Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

  • September 11, 2026

    'Quiet On Set' Makers Beat Producer's Libel Fight On Appeal

    A California appellate court Thursday reversed a lower court ruling and threw out Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider's defamation suit against Warner Bros. Discovery and the makers of the "Quiet on Set" docuseries, finding that the series constitutes speech protected by the anti-SLAPP statute and Schneider isn't likely to win his claims.

  • September 11, 2026

    Process Flaws Doom Group Home's $13.4M Death Appeal

    A Connecticut assisted-living facility failed to preserve or brief several issues that underpinned its appeal of a $13.4 million judgment over the death of a resident, an appellate panel held Friday in upholding a trial court victory for the man's mother.

  • September 11, 2026

    OB-GYN Hits Conn. Law Firm With $60M Malpractice Lawsuit

    A $60 million lawsuit brought against Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP and two attorneys claims the firm failed to notify an obstetrician-gynecologist of a "reasonable" settlement offer in a medical malpractice case, subjecting the doctor and her employer to a $50 million judgment favoring a patient injured during childbirth.

  • September 11, 2026

    Personal Injury Firm Beats Atty's Bid For 'Birth Justice' TM

    A former associate at a personal injury and medical malpractice law firm can't register in her own name a trademark for birth-injury legal services that she helped develop before and during her employment with the firm, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has ruled.

  • September 10, 2026

    Zuckerberg Testifies List Of Kid-Glove Users Not A Problem

    Mark Zuckerberg strenuously disputed in testimony seen Thursday by a New Mexico jury that Facebook's internal list of parties whose content receives special treatment undercuts the company's public declarations that policy-violating content must be taken down without exception.

  • September 10, 2026

    Fla. Panel Orders Murder Retrial Over Prior Shooting Evidence

    A Florida appeals court ordered a new trial for a man convicted of fatally shooting a bystander during a heated argument with a group of boys, saying the trial court erred in withholding evidence from jurors that the group had previously fired shots into his home.

  • September 10, 2026

    Calif. Enacts Laws To Curb Addictive Feeds, AI Risks For Kids

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen kids online safety bills into law Thursday, expanding student data privacy laws while barring social media companies from offering teens personalized accounts with addictive features and requiring artificial intelligence companies to implement guardrails to prevent teen suicide and self-harm.

  • September 10, 2026

    Princeton Must Face Title IX Claim Tied To Gender Bias

    A New Jersey federal judge refused to end a former Princeton University student's claims stemming from his expulsion after an investigation into his ex-romantic partner's allegations of violence, finding that a jury could conclude that gender played a role in the outcome.

  • September 10, 2026

    NJ Judge Cuts NFL Doctors From Ex-Player's Disability Fight

    A New Jersey judge on Thursday dismissed claims against two NFL doctors named in a lawsuit by a former player over medical benefits, finding the league's plan does not give the physicians fiduciary authority.

  • September 10, 2026

    Fla. Panel Tosses Teen's Conviction Over Atty's Omission

    A Florida state appeals court has reversed a teenager's manslaughter conviction and sentence, finding the teen's attorney let him enter an open plea without telling him that his statements to police potentially could have been suppressed for Miranda rule violations.

  • September 10, 2026

    Jay-Z Can't Undo Buzbee's Win In Rapper's Defamation Suit

    A California state appeals court has refused to revive claims that Texas attorney Tony Buzbee defamed and extorted music superstar Jay-Z by roping him into a sexual abuse suit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, saying the case was properly thrown out under California's free speech statute.

  • September 10, 2026

    Hospital Says Saul Ewing Atty's 'Revenge' Drove FCA Suit

    A Saul Ewing LLP attorney who quit a Pittsburgh-area hospital's board turned his representation of two whistleblower nurses into an act of "revenge," but failed to make the clients' accusations against their co-workers into a viable False Claims Act suit, the hospital said.

  • September 10, 2026

    TransX, Georgia Driver End Personal Injury Suit Over Crash

    A Georgia resident reached an agreement Thursday to end his personal injury lawsuit accusing TransX Ltd. of negligence for allowing an unsafe driver to use the truck that crashed into his vehicle.

  • September 10, 2026

    Fla. Panel Orders New Trial In $604K PGA Resort Fall Suit

    A Florida appeals panel has ordered a new trial and vacated a $604,000 jury verdict in a woman's trip-and-fall suit against PGA National Resort and Spa, saying the trial court wrongly treated an out-of-date administrative rule as binding law.

  • September 10, 2026

    Hess Corp. Says Insurers Must Cover Cancer Suits

    Hess Corp. has told a New Jersey federal court that insurers must defend and indemnify it against personal injury suits brought by employees of a transportation company who allege their exposure to benzene in Hess gasoline contributed to their cancer diagnoses.

  • September 10, 2026

    Michigan Hockey Players Allege Decades Of Sexual Hazing

    Sixteen former University of Michigan hockey players suffered systematic sexual hazing and abuse from teammates over 17 years that was condoned by members of the coaching staff, according to a complaint filed in Michigan federal court. 

  • September 10, 2026

    Fla. AG Pushes Liability For Chatbots' Role In Crimes

    Florida's attorney general — who has accused OpenAI of facilitating a deadly mass shooting at Florida State University — is now pushing for legislation that would impose heavy fines, payments to victims and monitorship on tech companies whose artificial intelligence chatbots participate in criminal activity.

  • September 10, 2026

    Unharmed Class Members Don't Sink US Steel Pollution Suit

    A Pennsylvania state judge denied U.S. Steel's bid to undo a class of residents surrounding the company's Clairton Coke Works on Wednesday, after the steelmaker argued that some class members attested they were not harmed by an increase in sulfur pollution after a 2018 fire.

  • September 10, 2026

    6th Circ. Says GE Asbestos Suit Belongs In Kentucky Court

    The Sixth Circuit sent a woman's suit against General Electric Co. over her husband's asbestos-related mesothelioma back to Kentucky state court, rejecting the company's argument that the man's military service warranted removal to federal court.

  • September 10, 2026

    DuPont, Spinoffs Ink Historic $590M PFAS Deal In NC

    DuPont and its spinoffs will pay $590 million to resolve claims they contaminated North Carolina's environment with forever chemicals, marking the largest total environmental damages recovery in the state's history, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and The Chemours Co. announced Thursday.

  • September 09, 2026

    NM Again Hauls Meta To Trial, This Time Over Privacy

    The state of New Mexico told a jury Wednesday that Facebook flagrantly misrepresented its privacy practices, including the one that let Cambridge Analytica harvest the data of 87 million mostly nonconsenting users, as the state goes to trial against the company for the third time in seven months.

  • September 09, 2026

    Pa. Ch. 7 Judge Pans NJ AG In Remanding 'Ghost Gun' Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal bankruptcy judge says an alleged seller of "ghost gun" kits improperly tried to remove a civil suit filed by the New Jersey Attorney General's office to his court, but chided the AG for assuming that her lawsuit was immune from the automatic bankruptcy stay.

  • September 09, 2026

    Ga. Panel Upholds $8.5M Verdict Over Diabetic Driver Crash

    A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday affirmed an $8.5 million verdict against a trucking company that employed a driver with a history of failing to manage his diabetes who negligently ran another big rig off the road during a medical emergency, saying certain evidence was not improperly admitted.

  • September 09, 2026

    Widow Sues Amazon Over Miami Cargo Plane Runway Crash

    The widow of a man killed when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport and plowed into vehicles accused the company and its cargo airline partners of knowingly operating a plane that was "unfit for service," according to a state court lawsuit filed Wednesday.

  • September 09, 2026

    NC Justices Probe TikTok's State Contacts In Addiction Case

    The North Carolina Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether TikTok and its parent company should have to face the attorney general's suit alleging the app is addictive to young users, with TikTok arguing its general national business practices do not create ties to the Tar Heel State sufficient to be dragged into court there.

Expert Analysis

  • What Trial Teams Should Know About AI Jury Research Tools

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    Using artificial intelligence for jury research is quickly becoming part of the litigation consulting landscape, and can be a useful part of a case assessment toolkit — but litigators must understand what these systems are built to measure, and what conclusions can reasonably be drawn from their output, say Bill Kanasky and Steve Wood at Courtroom Sciences.

  • Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

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    The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes more accessible, the failure to use it when uploading highly confidential materials into artificial intelligence tools will become increasingly difficult to defend as reasonable, say attorneys at Lewis Brisbois.

  • Minn. Ruling Expands Insureds' Right To Independent Counsel

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    If upheld on appeal, a recent decision by a Minnesota appellate court — Fabyanske Westra Hart & Thomson v. Western National Mutual Insurance — will give Minnesota policyholders a stronger basis to demand independent counsel when an insurer accepts a defense under a reservation of rights, say attorneys at Stoel Rives.

  • State AI Safety Laws Raise New Liabilities For Healthcare Cos.

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    Healthcare and life science companies using third-party artificial intelligence tools should pay particular attention to the changing state-level legal landscape, where the rollout of multiple AI safety laws is introducing both new compliance obligations and potential consumer protection liabilities, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Series

    Juggling And Unicycling Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Because I juggle (sometimes with fire) and ride the unicycle, friends and family used to joke that I should join the circus, but I pursued the practice of law instead and learned that my hobbies benefit my profession in several important ways, says Morgan Eddy at Smith Currie.

  • Expert Witness's ChatGPT Use Highlights New AI Risks

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    An expert witness's recent use of ChatGPT in multidistrict litigation involving 3M to formulate most of his opinion illustrates the lack of clear rules for how an expert may use generative AI in an opinion, expanding both offensive and defensive discovery considerations, says David Shargel at Bracewell.

  • 2nd Circ. Ruling Lays Out Administrative Right-Of-Access Blueprint

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    In Civil Rights Corps v. LaSalle, the Second Circuit recently held that the First Amendment dictates a presumptive right of access to sealed attorney grievance proceedings, providing a framework for challenging other administrative regimes that operate behind closed doors, says Jonathan Ginsberg at Carlton Fields.

  • 10th Circ. Ruling Propels Emerging 'Occurrence' Consensus

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    The Tenth Circuit recently revived the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' bid for insurance coverage in a sexual abuse case, continuing a trend as the second circuit court to find that, where ambiguous, the definition of "occurrence" must be interpreted in favor of coverage, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.

  • Series

    Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Insurer Spoliation Ruling Flags Continuing Duty To Preserve

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    An Illinois federal court’s recent decision to impose spoliation sanctions on the insurer in H.D. Smith v. Cincinnati Insurance provides practical guidance for navigating long-tail coverage litigation, underscoring the importance of evaluating preservation obligations in light of the full life cycle of a dispute, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • 4 Ways‌ NY's Bivens Act Changes Civil Rights Legal Strategy

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    New York state's new Bivens Act creates a statutory civil rights cause of action against federal officials, changing presuit investigations, discovery and settlement leverage, and creating an opportunity to pursue more structural changes — so plaintiffs counsel will need to adjust their civil rights litigation playbooks, say attorneys at Jacob Fuchsberg Law.

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    Taekwondo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Taekwondo has taught me to recognize when to fight for a position and when to focus on finding a solution, and that the best outcomes are often achieved by solving problems — all of which has improved my work as a bankruptcy lawyer, mediator and Subchapter V trustee, says Amy Denton Mayer at Berger Singerman.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses seven recent rulings from cases involving Class Action Fairness Act jurisdiction, appellate jurisdiction, attorney fees and employment rights.

  • What Mixed Safety Stats Mean For Offshore Injury Cases

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    While the International Marine Contractors Association's most recent safety report shows that injury rates for offshore workers are decreasing, a rising fatality rate tells a more complicated story about negligence and systemic risk — with implications for how practitioners pursue injury and wrongful death claims, says Steve Kherkher at Kherkher Garcia.

  • When And How To Use 4 Types Of Cross-Exam Questions

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    Perceptions of a great cross-examination are often shaped by aggressive courtroom exchanges, but to be truly effective, this stage of trial requires strategically selecting confirmation, confinement, contrast or confrontation questions at key moments, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.

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