Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

  • February 12, 2025

    Atty Says Ex-Partner Filed Bogus Police Report Over Router

    Connecticut attorney Ryan McKeen made "material misrepresentations" when reporting his ex-law partner Andrew Garza to the police for entering their former firm's office early one morning to retrieve an internet router, Garza told a state court judge in a renewed bid for sanctions against McKeen.

  • February 12, 2025

    Ropes & Gray To Review Seton Hall Sex Abuse Investigation

    Ropes & Gray LLP will lead a review of a 2019 investigation into sexual abuse allegations at Seton Hall University, which found that the university's recently appointed president knew of the allegations against former Archbishop Theodore McCarrick but did not report them properly, according to an announcement this week.

  • February 12, 2025

    Ex-Client Slams Buzbee's Sanctions Bid In Fraud Suit

    A former client suing prominent Houston attorney Tony Buzbee for fraud has hit back against Buzbee's attempt to sanction him, claiming he's well within his rights to mention other instances in which Buzbee allegedly stole from clients.

  • February 12, 2025

    2nd Lyondell Leak Case Settles A Week Into Trial

    A valve maker and eight workers at a LyondellBasell facility in La Porte, Texas, settled their claims roughly one week into a monthlong trial.

  • February 11, 2025

    Faulty 'Harry Potter' Ride Crushed Grandma's Spine, Jury Told

    A woman known in her family as the "adventure grandma" was horribly injured at Universal Studios Hollywood on a "Harry Potter" ride, a California federal jury was told Tuesday during opening statements of a trial over allegations the ride's poor design and employee negligence resulted in her spine being crushed.

  • February 11, 2025

    SoCal Edison Investors Sue Over LA Wildfire Mitigation Claims

    The parent company of Southern California Edison was hit with a putative shareholder class action on Tuesday that alleges the public utility company misled investors about implementing the power company's wildfire-mitigation measures in the lead-up to the Eaton and Hurst fires that devastated an area north of Los Angeles.

  • February 11, 2025

    SC Justices Question Receivership Orders In Asbestos Row

    The South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared to agree with a trial court's imposition of sanctions against two Canadian companies found to disobey discovery orders in asbestos injury lawsuits, but questioned whether the judge's corresponding appointment of a receiver over their insurance assets was premature.

  • February 11, 2025

    Alaska Airlines Sued Over Alleged In-Flight Sexual Assault

    A passenger has sued Alaska Airlines seeking to recover damages in the wake of an alleged sexual assault aboard a 2023 flight from Seattle to Honolulu, according to a complaint filed in Washington state court.

  • February 11, 2025

    Monsanto Loses Attempt To Overturn $1.25M Roundup Award

    A Missouri appellate court on Tuesday refused Monsanto's request to overturn a $1.25 million award to a man who claimed Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, leaning on reasoning from several other state and federal appeals courts that favored consumers over the company.

  • February 11, 2025

    Novo Nordisk Mostly Escapes Insulin Pen Contamination Suit

    Novo Nordisk has, for now, beaten much of a Connecticut-based hospital's federal lawsuit seeking to hold it financially responsible for the $1 million settlement the hospital paid to patients potentially exposed to blood-borne infections after the medical staff used the pharma company's product.

  • February 11, 2025

    Monsanto PCB Appeal Seems To Divide Wash. High Court

    Thorny choice-of-law issues seemingly divided the Washington State Supreme Court during oral arguments Tuesday, with one justice suggesting that the teachers who brought suit are relying on "forum-shopping" to reinstate a $185 million win against Monsanto, and another saying the company's stance violates state law intended to hold corporations accountable for harming citizens.

  • February 11, 2025

    Colo. Justices Mull Statute's Silence In Med Mal Cap Debate

    The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday pressed a doctor on why it should cap a patient's prefiling interest in a medical malpractice case when lawmakers didn't clearly state whether an exception to a damages cap applies.

  • February 11, 2025

    No Prison For Firm Manager Who Aided Feds' No-Fault Bust

    A Manhattan federal judge allowed a wealthy law firm manager to avoid prison Tuesday for his role in paying bribes that fueled a $70 million no-fault automobile insurance fraud racket, citing his decision to cooperate with prosecutors and willingness to testify.

  • February 11, 2025

    Feds Seek $55K In Restitution In VA Doc Sex Abuse Case

    Federal prosecutors Tuesday asked a Georgia federal judge to order just over $55,000 in restitution for a woman who was sexually abused by a longtime physician with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • February 11, 2025

    Lapsed Atty License Adds Twist In Ex-Ariz. Cardinals VP's Suit

    A hearing this week on the Arizona Cardinals' bid to send the dispute over the alleged defamation of their former vice president to arbitration might not take place, after the judge overseeing the case pointed out that the plaintiff's lead attorney was not licensed to practice in the state.

  • February 11, 2025

    Conn. High Court Won't OK Claims Of Relational Loss Of Child

    The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state law does not recognize a cause of action for loss of filial consortium, answering a question from a federal judge who was overseeing a product liability case against Target Stores Inc. and the maker of an infant car seat that caught fire, severely injuring a baby.

  • February 11, 2025

    Insurer Says $641M Deal Over Tainted Flint Water Not Covered

    An insurer told a Michigan federal court Tuesday that it shouldn't have to pay any part of a $641 million settlement reached by a Flint, Michigan, medical center on behalf of patients who supposedly suffered from legionella and lead exposure because of unclean drinking water in the facility.

  • February 11, 2025

    Eaton Fire Victim Wants Sanctions Against SoCal Edison

    A victim of the recent devastating Eaton Fire in Altadena has told a California state judge that Southern California Edison and its attorneys should face sanctions for allegedly concealing efforts to reenergize electrical transmission lines while the blaze was still burning last month.

  • February 11, 2025

    Insurer May Need To Pay Landlord Row Atty Fees, Panel Says

    A California state appeals court found in a partial reversal that an insurer may not be owed more than $300,000 in disputed attorney fees following a $925,000 settlement it contributed to on behalf of a landlord it insured over a tenant dispute.

  • February 11, 2025

    Ex-Client May Not Appeal Morgan & Morgan Arbitration Order

    A former Morgan & Morgan PA client may not pursue legal malpractice claims against the firm in Georgia federal court, a judge ruled Tuesday, upholding an earlier order sending the matter to arbitration.

  • February 11, 2025

    Mass. High Court Rejects Karen Read Double Jeopardy Claim

    Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman whose murder case garnered national attention and resulted in a mistrial, failed to convince the state's highest court Tuesday to throw out two counts that jurors had purportedly voted to reject.

  • February 10, 2025

    Injury Attys Admit 'Embarrassment' Of AI-Hallucinated Cites

    Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group expressed "great embarrassment" Monday when they told the Wyoming federal judge overseeing a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart over an allegedly defective hoverboard that the pretrial motions they filed did, indeed, contain case law hallucinated by artificial intelligence.

  • February 10, 2025

    Xcel, Telecom Cos. Say Colo. Fire Plaintiffs Can't Opt Out Of Trial

    Xcel Energy and two telecom companies being sued over the Marshall Fire in Colorado told a state judge that hundreds of plaintiffs pushing to opt out of a common liability trial should not be able to do so, at least until expert reports are shared.

  • February 10, 2025

    Atty Accused Of Impeding Model In Fla. NFL Player Injury Suit

    An OnlyFans model has urged a Florida state court to prevent an attorney for a Miami Dolphins wide receiver from attending a second deposition of the football player, saying the lawyer hasn't lawfully appeared in the case and is improperly interfering in the personal injury lawsuit.

  • February 10, 2025

    Jury To Look At Ford's Wealth When Setting Punitive Damages

    A Georgia federal jury will be allowed to look at Ford's wealth and the profits it made off the allegedly defective F-250 Super Duty pickup truck when considering punitive damages in a fatal rollover wreck that killed a couple, a judge ruled, saying it's "common sense" information that a jury needs if it chooses to "punish" Ford.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • It Starts With Training: Anti-Harassment After 'It Ends With Us'

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    Actress Blake Lively's recent sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, director and producer, Justin Baldoni, should remind employers of their legal obligations to implement trainings, policies and other measures to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • Aviation Watch: Litigation Liabilities After DC Air Tragedy

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    While it will likely take at least a year before the National Transportation Safety Board determines a probable cause for the Jan. 29 collision between a helicopter and a jet over Washington, D.C., the facts so far suggest the government could face litigation claims, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • Ch. 11 Ruling Confirms Insurer Standing Requirements

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    A New York bankruptcy court's recent decision in the Syracuse Diocese's Chapter 11 case indicates that insurers have misread the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum and that federal standing requirements remain unaltered, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Poetic Justice? Drake's 'Not Like Us' Suit May Alter Music Biz

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    Drake v. Universal Music Group, over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us," represents a pivotal moment in the intersection of music, law and corporate accountability, raising questions about the role of record labels in shaping artist rivalries and the limits of free speech, says Enrico Trevisani at Michelman & Robinson.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering

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    Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.

  • Opinion

    Courts Should Nix Conferencing Rule In 1 Discovery Scenario

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    Parties are generally required to meet and confer to resolve a discovery dispute before bringing a related motion, but courts should dispense with this conferencing requirement when a party fails to specify a time by which it will complete its production, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law.

  • Series

    Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations

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    In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.

  • Series

    Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

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