Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on personal injury and negligence involving bodily harm, including medical malpractice issues. Coverage includes major litigation over medical negligence, patron safety, and accidents involving catastrophic injuries and death, as well as legislative and regulatory developments.
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Latest News in Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
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February 15, 2019
Atty, Blogger Fight Back In NFL Concussion Deal Spat
The attorney accused by Seeger Weiss LLP of working with Roger Stone to peddle “conspiracy theories” about the NFL concussion settlement has doubled down on the legal arguments that elicited those personal attacks, while a blogger criticized in the same Seeger Weiss filing hit back Friday with a cease-and-desist letter.
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February 15, 2019
Texas Oil Rig Co. Dodges Liability Verdict Over Worker's Injury
A Texas federal judge has absolved Fieldwood Energy LLC from a jury's finding it was liable for injuries sustained by a worker who slipped on a drilling platform, saying federal law exempts the Houston-based company because the worker was a "borrowed employee" at the time he fell.
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February 15, 2019
Texas Justices Deny Law Firm's Appeal Of Malpractice Award
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied a Texas law firm’s request to undo lower-court rulings affirming a nearly $460,000 malpractice arbitration award to a former client whose case was dismissed because no counsel came to court for a trial-setting conference.
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February 15, 2019
Texas Panel Trims $725K Award In Ex-NFLer Assault Suit
A Texas appellate panel on Thursday reduced a jury’s $725,000 award in a suit accusing former NFL football player Darrien Gordon of assaulting a man in a Target parking lot, saying the jury erred by allocating $125,000 for past and future physical impairment.
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February 15, 2019
Zurich Opposes Covering $300M Lead Pollution Settlement
Insurer Zurich American asked a St. Louis federal court Thursday to free it from helping a policyholder pay $300 million in legal settlements over poisonings and pollution in a small Missouri town that was home to the nation’s last lead ore smelter.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Suits accusing major companies of not taking proper safety precautions to ensure the health and safety of patrons
- Suits accusing major companies of negligence in car accident, slip-and-fall, and fatal injury cases
- Disputes over alleged acts of negligence or omission, including failure to diagnose an illness or injury and improper treatment
- Suits claiming a failure to properly warn a patient about known risks or side effects of a medication or medical procedure
- Disciplinary proceedings against health care providers
- Ethics violations
- Criminal charges for illegally prescribing opiates or otherwise compromising patient care
- Professional liability insurance coverage disputes
- REGULATION
- Tort reform measures, including lawsuit payout caps
- State and federal legislation involving patient care
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of personal injury and medical malpractice practices
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- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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