/personal-injury-medical-malpractice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:30:01 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327591?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327591 A New Jersey personal injury law firm filed suit in state court against an expert witness it alleges had threatened to withdraw if he didn't receive an advance payment for preparing and attending his deposition, and then turned up to the deposition "confused, disoriented and out of touch." Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:56:45 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327560?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327560 A former bank CEO accused of helping ex-lawyer and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh steal client money pled guilty Friday to fraud ahead of a retrial, months after his initial conviction was overturned based on jury irregularities. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:17:57 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327511?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327511 The Eleventh Circuit on Friday reversed a $3.3 million judgment against a Florida lodge over a shooting that resulted in a woman's death, finding in a split ruling a jury should decide the bad faith issue of whether its insurer should've offered to settle based on the premises' liability. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:43:26 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2321876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2321876 Five years after the COVID-19 outbreak caused a high number of deaths in nursing homes, an examination of enforcement actions against nursing homes in New York and elsewhere in the country highlights obstacles that may arise when bringing cases of this type, and ways to overcome them, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:29:08 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327595?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327595 An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a party equipment rental company in an underlying suit over injuries a child suffered while riding a mechanical bull at an event, telling a Texas federal court Friday that a mechanical bull exclusion in the company's policy bars coverage. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:41:15 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327602?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327602 An insurer for a smoke shop told a Florida federal court it owes no coverage for a proposed class action accusing various shops of selling nitrous oxide products for recreational drug use, pointing to an exclusion barring coverage for injury arising out of "psychotropic substances." Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:51:47 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327435?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327435 A factory worker has dropped his personal injury suit against aircraft company Textron Aviation Inc. over a Cessna Citation 560XLS+ plane that crashed into his workplace, according to a filing in Connecticut state court. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:01:41 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327364?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327364 The Illinois Supreme Court will consider whether pollution exclusions in standard-form commercial general liability policies apply to industrial emissions allowed under a regulatory permit, the court said Thursday, agreeing to take up a question certified by the Seventh Circuit. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:34:09 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2325931?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2325931 Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:13:47 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327354?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327354 Chemical shipper OxyVinyls Inc. and Norfolk Southern struck a deal toward the end of a trial seeking to spread the blame — and the cost of a $600 million settlement — for the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:08:19 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327065?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327065 Apple urged a California federal judge Thursday to toss claims that a set of AirPod Pro earbuds was defective, causing an Amber alert to damage a 12-year-old boy's hearing, saying there's no evidence the notification could have caused the injury and the family's expert didn't rule out COVID-19 as the cause. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:24:57 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327255?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327255 A Georgia state jury heard Thursday that a C.R. Bard medical equipment sterilization plant carelessly emitted ethylene oxide by going years without pollution controls, and later failing to diligently use and maintain the controls it did eventually install. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:10:09 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2326902?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2326902 A North Carolina woman said in New Jersey federal court Wednesday that her use of the diabetes drug Ozempic resulted in the permanent loss of her vision, alleging that manufacturer Novo Nordisk A/S should have known the drug could cause blindness. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:44:47 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2326973?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2326973 A North Carolina Supreme Court justice seemed skeptical of a construction company's argument that a sheriff's department should cover the entire cost of a workers' compensation payout to a deputy injured while directing traffic on a bridge repair job, citing the court's precedent on the topic during an oral argument Thursday. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:08:19 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2326518?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2326518 An Argentine gun manufacturer asked a federal judge Wednesday to toss a Georgia man's lawsuit alleging a dangerous defect in the design of a 9mm pistol caused him to be shot when the gun accidentally discharged, arguing the court lacks jurisdiction over the case. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:59:56 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2323350?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2323350 Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:26:29 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2326457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2326457 A New York man who accused his surgeon of leaving a scalpel blade in his shoulder after a 2018 operation and then covering up the mistake for years has come to an agreement with that doctor and the surgery center he worked in to dismiss their dispute from Connecticut federal court. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:55:45 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327031?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327031 Frontier Communications is liable for the serious injuries of a man who was thrown from his bicycle after he became caught in a loose cable that was hanging in the road, a lawsuit filed recently in Connecticut state court says. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:45:08 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2325948?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2325948 Recent announcements by 11 asbestos bankruptcy trusts that they plan to destroy legacy data and documents related to resolved claims risks further damage to the integrity of a compensation system long marked by a lack of oversight and transparency, says Peter Kelso at Roux. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:25:22 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2327074 The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived a patient's allegations that C.R. Bard's blood clot-preventing IVC filter was defective, ruling that a lower court was wrong to throw out the suit as untimely since there are factual disputes as to when the patient noticed the filter had malfunctioned.