Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

  • September 24, 2025

    Primary Carrier Failed To Settle Before $3M Verdict, Suit Says

    A Berkshire Hathaway unit serving as primary insurer for a commercial property owner failed to adequately defend the owner in a worker injury lawsuit, exposing both the owner and its tenant to a $3 million jury verdict, an excess insurer told a Florida federal court.

  • September 24, 2025

    SharkNinja Gets Expert, Suit Alleging Blender Injury Tossed

    A Colorado federal judge has given SharkNinja Operating LLC a win in a suit alleging one of its blenders spilled hot contents onto a woman because of a design defect, finding her expert's opinions were unreliable and inadmissible.

  • September 23, 2025

    OTC Drug Co. Must Face Shampoo Cancer Risk Class Action

    A Pennsylvania federal judge denied Lake Consumer Products Inc.'s request to toss a putative class action alleging it manufactures coal tar shampoo with known carcinogens, reasoning that most of the claims against the company were plausible enough to move forward.

  • September 23, 2025

    Uber Asks Judge To Look Into Leak Of Sealed Records To NYT

    Uber has asked a San Francisco judge to order the lawyers in coordinated sexual assault litigation in California state court involving hundreds of accusers to officially state they have no knowledge about how sealed, confidential information protected under the court's order was handed over to The New York Times.

  • September 23, 2025

    Fla. Panel Upholds Verdict For Insurer In Bad Faith Dispute

    A Florida state appeals court affirmed the verdict in favor of an insurance company in a widow's lawsuit alleging its conduct following her husband's death led to a $13.5 million excess judgment, saying a jury was given proper instructions. 

  • September 23, 2025

    Engineering Firm Calls Post-Bridge Collapse Docs Privileged

    Documents and emails produced by an engineering firm after the collapse of Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow Bridge in 2022 but before the firm was named in lawsuits were still privileged, the engineers' attorney told a Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday.

  • September 23, 2025

    Ga. Motel To Pay $5M To Settle Sex Trafficking Claims

    An Atlanta-area Days Inn by Wyndham has reached a $5 million deal with two women who said they were sexually trafficked at the establishment when they were both 14 years old, their attorneys said Tuesday, making it the latest Georgia motel to settle claims that it turned a blind eye to underage prostitution on its premises.

  • September 23, 2025

    New Illinois Law Opens The Door To More Toxic Tort Litigation

    A new Illinois law expanding the state's jurisdictional reach in toxic tort cases has drawn mixed reactions from attorneys, with some praising the law as an added accountability measure for toxic exposure and others decrying it as an open invitation for forum shopping that could clog the state's dockets.

  • September 23, 2025

    Mich. Panel Says Driver's Food Delivery Work Voids Coverage

    A Progressive Insurance unit was entitled to rescind an auto policy it issued to a woman seeking coverage for an August 2021 accident since she falsely declared in her insurance application that she didn't work for a food delivery service, a Michigan state appeals court ruled.

  • September 23, 2025

    Feds, Military Officers Support Contractor In Vet Injury Suit

    The U.S. government and senior military officers urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a veteran's attempt to revive state-based injury claims against a defense contractor, warning that doing so would disrupt military effectiveness and intrude into federal authority.

  • September 23, 2025

    1st Circ. Revives Fired Airport Worker's Retaliation Suit

    A First Circuit panel has reinstated a retaliation claim against a Massachusetts-based regional airline accused of wrongfully firing an injured worker several months after he reported his injury to Puerto Rico's workers' compensation program.

  • September 23, 2025

    Insurer Can Seek Reimbursement For $1M PIP Payments

    A Michigan appellate panel on Monday affirmed a $1 million judgment for Farmers Insurance Exchange, finding it had the right to pursue reimbursement from another insurer after paying no-fault personal protection insurance benefits to an injured driver through a state-run claims program.

  • September 23, 2025

    Ship's Owner Can't Shift Blame For Bridge Collapse, Court Told

    The Singaporean owner and manager of the container ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and triggered its collapse cannot try to shift blame for its own failings, the South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. has told a Pennsylvania federal court.

  • September 23, 2025

    No Early Out For NY Firm In Insurer's Malpractice Coverage Suit

    A New York-based law firm cannot throw out an insurance company's lawsuit seeking to be let off the hook from covering the firm against a malpractice claim, a Philadelphia federal judge has found, determining that factual questions in the case meant early dismissal was not an option.

  • September 23, 2025

    Ch. 11 Shields Co. From Suit Over Inmate Stroke, Judge Says

    A federal judge in North Carolina has dismissed prison healthcare provider Wellpath from a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died of a stroke inside a Charlotte jail, finding that the company's bankruptcy shields it from liability but allowing claims against a county sheriff and others to continue.

  • September 23, 2025

    Sympathy Led To $45M Motorcycle Crash Verdict, Judge Hears

    The speed at which a Connecticut state jury awarded $45 million to a Marine Corps reservist who was paralyzed in a motorcycle crash suggests that the verdict was unfairly tainted by sympathy for the plaintiff, a towing and recovery company told a Waterbury judge on Tuesday.

  • September 23, 2025

    Social Media Giants Must Face Expert Testimony On Harm

    A California state judge ruled Monday that jurors set to consider claims against major social media technology companies for allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health will be allowed to hear expert testimony about potential injuries inflicted by the design and operation of the platforms.

  • September 23, 2025

    EPA Still Can't Escape Tort Claims Over Flint Water Crisis

    A Michigan federal judge has again denied a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency request to dismiss Federal Tort Claims Act litigation seeking to hold the government liable for allegedly lax oversight of the water system in Flint, Michigan.

  • September 23, 2025

    Law Firms Sued Over La. Hurricane Claim Fee Scheme

    Two law firms and certain attorneys engaged in a scheme to "grossly and blatantly" inflate damages estimates for hurricane-related property insurance claims in order to "collect an exorbitant fee which they would all share," a group of seven Louisiana residents told a Louisiana federal court.

  • September 23, 2025

    Sunbeam Settles Claims With Scalded Pressure Cooker User

    A woman who sued Sunbeam Products Inc. and its parent Newell Brands Inc. last week with allegations that she was scalded by a defective pressure cooker told the Georgia federal court on Tuesday that she'd settled her claims.

  • September 23, 2025

    Pa. Road Worker Says Unsafe Equipment Cost Him His Arm

    A Pennsylvania road worker is suing an equipment supplier and a manufacturer in state court, alleging he lost his arm because of the equipment's unsafe design, as it lacked safeguards that would've stopped him from getting caught in the machinery.

  • September 22, 2025

    Uber Assault Accuser's PTSD Signs Pre-Date Ride, Jury Told

    A woman claiming she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of being sexually assaulted by her Uber driver when she was 18 has a history of childhood abuse and traumatic incidents, indicating she had PTSD before the 2016 ride, two psychiatrists told jurors Monday in a bellwether trial.

  • September 22, 2025

    Advocate Says Jones Day Has Conflict In Mel Tucker Case

    A sexual assault prevention advocate suing Michigan State University's board of trustees over the handling of her sexual harassment complaint against former football coach Mel Tucker said Jones Day's representation of the board creates a conflict of interest.

  • September 22, 2025

    Colorado Jury Awards $205M In Girl's Theme Park Death

    A jury in Colorado state court found a Colorado theme park liable for the death of a young girl, which occurred on one of its rides in 2021, and awarded her family $205 million in damages.

  • September 22, 2025

    Colo. Justices Unsure How To Interpret Open Records Law

    Colorado Supreme Court justices grilled an attorney representing the state Monday about how its interpretation of Colorado's open records laws actually protects the identity of children, and whether its reading of the statute isn't overly broad.

Expert Analysis

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    Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing

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    Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.

  • 6 Criteria Can Help Assess Executive Branch Actions

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    With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers and businesses determine whether such actions are proper, effective and in keeping with our democratic norms, say Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Learning From COVID-19 Enforcement Against Nursing Homes

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    Five years after the COVID-19 outbreak caused a high number of deaths in nursing homes, an examination of enforcement actions against nursing homes in New York and elsewhere in the country highlights obstacles that may arise when bringing cases of this type, and ways to overcome them, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

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    Asbestos Trusts' Records Purge Threatens Claims Process

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    Recent announcements by 11 asbestos bankruptcy trusts that they plan to destroy legacy data and documents related to resolved claims risks further damage to the integrity of a compensation system long marked by a lack of oversight and transparency, says Peter Kelso at Roux.

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    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Takeaways From Alaska Justices' Pollution Exclusion Ruling

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    A recent Alaska Supreme Court ruling that a total pollution exclusion in a homeowners policy didn't bar coverage for carbon monoxide poisoning shows that even when policy language appears unambiguous on its face, courts can still consider the reasonable expectations of an insured to determine applicability, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Defense Strategies After Justices' Personal Injury RICO Ruling

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    In Medical Marijuana v. Horn, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can be invoked by some plaintiffs with claims arising from personal injuries — but defense counsel can use the limitations on civil RICO claims to seek early dismissal in such cases, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • Strategies To Help Witnesses Manage Deposition Anxiety

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    During and leading up to deposition, witnesses may experience anxiety stemming from numerous sources and manifesting in a variety of ways, but attorneys can help them mitigate their stress using a few key methods, say consultants at Courtroom Sciences.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.

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    Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.

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