Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

  • September 19, 2025

    2nd Circ. Backs NY Ban On Guns In Times Square, Subways

    The Second Circuit on Friday turned back a challenge by two gun owners to a state law banning guns in Times Square and the New York City subway, saying the law fits with the country's historical traditions of regulating guns and doesn't violate the Second Amendment.

  • September 19, 2025

    Glock Must Face Chicago Suit Over Easily Converted Pistols

    The city of Chicago can move forward with its civil enforcement suit claiming Glock illegally helps consumers sidestep state and federal machine gun bans by selling pistols that easily convert to automatic fire, an Illinois state judge has ruled.

  • September 19, 2025

    Lyft Faces Suit Over Alleged Driver Assaults, Safety Failures

    Lyft Inc. was sued in Georgia federal court by an unnamed Georgian who alleged that she and other Lyft passengers have become victims of sexual assault and rape because of the company's failure to "adopt and implement reasonable driver monitoring procedures designed to protect the safety of its passengers."

  • September 19, 2025

    Lack Of Evidence Dooms Woman's NJ Transit Bus Crash Suit

    A New Jersey appeals court won't upset the dismissal of a suit alleging that the New Jersey Transit Corp. and one of its drivers were negligent and caused a collision near Newark Airport, saying the trial court correctly found that there was insufficient evidence to support the plaintiff's claims.

  • September 19, 2025

    Victims' Families Sue Boeing, Honeywell Over Fatal 787 Crash

    The families of four passengers who were among the 260 killed in the crash of an Air India flight in June have hit Boeing and Honeywell with a product defect and negligence lawsuit in Delaware Superior Court, saying the companies ignored a defect in fuel cutoff switches.

  • September 19, 2025

    Beneficiaries Dispute Aviation Exclusion In Fatal Crash Row

    Two beneficiaries under separate Prudential life insurance policies issued for an aviation company's pilots told a Washington federal court that they were wrongly denied benefits after their partners died in a plane crash, arguing an "aviation exclusion" either doesn't apply or should be stricken altogether.

  • September 19, 2025

    SoCal Edison Inks Deal To Recover $2B In Woolsey Losses

    Southern California Edison Co. revealed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday that it has reached a proposed settlement that would allow it to recover about $2 billion of its estimated $5.6 billion in losses connected to the 2018 Woolsey Fire.

  • September 19, 2025

    Surgery Center Wins Contract Fight With Spine Doc

    A Colorado federal jury Thursday sided with Arete Surgical Centers LLC in a contract fight with a spine surgeon in which each party accused the other of violating a settlement agreement over an earlier dispute, awarding the center just over $300,000.

  • September 19, 2025

    Pot Cos. Not Covered In Death Suit, Berkshire Hathaway Says

    A Berkshire Hathaway unit has no duty to defend a group of cannabis companies in an underlying suit over a worker's death, the insurer told a Florida federal court Friday, arguing that the suit does not allege that the companies were the employers of the worker as required to trigger coverage.

  • September 19, 2025

    Ill. Panel Upholds Monsanto's Trial Win In Roundup Case

    A juror's letter to a Cook County judge stating that plaintiffs' counsel is "woefully ill prepared" and "taking too long to make their points," and the judge's refusal to give jurors a proximate cause jury instruction, aren't grounds to upend a jury verdict for Bayer subsidiary Monsanto on claims that its herbicide Roundup caused blood cancer, an Illinois appellate panel ruled.

  • September 19, 2025

    Boston Jury Awards $83M Asbestos Verdict Against Art Clay Co.

    A Boston jury has returned an $83 million verdict in favor of a woman who died from mesothelioma against a ceramic art clay company, which her lawyers believe to be the largest asbestos award delivered in the state.

  • September 19, 2025

    Insurer Seeks Coverage Sublimit For Unbooked Uber Driver

    An insurer for Uber told a Texas federal court that it should only owe coverage up to a lower set of limits over an auto collision involving one of its drivers, arguing that a policy with a higher limit only applied once a driver actually accepted a ride request.

  • September 19, 2025

    Texas Judge Sends Another Buzbee, Jay-Z Suit To State Court

    A federal judge in Texas has remanded back to state court a lawsuit accusing Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP of trying to destroy well-known attorney Tony Buzbee's reputation in retaliation for a lawsuit in which Buzbee's client accused rapper Jay-Z of child rape.

  • September 19, 2025

    Mich. Top Court Again Backs Retroactive Auto Reform Limits

    The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday reversed a lower state appellate panel's decision in a dispute over whether no-fault reforms enacted in 2019 apply to policies that "straddled" the reform effective dates, pointing to the top court's earlier finding that such policies are subjected to post-reform increased limits for liability.

  • September 19, 2025

    Trump Can't Use NYT Lawsuit As 'Megaphone,' Judge Says

    A Florida federal judge on Friday struck President Donald Trump's 85-page, $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, several of its reporters and publisher Penguin Random House, calling the suit "improper and impermissible" and ordering him to refile his claims in a more succinct complaint.

  • September 18, 2025

    Prospect Medical Says It May Drop Stay On Tort Cases

    Counsel for Prospect Medical Holdings on Thursday told a Texas bankruptcy judge that talks to establish a procedure for handling tort claims in the hospital operator's Chapter 11 case have deadlocked, and it's prepared to let hundreds of tort claimants go back to the courthouse.

  • September 18, 2025

    American Airlines On Hook For $9.6M For Passenger's Stroke

    A California federal jury has awarded $9.6 million to an American Airlines passenger who suffered an in-flight stroke resulting in severe injuries, after determining that the airline failed to heed its own guidelines regarding in-flight medical emergencies, according to plaintiffs' counsel.

  • September 18, 2025

    'My Life Ended In That Car,' Uber Assault Accuser Says

    A woman suing Uber over claims a driver sexually assaulted her told a San Francisco jury Thursday that "my life ended in that car" because of the lasting effects of the traumatic attack, and explained tearfully that she gave the driver a five-star review out of fear he'd come after her.

  • September 18, 2025

    Miami Woman Wins $2M In Hot Dog Fall Suit Against Mall

    A Florida state court jury awarded a Miami woman more than $2 million in damages in her lawsuit against a janitorial service company and a local mall, where she allegedly suffered severe injuries after slipping and falling on a partially eaten hot dog on the floor. 

  • September 18, 2025

    Ga. Panel Lifts Bar On Mom's Suit Over Accidental Shooting

    The Georgia Court of Appeals has revived a woman's wrongful death suit over her son's accidental shooting while in training as a security guard, overturning a lower court's ruling that her claims were preempted by a liability release in a workers' compensation settlement.

  • September 18, 2025

    Split Court Shields Mich. City From Teen's Drowning Suit

    The city of South Haven, Michigan, is immune from the claims of the estate of a man who drowned while swimming in Lake Michigan because the estate failed to establish that an exception to governmental immunity applied, a divided state appeals court ruled.

  • September 18, 2025

    Mich. Top Court To Weigh Medicare's Role In No-Fault Cases

    Michigan's highest court will weigh whether an injured driver who opted out of personal injury protection due to his Medicare coverage must offset his damages by billing the insurance program for accident-related medical expenses in a no-fault dispute. 

  • September 18, 2025

    Pipe Maker Gets 2nd Shot At Bringing Asbestos RICO Claims

    An Illinois federal judge has said a Los Angeles pipe manufacturer can bring amended civil racketeering claims over a St. Louis-area law firm's alleged conspiracy to bring meritless asbestos claims, after the company argued information from confidential whistleblowers warranted an attempt to fix earlier pleading deficiencies.

  • September 18, 2025

    Illinois Woman Loses Suit Over National Forest Hiking Injury

    An Illinois federal judge has thrown out a woman's claims against the federal government over injuries she sustained when she cut her leg on a jagged metal post in Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, saying the government is immune to some of her claims and there is insufficient evidence to back up the rest.

  • September 18, 2025

    Circuit Split On Felon Gun Ban Could Set Up High Court Review

    A growing divide among federal appellate courts on how a gun ban for felons fits within the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 expansion of individuals' right to carry firearms in public could force the high court to revisit the Second Amendment.

Expert Analysis

  • How Attorneys Can Make The Most Of A Deposition Transcript

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    With recent amendments to federal evidence rules now in effect, it’s more important than ever to make sure that deposition transcripts are clear and precise, and a few key strategies can help attorneys get the most out of a transcript before, during and after a deposition, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.

  • 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims

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    Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.

  • J&J's Failed 3rd Try Casts Doubt On Use Of 'Texas Two-Step'

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    A Texas bankruptcy court recently rejected Johnson & Johnson's third attempt to use Chapter 11 to resolve liabilities from allegations of injuries from using talcum powder, suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court's limitations on nondebtor releases, from 2024's Purdue Pharma ruling, may prove difficult to evade, say attorneys at Cadwalader.

  • Series

    Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law

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    Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Key Questions When Mediating Environmental Disputes

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    As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implements dramatic regulatory changes, companies seeking to use mediation to manage increased risks and uncertainties around environmental liabilities should keep certain essential considerations in mind to help reach successful outcomes, says Edward Cohen at Thompson Coburn.

  • Understanding How Jurors Arrive At Punitive Damage Awards

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    Much of the rising trend of so-called thermonuclear verdicts can be tied to punitive damages amounts that astonish the imagination, so attorneys must understand the psychological underpinnings that drive jurors’ decision-making calculus on damages, says Clint Townson at Townson Litigation.

  • Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals

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    If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.

  • Series

    Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.

  • Opinion

    It's Time To Reform Mass Arbitration

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    A number of recent lawsuits demonstrate how problematic practices in mass arbitration can undermine its ability to function as a tool for fair and efficient dispute resolution — so reforms including early case filtering, stronger verification requirements and new fee structures are needed to restore the arbitration system's integrity, says Kennen Hagen at FedArb.

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

  • Aviation Watch: New FAA Chief Will Face Strong Headwinds

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    Once confirmed, Bryan Bedford, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, will face steep challenges — including a shortage of air traffic controllers, a recent spate of high-profile crashes, and the difficulty of working within an administration intent on cutting staffing and funding, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • Series

    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.

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