital Beats Botched Hysterectomy Suit
• Jury Sticks Trucking Co. With $2.14M Verdict In Crash Case
• Ex-NFL Player Sidesteps Concussion Deal Appeal, For Now
• Nightclub Not Covered For Shooting Suits, 6th Circ. Affirms
• Missing Info Lets Texas Ambulance Co. Win Patient Death Suit
• Law360's Tort Report: Personal Injury & Med Mal News In Brief
• Judge Says PG&E Wildfire Claims Should Be Estimated
• Gannett Sheds Suit Over Newspaper Delivery Driver's Crash
• NFL Concussion Audits Are Valid, Judge Says
• Progressive Wants Out Of $10M Class Action Over Copays
• 32 New Lawsuits Filed Against Sterigenics In Ill. State Court
• Caltrans Not Liable In 'Dangerous' Highway Suit, Panel Says
• Defunct Website Immune In Fentanyl Death, 9th Circ. Says
• NJ Transit Must Face Injury Suit Under New Law: 3rd Circ.
• Uber Insurer Needn't Cover Driver's Injury, 10th Circ. Says
• Patient's Fall Claim Is Medical Negligence, Fla. Court Says
• Litigation Finance Can And Should Protect Its Reputation
• Can Text Messages Or An Airbag Cause A Suicide?
• Considering Disclosure Risks In Sensitive Product Recalls
• Texas Injury Attys Charged In Case Runner Kickback Scheme
• Sanctions Sought Over Disclosure In Pa. Nursing Home Row
• Carnival Avoids Some Claims Over Onboard Fatal Heart Attack
• $1.36M Award Against Carnival Should Be OK'd, Court Hears
• College's Actions Created Duty To Athletes, Pa. Justices Say
• Puerto Rico Doctor Sees Med Mal Jury Verdict Canned
• Delta Urges 1st Circ. Not To Revive 'False Imprisonment' Suit
• Carnival Can't Scotch Suit Over Shipboard Death, Family Says
• Property Owners Fight Pratt & Whitney's Bid For Quick Win
• Liberty Mutual Beats Suit Over Injured Worker's $3.8M Deal
• Risky Amazon Warehouse Rack Work Hurt 2 On Job, Jury Told
• Montana Nets $98M In Asbestos Injury Coverage Battle
• Seeger Swats Away NFL Concussion Fee Objection Again
• Utah Patient Can't Overcome 'Stingy' Gov't Immunity Law
• Creditors Look To End Georgia-Pacific Affiliate's Ch. 11 Case
• Woolsey Fire Suit Bounced Back To Calif. State Court
• Walgreens Not Liable To Crash Victims After Drug Mix-up
• States Slam DOL Over 'Arbitrary' Injury Reporting Rollback
• Crisis Messaging To Protect Law Firm Brand And Bottom Line
• As NY Child Abuse Suits Surge, Attys Prepare For Long Haul
• Jury Clears Colo. Atty In Injury Settlement Fee Dispute
• Weil's Bid To Intervene In Insys Conflict Faces Opposition
• Ga. Atty Beats Malpractice Suit Over Failed Injury Case
• Texas Doctors' Trial Win Upheld In Brain Injury Suit
• Lowball Clergy Abuse Payouts Have Attys Mulling Civil Suits
• Md. High Court Tosses $3.7M Jury Award In Suit Against EMTs
• 7th Circ. Nixes Sanctions In Medicare Reimbursement Suit
• 10th Circ. Revives RICO Suit Against Whistleblower, Attys
• 2 Women Sue Epstein Estate For $100M Over Sex Assault
• Sterigenics Emissions Suits Kicked Back To Ill. State Court
• 4th NY Doc Charged With Taking Insys Kickbacks Cops Plea
• Texas Hospital, Doc Beat Suit Over Patient's Paraplegia
• NJ Gov. Signs Bill For Medical Recovery Above PIP Limits
• 3 States Where Tort Reform Battles Are Heating Up
• Va. Justices Say Driver Can't Reduce $1.5M Negligence Verdict
• Pa. Justices To Mull Which Damages Can Be Retried
• Catholic Bishop Org Faces Priest Sexual Abuse Class Action
• Houston Hospital Can't Ax Doc's $6.4M Defamation Award
• What You Should Know About Courtroom Closures
• Kodak Asks To Reopen Bankruptcy To Shake Off Insurers
• Mich. Doc, Hospital Beat Cancer Patient's Misdiagnosis Claims
• Mo. High Court Reinstates Doctor's Med Mal Win
• First Shots Fired In Seeger Weiss Concussion Fee Appeal
• Epstein Sex Assault Accuser Sues Estate After His Death
• The Key Issue In Revived Sex Abuse Claim Insurance Disputes
• Ga., NFL Stadium's Win In Escalator Injury Suit Upheld
• Pa. Diocese Says It Has Paid Out $12M To Sex Abuse Victims
• Nationwide Must Cover Worker's Lift Accident
• Split Texas Panel OKs Expert Report In Hip Replacement Suit
• Ex-Cruise Worker Fights Bid To Ax Onboard Injury Suit
• NY Law Will Spark Surge In Child Sexual Abuse Cases
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Seaweed Scientist's Odyssey
• SC Bishop Gets Catholic Priest's Retaliation Suit Dismissed
• Ex-NFLer's Settlement Put On Ice In Funder Repayment Row
• How To Counter Jury Reliance On Plaintiff's Damages Ask
• What Investigators Are Asking After Epstein's Death
• $75M NCAA Concussion Deal Gets Final OK With $14M Fees
• Royal Caribbean Avoids Sanctions Over Lost Storm Footage
• Insurer Says It Won't Cover $215M USC Sex Abuse Settlement
• E-Scooter Surge Kicks Up Cloud Of Legal Issues
• Insurer Escapes Hotel's $20M Carbon Monoxide Leak Deal
• Jehovah's Witnesses Hid Child Sex Abuse, Victims Allege
• Benihana Preserves Trial Win In Tenn. Customer Death Suit
• House Dems Press Senate On Background Checks For Guns
• Texas Prison System Says It's Complying In Heat Settlement
• Insurer Can Challenge Day Care Abuse Coverage: 8th Circ.
• SmithAmundsen Attys Face Sanctions Bid In Med Mal Case
• Litigation Finance Co. Gets $2.4M Win Against Injury Firm
• Epstein Dead In Apparent Suicide, As Feds Investigate
• Insurer Skirts Some Liability For Worker's Fatal Cell Tower Fall
• Ex-Team USA Figure Skater Accuses Ex-Coach Of Sex Abuse
• Tampa Atty Disbarred For Stealing Client Settlement Funds
• Insys Plans $29M CBD And Naloxone Sale In Ch. 11
• Reports Of $8B Roundup Deal 'Pure Fiction,' Feinberg Says
• Texas Trucking Co. Beats Driver's Electrocution Injury Suit
• Atty Fee Ruling In Mall Stabbing Row May Need Time To Bake
• NCAA Athletes Urge Final Approval Of Concussion Deal
• 2nd Circ. Says HSBC Can't Be Held Liable For Terror Attacks
• Jurors Who Wanted Higher Burden Of Proof Don't Nix Verdict
• PG&E Shareholders Outline Possible $15B Rights Issue
• Disney Marketing Gives Pa. Courts Jurisdiction, Couple Says
• Gov't Fights Insys Founder's Bid To Delay Sentencing
• 5th Amendment Strategy For Parallel Civil, Criminal Litigation
• Mazie Slater Beats DQ Bid In NJ Malpractice Case
• Addressing Health Care Liens In Sexual Assault Settlements
• Clients Benefit From Law Firm Expense Growth
• NY Building Owner Sued Over Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak
• Insurer, Transport Co. End $9.2M Car Crash Injury Award Suit
• Fla. Patient's Fall Suit Is Ordinary Negligence, Court Rules
• Ex-MSU Dean Sentenced To 1 Year In Jail For Nassar Neglect
• Hail Mary Appeal Could Expose Cracks In NFL Settlement
• Changing Ethics Rules Is Key To Law Firm Innovation
• Markel Insurer Wants Out Of Paralyzed Roofer's Suit
• Florida Law Firm Tries To Escape 'Simon Says' Tagline Suit
• Ironshore, Columbia Won't Go To Trial Over Med Mal Coverage
• Landmark Challenge In NFL Concussion Case Halted, For Now
• Ill. Attys Sanctioned For Sweetheart Privacy Deal With Doc
• Dartmouth Agrees To $14M Settlement Over 'Predators Club'
• Ex-Minor Leaguer's Suit Notice To Md. County Still Unclear
• NFL Says Ex-Player Can't 'Cut And Paste' Benefits Claims
• Employers Face Expanded Time Limits For Sex Abuse Suits
• Rockefeller U. Sues Insurers For Sex Abuse Claims Coverage
• Mother Of Girl Killed By CSX Train Loses 6th Circ. Appeal
• Olympic Oversight Bill Lacks Muscle To Achieve Grand Goals
• Justices Asked To Clarify Damages In Cross-Border Shooting
• Cellino & Barnes Name Fight Tossed, For Now
• Pa. Woman Wants Court To Decide If Crash Was Job-Related
• Jury Awards Driver $1.7M In Damages After Insurance Dispute
• Judging A Book: Castillo Reviews 'Raising The Bar'
• CVS Sued Over Injury From Ear Drop, Eye Drop Mix-Up
• Mich. No-Fault Insurance Reform: A Tragedy Of The Commons
• Injured Rig Worker Sues Over 'Antiquated, Unsafe' Methods
• Lloyd's Agent Says Adjuster Shares Blame In $6.3M Dispute
• Injured Contractors Sue Exxon Over Chemical Plant Fire
• Zimmer Hit With $7.7M Hip Implant Verdict In Damages Retrial
• Pa. Court Affirms $750K Award In Trucking Co. Crash
• Insurer Says Co.'s Other Policy Covers $5.4M Injury Verdict
• NJ Atty Can't Escape Malpractice Loss Over PIP Coverage
• Feds Win Trial In Suit Over NY Patient's Fatal Cancer
• 5th Circ. Trims Trucker's $2.8M Award Over Crash
• How To Get The Most Out Of An Expert Witness
• Borrowers Slam Litigation Funder's Bid To Beat Class Claims
• 3rd NY Doc Cops Plea In Insys Kickbacks Case
• Tennessee Tort Caps Are Constitutional
• BNSF Must Face Suit Over Worker's Amputated Leg
• Fla. Librarian Wins $2M Verdict In Car Crash Suit
• Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo Can't Duck Sex Assault Suit Yet
• Ex-NFL Star Must Arbitrate Turf Injury: Texas Appeals Court
• Exxon Hit With Lawsuit By Texas County After Chemical Fire
• Bulk of Ill. Doc's Suit Against 'Pill Mill' Imposter May Proceed
• Remington Asks High Court To Review Sandy Hook Ruling
• Riddell Helmet Co. Beats Bid For Cert. By Ex-Football Players
• PG&E Says Dividends, Political Payments Are Necessary