July 05, 2023
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sidestepped a potential landmine for internet companies over liability exposure for injury suits and an unprecedented sexual abuse verdict against former President Donald Trump are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases for the first six months of 2023.
June 09, 2023
Many attorneys breathed a "sigh of relief" after the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to overturn 43-year-old legal precedent regarding whether a private lawsuit can be filed under a federal health law, saying some certainty was restored on stare decisis after last year's Dobbs decision.
June 08, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to upend decades of precedent and allowed a nursing home resident's family to sue an Indiana care home under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act for allegedly negligent care, saying the law confers a private right of action for alleged civil rights violations.
January 02, 2023
A U.S. Supreme Court case regarding the broad liability shield enjoyed by internet companies and another high court case that could decide whether private rights of action are still allowed under a federal nursing home law are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following in 2023.
November 08, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared reluctant to overturn precedent holding that federal spending clause legislation allows individuals to bring private rights of action under civil rights laws, in an Indiana case over whether an individual can sue for alleged violations of a federal nursing home law.
September 27, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its new term by scrutinizing the litigation rights of nursing home residents and the False Claims Act powers of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the justices are also signaling interest in other FCA disputes, Uncle Sam's rulemaking authority and advertising by drug and device lawyers.
September 26, 2022
More than two dozen groups, including a group of members of Congress led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, have thrown their support behind a nursing home resident pursuing a negligent care suit under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the Seventh Circuit's greenlight of the suit.
May 02, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a Seventh Circuit ruling that revived a suit against an Indiana nursing home alleging that the facility gave psychotropic drugs to a resident and tried to move him without the consent of his family.