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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice - October, 2019

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• Avis Not Liable For $54M In Verdicts Over Stolen-Car Injuries
• Starbucks Beats Woman's Suit Over Hot Tea Burn
• Venable Alleges Forgery As Billionaire's Battery Trial Implodes
• US Deemed Immune In Hidden-Immigrant Truck Death
• Firm Sues Alleged Sex Trafficker Over Litigation Tactics
• Verizon's Fatal Crash Suit Should Be Arbitrated, Judge Says
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Atty's Bid For Concussion Deal Referral Fees
• Choice, Wyndham Slapped With $10M NY Sex-Trafficking Suit
• Calif. Court Affirms $13M Asbestos Verdict Against Tyson Unit
• Ill. Silicone Maker To Probe Possible Contamination After Fire
• CrossFit Dropped From Insurer's Suit Over Athlete's Death
• Woman's Family Wants $3.6M From Insurer In Asbestos Case
• NC Drivers Seek Cert. For Crash Report Client Fishing
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• Appeals Court Won't Revive Indian Doctor's $20M Bias Suit
• Private Equity Wants To Buy Your Asbestos Liabilities
• Insurer Beats Fraud Claim In NJ Roofer's Injury Suit
• Arizona's Purdue Suit Violates Ch. 11 Law, High Court Told
• Sbarro Exec Seeks Sanctions For Attys Of Rape Accuser
• Atty Had Good Reason For No-Show At Trial, NY Court Says
• Judge Admits 'Mistake' But Still Permits Atty Suspension
• 4th Circ. Says Insurer Must Cover Worker's Crash Injury Claim
• Geico Needn't Cover Mobile Gym Injury, Fla. Court Says
• Texas Justices Asked To Hear Suit Over Child's Oil Well Death
• Ex-Wrestlers Slam WWE In 2nd Circ. Concussion Suit
• Juul Sold 1M Tainted Nicotine Pods, Former Exec Says
• Los Angeles School District Sues Juul Over Youth Vaping
• SoCalGas Says No 'Permanent Nuisance' At Aliso Canyon
• Ill. Patient Needn't Produce Records In Botched Surgery Suit
• Missouri Medical Marijuana Group Asks State For Vaping Regs
• 6th Circ. Lets Mass. Transport Co. Out Of Road Rage Suit
• New Mass. Vape Ban 'A Mockery' Of Court Orders, Shops Say
• Contrite Boeing Chief Vows 737 Max Fixes In Senate Hearing
• Houston Must Face Injury Suit Over Christmas Eve Cop Crash
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• Pumpkin-Carving Race Mangled Hand, Colo. Student Says
• Billionaire To Represent Himself In Latest Sex Battery Trial
• PG&E Agrees To Extend Wildfire Proof Of Claims Deadline
• J&J Discloses Grand Jury Subpoena For Opioid Distributions
• Holding Nestle Liable For Slavery Would Backfire, Coke Says
• Marriott Dodges One Suit Over Montreal Hotel Guests' Deaths
• Parkland School Shooting Suit's Final Claims Dismissed
• Pa. Panel Allows Dead Man's Deposition In Asbestos Case
• Insys Doc's Sentence Called A Warning To Medical Community
• Pop Warner Wants Out Of Youth Football Concussion Suit
• Law Firm To Pay Up To $2M To End Driver Class Action
• Romanucci Atty Will Lead Sterigenics Emissions Suits In Ill.
• Law360's Tort Report: Personal Injury & Med Mal News In Brief
• 11th Circ. Sides With Auto Insurer In $30M Bad Faith Battle
• Silicone Maker Owes $1.6M After Deadly Blast, OSHA Says
• Geico Roped Back Into Coverage Row Over Woman's Injuries
• PG&E Says Equipment Failed Just Before Wildfire Started
• Ga. City Gets $460K Trip-And-Fall Verdict Tossed
• NextEra Escapes $15M Punitive Award In Boy's Electrocution
• CNX Should Have Filed Indemnity Suit In Ohio, Driller Says
• Ill. Park District Not Liable In $28M Death Suit
• NFL Urges 9th Circ. To End Ex-Players' Painkiller Suit
• States Are Wrong To Block Local Gov'ts From Opioid Suits
• Legal Battlefronts To Watch In Boeing's 737 Max Crisis
• Mom Of Dead Minor Leaguer Blasts Arena's 'Alternative Facts'
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Energy Co.'s Indemnity Bid For Injury Suit
• Texas Court Rules Hospital Must Face Patient Death Suit
• Trump Groping Accuser Says Records Back Her Claims
• Associates Found Guilty In Doc's Major Oxy-Pushing Scheme
• Schlumberger, Dow Get Water Contamination Suit Tossed
• 'Inhumane' DC Hospital Lacks Running Water, Patients Say
• Marriott Hit With Default Loss In Guest Injury Suit
• Clinic Doc Not Liable For Fatal Prescription, 3rd Circ. Says
• Border Shooting Relief Not About Nat'l Security, Justices Told
• Mass. Appellate Court Won't Halt Vape Products Ban
• Examine Diversity Jurisdiction By Drilling Into Citizenship
• Mich. Order Muddles No-Fault Reform For Auto Insurers
• Rose McGowan Says Boies, Bloom Did Weinstein's Dirty Work
• Korean Tire Co. Says It Doesn't Belong In Fatal Rollover Suit
• Ill. Court Upholds Doc's Trial Win In Botched Leg Surgery Suit
• Tesla's Unique Door Handles Faulted In Doc's Fiery Death
• La. Justices Apply 10-Year Limit To Driver's Bad Faith Claim
• Pa. Justices To Mull Wrongful Death Damages 'Requirement'
• Okla. Worker Entitled To Injury Benefits Despite Marijuana Use
• Is There A Legal Standard Of Care For Legionnaires' Disease?
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• Fact Disputes Reboot Hilton Drowning Suit, 1st Circ. Told
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Must Face Estate's Death Suit
• 11th Circ. Revives Yacht Worker's Injury Suit
• 3rd Circ. OKs Consol Fine For Not Using Miner Injury Hotline
• Ex-Super Bowl Winner Drops NFL Concussion Claims
• Ex-NFL Player's Accounts Frozen In Concussion Deal Fight
• Gun Website Tells Justices To Nix Mass Shooting Suit Appeal
• Mass. Vape Shops File Emergency Appeal To Halt Ban
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• Firms Fight Levi & Korsinsky's Sanction Bid In Honeywell Suit
• NFL Player Helmet Claims Time-Barred, Says Ill. Appeals Court
• Insurer Tries To Avoid Covering Fatal Plane Crash Suit
• 11th Circ. Revives Injury Suit Over Shallow Water Dive
• NFL Deal Objectors Aren't Wedding Crashers, 3rd Circ. Told
• Weil Gotshal Seeks $2M For Work On PG&E Case
• Oscar De La Hoya Sued For Sexual Assault
• Wrongful-Birth Case Sent Forward By NJ Appeals Court
• Gun Group Fined $100K For Illegal Self-Defense Insurance
• Firm Wants $10M Extortion Claims By Ex-NFL Player Tossed
• Mass. Ban On Vaping Product Sales Will Stand
• Court Asks Fla. Justices To Review Med Mal Death Law
• 11th Circ. Affirms Ex-Cruise Worker Can't Ax Arbitration Loss
• Shotgun Shell Makers Denied Early Win In Officer's Defect Suit
• Widow Blames El Paso Walmart Shooting On Lack Of Security
• La. Insurer Sues Pharma Cos. Over Opioid Crisis
• Mass. Vape Ban's Fate To Be Determined Monday
• AIG Wants Out Of Covering Clinic's $9M Abuse Settlement
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• PG&E Bondholders, Wildfire Victims File Rival Ch. 11 Plan
• UT Austin Won't Have To Face Bicyclist's Injury Suit
• NECC Pharmacists Lose Bid For New Trial In Meningitis Case
• Antonio Brown Case May Influence Next NFL Bargaining Pact
• Swim Coach Claims Club Sacked Him Over Whistleblowing
• Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Victims Say Developers Cut Corners
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Hip-Hop Star Can't Escape $7M Dating Show Assault Verdict
• Ex-NFL Player Held In Contempt Over $475K Loan
• Chubb Owes Excess Carrier $8M In Row Over Fatal Crash Deal
• NYC Transit Can't Escape $4M Worth Of Injury Awards
• Insys Exec Trial Fair Despite Alleged Weil Conflict, Judge Says
• Cuomo Says Legislators Must Take Action On Vaping Bans
• Chiquita Urges Fla. Court Not To Rethink Terror-Funding MDL
• Railroad Can't Fight Worker's $525K Injury Win, 7th Circ. Says
• A Defense For E-Cig Makers Against Vape Lung Illness Claims
• Calif. Woman Gets Surgery Clinic Injury Suit Reinstated
• Feds Pay $5M To End Ky. Baby Birth Injury Suit
• Uber, Lyft No-Show Sparks House Panel Talk Of New Regs
• FirstEnergy's Toxic Gas Suit Not Their Problem, Insurers Say
• NY Doc's Improper 'Habit' Testimony Sparks Med Mal Retrial
• Vape Flavor Ban May Create Black Market, Lawmakers Told
• Exceptions To '8 Corners Rule' Are Invalid, Texas Justices Told
• Could UPMC Have Warned Of Violent Patient, Pa. Justices Ask
• Ailing Ex-NFL Player Fights Contempt Bid Over $475K Loan
• Ill. Biometric Law Ruling Will Bring Insurance Coverage Issues
• Insys Judge Unsure If Execs' Bribes Equal Drug Dealing
• Calif. Law Offers New Hope For Child Sexual Abuse Victims
• USA Gymnastics Lands 2-Month Extension To File Ch. 11 Plan
• Ala. Clinic Hit With $9M Verdict In Patient Death Suit
• Ex-Cop Not Covered For High-Speed Chase Death, Court Says
• Insurer Won't Cover Spa For Hammer Attack Against Worker
• Pa. Jury Awards $4.7M In Spine Infection Misdiagnosis Trial
• Pa. Justices Ask If Judge Missed Chance To Weigh Juror Bias
• Billionaire Owes $4.35M Punitive Damages For Sex Battery
• Railway Co. Faces Revived Suit Over Deadly Mexico Crash
• Justices Pass On Families' Train Crash Wrongful Death Suit
• Gov't Allowed To Argue In Cross-Border Shooting Case
• Vape Shop Atty Lit Up By Judge Over Hearing Flip-Flop
• Juul Hit With First-Ever Vaping Death Lawsuit
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• Woman's Brain Damage Came During Surgery, Doc Testifies
• 'Reptile Theory' Claim Can't Cut $27M Road Rage Crash Award
• NXIVM Sex Cult Atty's Bid For Prosecutor Gig Comes To End
• Billionaire Owes Writer $650K For Sex Battery, Jury Says
• Purdue Opioid Suits Get One-Month Pause, For Now
• 9th Circ. Reinstates Suit Over 2 Yosemite Campers' Deaths
• Collision Victim Doesn't Need Expert In Brain Injury Case
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• Hill Wallack Builds Condo Group With 4 Attys, New Office
• Infowars Can't Use Free Speech Law To End Sandy Hook Suit
• Pa. Court Flags $700K Judgment Over Eagles Game Fight
• Terrorism Aid Claims Are Too Late, Standard Chartered Says
• Injury Atty Indicted, Accused Of Trying To Hide $1M From IRS
• Is 'The Government Said I Could' A Civil Liability Defense?
• Parents Blast Man's Bid To Slip Penn State Hazing Death Suit
• Jury Bias Claim Can't Undo $7.6M Nursing Home Death Award
• Court Told Settlement Is The Best Result For Purdue Ch. 11
• Target Can't Pass Buck On Antibiotic Labeling Suit Costs
• Purdue Docs Show DOJ Deal Is Key To Ch. 11 Settlement
• Judge Tosses Two Ex-Hockey Players' Concussion Suits
• Insurers Say $34M Ala. Pipeline Explosion Suit Not Covered
• $9M Award Nixed After Jury Shown Unredacted Insurance Doc
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• Ohio Trial In Opioid MDL Will Go Forward, 6th Circ. Says
• FilmOn, Founder Owe $1.3M Fees After $11M Sex Battery Loss
• Motorcycle Club Must Face Port-A-Potty Death Suit
• Bad Juror Claim Can't Undo Pa. Doc's Med Mal Trial Win
• Calif. Court Affirms $30M Award In Horrific Worker Death Suit
• Suit Against USA Taekwondo Over Coach Sex Abuse Revived
• Wrongful Death Appeal Fails On Scant Briefing, Ill. Court Says
• 4 Trends To Watch In Toxic Tort Litigation
• Doc Who Led Major Oxy-Pushing Scheme Working With Feds
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• FTC Warning On Plaintiffs Bar Advertising Is Timely
• Arizona Backs Out Of Purdue's Opioid Settlement
• Purdue's Sackler Family Loses Bid To Toss Mass. Opioid Suit
• Norfolk Southern Faces Retrial Over Engineer's Spine Injuries
• Hotels Must Face Suit Over Sex Trafficking Knowledge
• Lil Peep's Mom Sues Managers, Label Over Rapper's Death
• Firms Hit With Sanctions Bid In Honeywell Stock-Drop Suit
• Purdue Agrees To Put Off Consideration Of Ch. 11 Bonuses
• Alsup Slams Calif. City's 'Half-Baked' PG&E Probation Plan
• Texas Justices Asked To Renew Suit Against Univ. Hospital
• Ill. Hospital's Trial Win Affirmed In Post-Surgery Death Suit
• WWE Tells 2nd Circ. No Rematch In Wrestler Concussion Suit
• NY's Most Prolific Oxy Doc Set To Plead Guilty, Feds Say
• Ga. Justices Call Off New Trial In Bad-Diagnosis Suit
• 4 Ways Conn. Justices Set Precedent On Asbestos Coverage
• Retrial Granted In Med Mal Suit Against Pa. Hospital
• Blank Rome Slammed Over Dismissal Bid In Severed Leg Row
• Ky. Docs Must Face Suit Over Clinical-Trial Patient's Cancer
• Juror Flub Axes Doc's Med Mal Trial Win, Ind. Court Says
• Neb. Justices Uphold $800K Win For Missed Foot Diagnosis
• Sex Assault Suit Against Former VA Staffer Settles
• Risk Propelled MGM's Quick $800M Deal Over Mass Shooting
• Pa. College Must Face Revived Slip-And-Fall Suit
• When The Jury's Vote Isn't The End: Recent Verdict Reversals
• 25 AGs Say Purdue, Sackler Suits Should Proceed In Ch. 11
• Pa. High Court Urged To Snub Church's Sex Abuse Appeal
• Sandy Hook Families Tell Justices To Boot Remington Appeal
• Talc Co. Needn't Fill Asbestos Insurance Gap: Conn. Justices
• Legal Practice Just A 'Capitalist Enterprise,' Judge Laments
• James Franco's Film School Sexually Exploited Women: Suit
• NY, Calif., 24 Other States Fight Purdue's $38M Bonus Plan
• Nightclub Isn't Covered For Beach Ball Injury
• Insurer Wants Out Of Covering 'Team Building' Drowning
• Wash. Justices Ax Bad Faith Suit Against Allstate Adjuster
• Valero Refinery Worker Burned In 'Superheated Soil' Can't Sue
• Risperdal Marketing Blocks Weren't For Kids, Pa. Jury Told
• Insurer Wins Coverage Case Over Parking Lot Shooting
• FTC Seeks E-Cigarette Cos.' Data On Advertising, Sales
• Insurer Must Pony Up Sanctions For 'Vexatious' Policy Denial
• Arcade Co. Hits Carnival Biz With TM Suit After News Mix-Up
• Texas Utility Board Can't Be Deposed In Wrongful Death Suit
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• MGM To Pay Up To $800M To End Las Vegas Shooting Suits
• Tardy CPR Left Woman In Surgery Brain Damaged, Jury Told
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear CACI Immunity Bid For Torture Claims
• 5th Circ. Denies Coverage For Russian Roulette Death
• Royal Caribbean Can't Get New Trial Over $3.4M Death Award
• Pa. Hospital, Doc Escape Infant Death Suit
• Texas Lime E-Scooter Negligence Suit Sent To Arbitration
• PG&E Case Attys Blast Fee Application Protocol
• Texas Homeowner Off Hook For Groundskeeper's Deadly Fall
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• Home Improvement Chain Should Have Settled, Insurer Says
• USC Insurer Fights Arbitration Over $215M Sex Abuse Deal
• Feds Urge Justices Not To Allow Damages In Border Shooting
• $14.2M Verdict Affirmed For Patient With Rare Bowel Disease
• Insurer Breached Duty To Defend Driver Who Struck Family
• Ex-NFL Player Sees ERISA Suit Downed, For Now
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• Lloyd's Of London Underwriters Win Concert Stabbing Suit
• 2 Trends In DOJ Health Care Enforcement