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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice - November, 2019

173 articles

• Marriott On Hook For Guest's $4.9M Slip-And-Fall Verdict
• Injured Couple Wants In On Zip Line Operator's Row With AIG
• Senators Urge Amtrak To Reverse Forced Arbitration Policy
• Insys Verdict Flip Is A Check On Aggressive Feds
• Man Burned At Army Base As Toddler Gets Win Against Feds
• Joint Chiefs Vice Chair Sued Over Sex Assault Claims
• Law360's Tort Report: Georgia Damages Cap Faces Challenge
• Jaguars Linebacker Sues Insurers For $5M In Injury Coverage
• Insys Judge Drops Part Of Landmark Opioid Verdict
• BNSF On Hook For $3.45M Award To 'Deadheading' Conductor
• 'Enough Is Enough' In State Farm Medicare Suit, Judge Says
• 7th Circ. May Sanction Atty Over Altered Pics In Walmart Suit
• Bel-Air Bay Club Owes $12M For Heat Exhaustion Death: Jury
• Bayer Essure Injury Suits Kicked Back To Pa. State Court
• Time To Respect Florida Law And Patients' Right To Know
• Urban Air Mobility Needs Policy Support To Achieve Liftoff
• Lanier Loses 2nd Bid To Kick Malpractice Suit To Arbitration
• Doctor Gets 18 Months For Prescribing Oxy Pills To 'Con Man'
• Whistleblowers Get $2.6M In Hospital 'Assembly Line' Case
• Billionaire Boss Owes Over $10M For Sex Battery, Jury Told
• Zip Line Co. Fights Sanctions In Coverage Row With AIG
• Epstein Guards Face April Trial, Decry Broken Prison System
• Fatal Bus Crash Verdict Won't Be Undone By Out-Of-State Law
• Justices Skip Suit Against Ad Site Where Shooter Bought Gun
• Book Review: Who's To Blame For The Broken Legal System?
• Marketer, Travel Agent Try To Exit Suit Alleging Rape At Resort
• High Court Won't Hear 'Serial' Subject Syed's New Trial Appeal
• NY Atty Wants Out Over Partner Sex Affairs At Firm, Suit Says
• Expert Gaffe Dooms Patient's Suit Over Botched Surgery
• Insurer Can't Pass Buck On $3.5M Injury Award, Court Told
• Insurer Must Defend Motel In Kidnapping, Sex Assault Suit
• Uber Dodges Suit Over Sex Assault By Fake Driver, For Now
• Nuisance Claim Tossed In SoCalGas Aliso Canyon Leak Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Insurer Doesn't Owe Defense For Fatal Recycling Plant Blast
• Attys Duck Punitives In Row Over Ex-Client's Sex Assault Trial
• Doc Can't Sue Insurer Over Fraud Reports, Top NY Court Says
• Facebook Asks Texas Justices To Pause Sex Trafficking Suit
• Childhood Sexual Abuse Bills Head To Pa. Gov.'s Desk
• Calif. Court Strikes Distress Damages Over Bedbug Infestation
• Calif. Court OKs Wheelchair Racer's $3.2M Injury Award
• $12.4M NYC Bus Crash Award Slashed On Appeal
• NHL Can Seek Canadian Doc's Records In Widow's Fraud Suit
• Medical Staffing Co. Must Face Brain Injury Suit In La.
• Dallas Mall Sued Over Fatal 'Joyrider' Parking Garage Crash
• Auto Insurer Med Exam Requirement Not OK, Pa. Justices Say
• Atty, Doc's Emergency Juror Care Doesn't Merit Retrial
• Atty Can't Get NJ High Court To Take On Malpractice Ruling
• Ex-Orrick Atty Tapped As SF Court's 1st Black Female Judge
• 2 Epstein Guards Charged With Faking Inmate Checks
• Gov't Settles Tribal Hospital Birth Injury Suit For $7.5M
• Exclusion Of Hispanic Jurors Sinks Doctor's Med Mal Win
• NJ High Court Challenges Lack Of Affidavit In Med Mal Suit
• Ex-MoFo Atty Says $400M CBS Defamation Suit Should Stay
• Pilot Can Sue Bankrupt OneJet Over Nauseating Jet Exhaust
• Purdue Gets OK To Pay States' Costs In Opioid-Related Ch. 11
• Pizza Hut Ignored 'No Delivery' List, Robbed Driver Claims
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Jehovah's Witness's Med Mal Appeal
• MTA Officer Wins $530K In Trial Over Foot-Chase Injury
• How To Hire Lateral Partners More Effectively
• Lawyers Can Counsel Medical Pot Clients, NY Bar Says
• Survivors, Families Sue Japanese Co. Over Navy Collision
• Trump Can't Freeze 'Apprentice' Contestant's Defamation Suit
• PG&E's Delays Over 'Mystery' Atty-Client Privilege Irk Judge
• Insurer Seeks Default On Olympic Committee In Abuse Suits
• Ga. Court Nixes 'Act Of God' Defense In Auto Injury Suit
• Law360's Tort Report: Personal Injury & Med Mal News In Brief
• NY Court Adopts Patient-Friendly Standard For Med Mal Cases
• Church Group Can Be Held Liable For $12M Calif. Wildfire
• Widow Asks High Court To Review BNSF's Win In Death Suit
• Purdue Opioid Claims Need National Fix, High Court Told
• Ex-NFL Star Continues Fight Against Arbitration With Texans
• Judge Caps Insys Exec's 'Astronomical' Nixon Peabody Tab
• US Trustee Says Sackler Ties Bar E&Y From Purdue Ch. 11
• Geico Freed From $14.4M Verdict Over Catastrophic Fla. Crash
• Recently Reversed: How J&J, Avis & LG Toppled Big Verdicts
• Health Clinic Wasn't Negligent In Treating Woman, Jury Says
• Fla. Hospital Keeps Trial Win In Patient Sex Assault Case
• Purdue Says Paying States' Costs Will Help Ch. 11 Estate
• Lloyd's Not Responsible For Developer's $3.5M Death Payout
• Texas Justices Will Hear Bid To Pare Down $3.4M Injury Award
• Bankrupt NY Diocese Sues Insurers To Cover Sex Abuse Suits
• Menards Says Excess Insurer Can't Ditch Share Of $6M Payout
• Jury Awards $8M Against Trucking Co. In Motorcycle Crash
• Insurer Wants Zip Line Co. Sanctioned For 'Baseless' Suit
• Pa. Docs Groups Back UPMC Over Med Mal Time-Limit Ruling
• Ex-NFL Player Agrees To Pay $1.25M Concussion Deal Loan
• Pa. Firm Sent Ex-Client To Lawyer To Sue It For Negligence
• Sbarro Worker's Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In Sex Abuse Suit
• Con Ed Gets $400K Trip-And-Fall Award Tossed By NY Court
• Engaging With International Carcinogen Evaluations
• Amtrak Must Pay $4.5M To Passenger Injured In Derailment
• Purdue's Law Firms Must Return Retainers, US Trustee Says
• SoCal Edison To Pay Cities, Counties $360M Over Wildfires
• UPMC Asks Pa. Justices To Revisit Med Mal Time Limit Ruling
• Purdue Claimants Oppose Payment Of Settling States' Costs
• Feds To Pay $15M To End Baby Brain Damage Suit
• Md. Atty Can't Get Fees From Fatal Car Crash Settlement
• Patients Win Big As Pa. Justices Nix Med Mal Suit Time Limit
• Wis. PFAS Proposals Present Challenges For Businesses
• Ex-Judge Wants Grand Jury Info On Rockefeller U. Sex Abuser
• Texas Could Take Page From Mass.'s Judicial Selection Book
• Live Nation Wins Coverage In Concert Injury Insurance Battle
• 5th Circ. Says $950K Death Payment Lets Insurer Off Hook
• Widow Sues Dive Boat Owner Over Blaze That Killed 34
• Justices Tilting Toward Border Agent Who Killed Mexican Teen
• Fowler White Adds 2 Fla. Attorneys To Maritime Practice
• Expert Report Backs Case Against Doc, Texas Justices Told
• Judging A Book: McKeown Reviews 'Conversations With RBG'
• Alaska Airlines Dodges Ill. Wrongful Death Suit
• High Court Allows Sandy Hook Families To Sue Remington
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• Venable Partner's Forgery Claim 'Unprofessional,' Judge Says
• 7th Circ. Mostly Affirms $31M Kidney Failure Verdict
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe Coverage In Flaming Booze Suit
• Atty's Unfair Trial Remarks Can't Upend $2.6M Crash Verdict
• Trump Rape Accuser: Secret Service Blocked Process Servers
• Boies Sues Dershowitz For Defamation Over Epstein Fracas
• Suit Says OSU Covered Up Doc's Sex Abuse Of 'Thousands'
• Mass. Hospital To Pay Fired Whistleblower Surgeon $13M
• Rail Car Inspector Awarded $473K Over Workplace Injury
• Carnival Faces Claim It Hired Bad MD In Shipboard Death Suit
• $12M FCA Suit Over 'Assembly Line' Care Settled By Hospital
• Ex-Calif. Dem. Party Boss' Sex Remarks Not Protected Speech
• NFL Can't Deny Role In Painkiller Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Roofer's Negligence Caused Skull-Crushing Injury, Suit Says
• Texas Justices Told Atty Immunity Asserted Too Soon
• Targeting Jury's 'Reptile' Brains Not Enough For Mistrial
• 6th Circ. Says Prisoner Didn't Need Affidavit In Med Mal Suit
• Insurer Fights Claims Over Cryotherapy Injury Coverage
• PG&E Says Wildfires, Blackouts Are Fiscal Risks
• Bridal Shop Says Ebola Closure Suit Isn't Med Mal Claim
• Insurer Says It's Not Liable For Shooting During Rap Show
• Teaching Witnesses To Avoid Cross-Examination Traps
• TV Reporter Knew Risks Of 'Flugtag' Flight, Red Bull Says
• Fallout Over Atty's $1M Sanction Reaches Pa. Supreme Court
• Clinic's Carelessness Cost Woman A Fallopian Tube, Jury Told
• NatGeo Wants Out Of Hotel Guest's Wrongful Death Suit
• Mass. Transit Escapes One Claim In Severe Train Injury Suit
• 'Simon Says' Stop Using My Slogan, Firm Wants Court To Rule
• NJ Justices Challenge Doc's Bid To Duck Cancer Death Suit
• Fla. Judge Won't Break Up Chiquita Terror-Funding MDL
• Illinois Hospital Hit With $101M Verdict Over Birth Injury
• Injured Railroad Worker Can't Get $1M For Lost Earnings
• Mechanic Wins $510K Over Repair Shop's Sex Harassment
• Ill. Court OKs Toss Of Suit Over Home Gas Pipe Explosion
• Insurer Tells Texas Justices To Disallow 'Windfall' Recovery
• NJ Justices To Mull Lowered Bar For Workplace Bias Suits
• Litigation Funder Loses Bid To Rein In Concussion Deal Judge
• 4 Keys To Defending E-Cig Battery Explosion Cases
• PG&E Switches To Opt-In Releases In Revised Ch. 11 Plan
• Texas Law Ties Contractor To Wrongful-Death Suit
• An Inside Look At PFAS Regulatory Action: Part 2
• Alec Baldwin Hits Back Against Parking Spot Punch Accuser
• Md. Court Sets New Rule To Halve Flesh-Eating Death Award
• Mining Co. Can't Sue Wells Fargo Unit Over Insurance Woes
• 3 Questions About Boeing's Growing 737 Max Legal Tangles
• Supreme Court Refuses To Review Trio Of Employer Wins
• Fla. Amusement Park Sued Over Child's Zip Line Fall
• CBS Says Ex-MoFo Atty Can't Sue Over Sex Assault Interviews
• An Inside Look At PFAS Regulatory Action: Part 1
• Columnist Who Accused Trump Of Rape Sues For Defamation
• Flat-Fee Legal Billing Can Liberate Attorneys
• Mich. Hospital, Docs Must Face Suit Over Patient's Stroke
• Kansas Hospital Loses $600K Over Workers' Comp Rule Typo
• Strip Club Insurer Fights $5M Award In Drunken Driving Case
• Cooper & Kirk Takes Over In Dershowitz Defamation Case
• Thrivest Wants Ex-NFLers Thrown In Jail Over Nonpayment
• Texas Hospital Must Face Suit Over Newborn's Death
• Ill. Renters Can't Sue Maine Airbnb Owners In Ill., Panel Says
• Spoliation Rule Remains Ambiguous Despite Amendments
• Insurer Granted Partial Win Over $5M Fire Injury Coverage
• Pa. Justices Say Med Mal Time Limit Is Unconstitutional