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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice - December, 2020

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2020
• Hottest Trials Law360 Guest Topics Of 2020
• Poultry Co. Must Follow Virus Protocols After Worker Deaths
• Former Rep. Katie Hill Sues Media Orgs Over Graphic Photos
• Judge's 'Inappropriate' Nassar Comments Don't Nix Sentence
• Detained Migrants In Ga. Launch Medical Abuse Class Action
• Storage Tank Co. Wants Out Of Embryo Class Action
• A Law Firm's Guide To Producing A Podcast
• Biggest Georgia Decisions Of 2020
• Tenn. Man Says Sanctions Unwarranted In Vape Battery Suit
• Girardi Accused Of Improprieties By Fifth Plane Crash Client
• Pa. Justices Say UPMC Doctors Not Liable For Clinic Shooting
• Motions Not Covered By Atty Liability Law, Pa. Justices Say
• Judge Skeptical Ex-Knicks Player Was Assaulted In Ejection
• Pa. Judge Partly Blocks Medical Malpractice Insurer Law
• Atty Can't Duck Payment To Receiver In Spat With Old Firm
• Chubb On Hook For Full Fatal Crash Deal, 5th Circ. Affirms
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• 5 Important E-Discovery Trends And Developments In 2020
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Soldier's Anthrax Vaccine Injury Suit
• CORRECTED: Sacklers Saw Litigation Threat As Early As 2007, Creditors Say
• 7th Circ. Denies Driver's Bid To Restore $1M Award For Crash
• Fla. Hotels Resolve Woman's Sex Trafficking Suit
• Chiquita Wants Victims' Claims Tossed In Terror-Funding MDL
• Mass. Doc, Nurse Escape Suit Over Patient's Hand Infection
• Weinstein Accusers Say Ch. 11 Plan Would Force Releases
• Texas Hospital To Pay $48M To End False Claims Suit
• NJ Firm Beats Ex-Associate's Award For Higher Share Of Fee
• Fox News Personality Blasts Sex Assault Claims As 'Extortion'
• Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
• Girardi's Wife's Clothes Sale Flouts Asset Freeze, Judge Told
• NC Justices Won't Adopt 'Loss Of Chance' Med Mal Doctrine
• Ind. Court Wipes Out Doc's Trial Win In Botched Surgery Row
• Lack Of Trial Income Fuels Castor's Move To New Pa. Firm
• LA Residents Say City Hid Dangerous Gas Leak For Years
• The Biggest Personal Injury Decisions And Verdicts Of 2020
• Tyson Faces Pa. Lawsuit Over Worker's COVID-19 Death
• Biggest Illinois Decisions Of 2020
• Fired Atty's FMLA Suit Blasts Firm's 'Sweatshop Culture'
• Facing Congress' Ire, Sacklers Deflect Blame For Opioid Crisis
• Oregon Denied Partial Win Over COVID-19 Prison Liability
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Home Depot To Pay $20.75M Fine Over Lead Paint Practices
• State Secrets Complicate Litigation Over Bomb Blast
• Ex-Clients: Girardi Firm Took Boeing Deals Without Consent
• Six Charged In Scheme To Steal Michigan Crash Reports
• NY Court Slashes $14M Verdict In Apartment Collapse Suit
• Mass. 'Right To Repair' Law Could Put Car Cos. In A Jam
• CORRECTED: Steve Wynn Dodged Rape Suit With Bribery, Ex-Worker Says
• Jury Can't Hear Woman Drank Before Fall, NJ Panel Says
• Players Aim To Block Dismissal Of NFL Painkiller Suit
• Calif. Care Facility Sued Over Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak
• Girardi Keese Receiver Delayed As Bankruptcy Threat Looms
• Mass. AG Slams Use Of Force, Dogs On Migrant Detainees
• Pa. Panel Preserves Doc's Trial Win Over Fatal Infection
• Girardi's Ex-Partners Say He Cheated Them Out Of $2.3M
• S. Korean Battery Maker Must Face E-Cig Suit In Texas
• The Biggest Injury Verdict Reductions Of 2020
• Tips For Identifying A Culturally Competent Mediator
• Lawmakers Nearing Deal On COVID-19 Relief, Tax Extenders
• DOJ Opioid Leader Flays Pharmacies In Enforcement Vow
• Eddie Money's Family Sues USC Hospital Over Singer's Death
• Segal McCambridge Continues Growth With Shareholder Trio
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• A Look At Spoliation Risk In The 11th Circ., By The Numbers
• How Retailers May Limit Holiday Legal Risks Amid COVID-19
• NH Residents Seek Class Cert. In PFAS Leak Suit
• Fashion Mogul Nygard Arrested On Sex Trafficking Charges
• 5th Circ. Says Hoopa Valley Injury Suit Was Not Federal Matter
• After Contempt Order, Prosecutors Probe Girardi Case
• How Calif. Employers Can Handle Work-At-Home Injury Claims
• Uber Hit With $59M Fine For Not Cooperating In Assault Probe
• Lack Of Witnesses Dooms Suit Over Resort Worker's Fatal Fall
• Calif. AG Sues Amazon Over COVID-19 Workplace Data
• Judge To Refer Girardi To Prosecutors Over Missing $2M
• Kinder Morgan Settles Tainted Drinking Water Case
• Texas Panel Reinstates $1M Jury Award In Car Crash Suit
• DOT Asks DC Circ. To Nix Unions' Rail Safety Rule Challenge
• Jeld-Wen Can't Shake Driver's Suit Over Delivery Injuries
• Getting Your Workforce Vaccinated Without Getting Sued
• Girardi Taps Criminal Defense Pro As Contempt Hearing Nears
• DC Judge Won't Nix Migrants' COVID-19 Due Process Claims
• FKA Twigs Says 'Dangerous' Shia LaBeouf Abuses Women
• Writer Blasts Trump's Bid To Pause Defamation Suit
• Home Depot Denied Early Win In Illinois Slip-And-Fall Suit
• GAO Report Finds Gaps In IHS Anti-Abuse Oversight
• COVID-19 Workers' Comp Considerations For Calif. Employers
• Pa. Justices Reverse Course On Med Mal Trial Appeal
• Contract Atty Says McDermott Fired Him For Having Asthma
• Sen. Graham Pulls Bill Trimming Section 230 Tech Shield
• Pa. Justices Say Jurors Should Hear Snow Tube Injury Case
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Tri-State Injury Firm Says Rival Stole Catchy Spanish Slogan
• Nygard Judge Asks If Feds Will Stay Sons' Trafficking Case
• Atty's Questions Misled Car Crash Jury, Texas Panel Rules
• Ex-NFLers Blast Union's 'Warm Bodies' Benefits Approach
• NY Bar OKs Fees For Resuming Suit After Client Death
• Celanese Blames Insurer For $14M Asbestos Verdict
• Employer Steps To Mitigate Telework Injury Issues
• Zurich Sanctioned Again In Fluor Pollution Coverage Suit
• Ga. Atty-Lawmaker Wins Bid To Revive Trip-And-Fall Case
• Lewis Roca Accused Of Spiking Abuse Case Against School
• Insurer Must Cover Suit Over Guard's Flash-Flood Death
• Texas Court Affirms $50M Punitive Award In Fatal Crash Suit
• Suzuki Tries To Shield Top Exec From Depo In Brakes Suit
• Lead-Poisoned Men Want 7th Circ. To Back $6M Verdict
• COVID-19 Spurs Associates To Think Bigger — Like Partners
• Pa. Meatpackers Urge Court Action Over Virus Safety Plans
• Chicago Insurance Boutique Opens Dallas Location
• Improper Closing Nixes Ill. Hospital's Med Mal Trial Win
• Ex-NJ Doctor Can't Duck Sentence With Unproven Atty Claims
• 7th Circ. Hesitant To Unwind AIG Coverage In $6M Settlement
• Coach Says 'Morally Corrupt' USA Diving Must Face Rape Suit
• Insurers Demand Arbitration In Dispute Over Collapsed Hotel
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Crash Victims Tell Ga. Justices To Restore $54M Avis Verdicts
• Florio Perrucci Says Malpractice Claims Are Undercooked
• Pa. Panel Asks If Sanction Fight Can Keep Spill Case Alive
• GCs Are Uniquely Qualified To Lead Diversity Initiatives
• Forum Shopping Claim Can't Spark Transfer Of Med Mal Suit
• Cooper & Kirk Fights Dershowitz's DQ Bid In Defamation Suit
• Feds Ask 1st Circ. To Reinstate Full Insys Kickback Verdict
• Students Sue Snapchat For Faulty Violence Threat Response
• Ex-NFL Player Must Pay Fees To Langfitt Garner
• Outback Steakhouse Landlord On Hook For Black Ice Injury
• 3 Ways Defendants Can Nip Civil RICO Claims In The Bud
• NC Prosecutor Disciplined Over Not Notifying Victim Of Deal
• Judges On Race: Reducing Implicit Bias In Courtrooms
• 11th Circ. Revives FMLA Claim But Splits On Reasoning
• Ex-Chicago Alderman Gets 1.5 Years For Atty Fee Tax Scheme
• What Health Attys Are Bracing For As Virus Rages Nationwide
• Feds Sue SoCal Edison Over $100M In Calif. Wildfire Costs
• Mass. Strikes $302K Pollution Settlement With Chemical Plant
• Veto Of Pa. Virus Liability Bill Thwarts Tort Reform 'Grab Bag'
• Gerdau Wants Insurer To Pay For FIU Bridge Litigation Costs
• Pomerantz To Co-Lead Honeywell Investors' Asbestos Suit
• Girardi Keese Faces Contempt Over Edelson's Theft Claims
• Ill. Justices Say State Farm Policy Doesn't Cover Leg Injury
• Med Mal Suit Tossed After Conn. Atty 'Did Absolutely Nothing'
• JPML Leans Toward MDL For COVID-19 Travel Insurance Suits
• W.Va. Opioid Bellwether Delayed By Virus Concerns
• Farm Workers Say They Were Cropdusted With Pesticides
• PI Sues Miami Herald Reporter Who Exposed Epstein Scandal
• Epstein Victim Tells 11th Circ. Charges Not Needed For CVRA
• YouTube Wants Moderator Trauma Class Action Tossed
• NJ Hospital Can't Offset Possible Liability In Widower's Row
• Navigating Atty Relationship Conflicts That May Imperil Cases
• Ex-Insys Manager Avoids Prison For Opioid Kickback Scheme
• Don't Let Virus Delay W.Va. Opioid Bellwether, Court Urged
• Edelson Sues 'Housewives' Couple, Claims Girardi Debt Spiral
• AutoZone Still On Hook For $432K Slip-And-Fall Verdict
• Injured Man Rips Texas Tribe's Dismiss Bid For Fall Case
• Long Island Diocese Creditors Blast Early Claim Deadline Bid
• Fla. Biz Groups Ask Lawmakers For COVID-19 Liability Shield
• Bad Jury Instructions Tainted Med Mal Trial, Pa. Justices Told
• How Mediators Can Help Parties Overcome Emotional Barriers
• 'Witness Coaching' Claim Can't Upend Injury Defense Verdict
• Texas Appeals Court Affirms $16.5M Truck Crash Verdict
• 3rd Circ. Revives Ex-PSU Prez's Conviction In Sandusky Case
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• OB/GYN Says Immunity Won't Fly In Tribal Hospital Firing Suit
• NJ Justices Doubt Medical Pot Reimbursement Is Illegal
• Justices Wary Of Shielding Companies From Alien Tort Law
• Judging A Book: Wardlaw Reviews 'Hamilton And The Law'