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

  • July 07, 2026

    5th Circ. Says Gov't May Be Liable For Steward's Truck Hit

    A Fifth Circuit panel said Tuesday that the government may owe damages to a woman a Customs and Border Protection agent and union officer struck with his truck, reversing a ruling that he was on an errand outside the scope of his work.

  • July 07, 2026

    Uber App Terms Bind Driver's Estate To Arbitration, Court Told

    An estate trying to hold Uber accountable for the death of a driver should be forced to resolve its grievances in arbitration because Emmanuel Kwame Gbedee Sr. accepted a company agreement with an arbitration clause, Uber told a North Carolina federal court.

  • July 07, 2026

    Justices Stand On Statutory Specifics In Cisco And Landor

    With its June 23 decisions in Cisco Systems Inc. v. Doe and Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, the U.S. Supreme Court doubled down on the critical point that the statute invoked in a federal claim must authorize a private lawsuit and the remedy sought, says Patrick Judd at Phelps Dunbar.

  • July 07, 2026

    Insurer Can't Argue Fraud To Escape $78M Crash Judgment

    An insurer for a home renovation company is bound by a nearly $78 million judgment in an underlying suit over an auto collision involving a worker who was on the way to perform plumbing services and cannot attack the judgment as fraudulent, a California federal judge has ruled.

  • July 06, 2026

    Trump Can Keep NYT, Penguin Defamation Suit In Florida

    A Florida federal judge on Monday denied a bid by The New York Times, three reporters and Penguin Random House LLC to transfer President Donald Trump's amended defamation suit to New York, finding that the complaint was filed in the proper court. 

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  • 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
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