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August 13, 2026
An Illinois federal jury awarded $29 million Wednesday to the family of a U.N. engineer who died alongside 156 others when a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet carrying Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 crashed within minutes of takeoff.
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August 12, 2026
An "undeniable" causal link exists between excess prescription opioids and problem use of drugs such as heroin and fentanyl, an expert witness testified during a bench trial Wednesday in Washington's lawsuit accusing Albertsons of fueling the state's overdose crisis by irresponsibly dispensing opioids.
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August 12, 2026
A landmark federal trial in California over allegations that Meta social media platforms harm children's mental health is ready to begin after a jury was impaneled Wednesday — a selection process in which no prospective juror would say that Facebook or Instagram are safe for kids.
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August 12, 2026
A Chicago funeral home was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit in Illinois state court Tuesday alleging it mishandled, mislabeled and improperly stored roughly 57 bodies, leaving remains unrefrigerated and decomposing in allegedly "deplorable" conditions.
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August 12, 2026
An Indiana appeals court has revived a workplace rape lawsuit against delivery contractor Catucky Derby Inc., ruling a trial court was wrong to dismiss the employee's claims that the company fostered a drinking culture that led to the owner's brother assaulting a coworker.
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August 12, 2026
A passenger who claims he was injured when a Japan Airlines flight wing clipped his Delta Air Lines Inc. flight during a ground collision at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is suing the two companies in Washington federal court, where his wife, daughter, and granddaughters are already pursuing claims.
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August 12, 2026
The Texas Medical Board told a state court judge that the Texas Office of the Attorney General could not represent a doctor who tried to treat a COVID-19 patient with ivermectin, saying the office flouted ethics rules by first representing the board and then representing the doctor.
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August 12, 2026
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday cleared a bowling alley of liability in a suit accusing it of overserving alcohol to a customer who later caused a fatal crash while driving drunk, saying an amended complaint alleging new facts was filed too late.
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August 12, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday rejected an environmental group's challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision allowing the construction of a private road with a radioactive byproduct from fertilizer production, finding EPA regulations don't categorically bar such use.
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August 12, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit has dismissed Mt. Hawley Insurance Co.'s appeal of a ruling requiring it to defend a subcontractor in a wrongful death lawsuit, saying the settlement of the underlying suit in a Florida state court divested the federal appeals court of jurisdiction.
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August 12, 2026
A California grand jury indicted Nick Reiner on charges for the murders of his parents, film director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, with the addition of a special circumstance that could carry the death penalty, according to documents unsealed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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August 12, 2026
A Miami-Dade County Circuit Court judge has accused an attorney vying for her seat on the bench of defamation, telling a Florida state court the attorney conspired to unlawfully influence the upcoming non-partisan judicial race with a smear campaign claiming she tried to block the Donald Trump Presidential Library.
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August 12, 2026
Five women have sued an Arcadia, California, couple and their attorneys in state court stemming from an alleged "rent-a-womb" scheme where the women were tricked into becoming surrogates.
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August 12, 2026
A Texas magistrate judge on Wednesday denied a bid to sanction Amazon for allegedly failing to comply with discovery orders in a suit over a fatal truck crash, saying the plaintiffs failed to show that Amazon was withholding any responsive documents.
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August 12, 2026
The Sixth Circuit has rejected a Michigan prison employee's excessive force claim stemming from injuries she suffered during a hostage training exercise, ruling that she was not "seized" under the Fourth Amendment because the officers were practicing a rescue rather than carrying out an actual law enforcement operation.
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August 12, 2026
A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a suit by two parents alleging that a doctor's negligence caused the death of their infant daughter shortly after birth, finding they did not provide a notice of claim once they became aware the doctor was a public employee.
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August 12, 2026
A Connecticut concertgoer has dropped a federal lawsuit alleging Live Nation Worldwide Inc. was negligent for failing to stop a "prolonged" fight at a Luke Bryan concert that resulted in another fan assaulting the plaintiff and causing a traumatic brain injury.
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August 12, 2026
An Illinois appellate panel on Tuesday refused to revive a Republican-led challenge to a sweeping state law expanding the state's jurisdictional reach in toxic tort cases, saying it was barred from reviewing the Legislature's compliance with its own internal procedures but renewing concerns about being required to "turn a blind eye" to lawmakers' potential constitutional violations.
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August 11, 2026
A California federal magistrate judge Monday ordered Meta Platforms Inc. to produce the "collaborator" and "viewer" metadata for dozens of trial exhibits ahead of a potential trillion dollar bellwether trial in social media addiction multidistrict litigation.
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August 11, 2026
A potential trillion-dollar bellwether trial slated to begin Wednesday over states' claims that Meta's social media platforms harm the mental health of children and are intentionally designed to be addictive puts a lot on the line, with one legal expert calling the fight "existential" to the social media industry.
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August 11, 2026
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a new trial order in a suit accusing Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson of selling baby formula that causes a serious condition in preterm infants, agreeing with the trial court that the verdict was not supported by the evidence.
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August 11, 2026
A divided Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld the Federal Railroad Administration's two-person train crew rule, saying the agency reasonably justified the safety rationale for the rule and rejecting the rail industry's claims of government overreach.
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August 11, 2026
A California federal judge declined to nix two women's suits asserting claims for sexual battery against George Foreman's estate, ruling he wasn't precluded from subject matter jurisdiction just because the late boxer's estate is being administered in Texas probate court where the estate assets are located.
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August 11, 2026
A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. urged the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday to reverse a nearly $170 million jury award for a Colorado worker who sustained a "catastrophic" brain injury on the job, arguing that the trial court failed to properly instruct the jury on physical impairment damages.
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August 11, 2026
A Florida state jury awarded $3.2 million to a vehicle passenger for serious injuries he sustained following a collision in 2023, requiring Geico to pay damages after finding the man was entitled to more than the minimum compensation offered under an uninsured motorist policy.