Injury & Accident Law

Party at federal judge’s home involved ‘significant underage drinking,’ leading to fight and plaintiff’s injuries, suit says

Updated: A federal judge who oversaw one of the criminal cases against Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is facing a lawsuit alleging that two “heavily intoxicated underage minors” got into a fight in front of the judge’s home during a party there that involved "significant underage drinking," leading to significant injuries for the plaintiff.

Dec 17, 2024 8:46 AM CST

Car-racing costs can’t be deducted by lawyer as marketing expense, 10th Circuit rules

A solo personal injury lawyer can’t count the costs of car racing as a marketing activity, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

Dec 11, 2024 8:48 AM CST

DOJ reaches $100 million settlement in Baltimore bridge collapse

The owner of the Dali container ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year, collapsing the span and killing six people, has agreed to pay more than $100 million in damages to resolve a Justice Department lawsuit, authorities said Thursday.

Oct 25, 2024 9:00 AM CDT

Law firm can sue over alleged fake online reviews that toppled its top rating, appeals court says

A Houston law firm alleging that it was defamed by 99 fake three-star reviews on its Google business page can sue for defamation for 62 of those reviews, an Ohio appeals court has ruled.

Sep 19, 2024 2:37 PM CDT

Creative Legal Fundings company was ‘neither creative nor legal,’ SEC official alleges

A California woman who created a company ostensibly to loan money to personal-injury attorneys is accused of spending millions of dollars in investor funds to support her "lavish lifestyle."

Sep 5, 2024 9:08 AM CDT

Personal injury firm sues TD Bank after loss in fraud scheme

A personal injury law firm has filed a lawsuit blaming TD Bank for its loss of about $146,000 in a check fraud scam.

Aug 29, 2024 12:19 PM CDT

GEICO doesn’t have to pay for STD contracted during car sex, despite policy punctuation, 8th Circuit says

A woman who contracted human papillomavirus after car sex isn’t entitled to damages from her sexual partner’s auto insurance policy, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Aug 5, 2024 11:40 AM CDT

Bystander can be on phone instead of scene to sue for distress of witnessing daughter’s crash, top state court says

A mother who heard her daughter’s car crash while giving her directions by cellphone is entitled to recover for emotional distress, even though she wasn’t aware of the defendants’ alleged role in causing the accident, the California Supreme Court ruled last week.

Jul 31, 2024 9:11 AM CDT

Bail Project doesn’t have duty to control behavior of people after it posts bond, appeals court says

A group that bailed out criminal defendants isn’t liable for posting bond for a man who was later accused of crashing a stolen car into a vehicle driven by a teenage girl, causing her death, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled.

Apr 24, 2024 9:21 AM CDT

Themis legal practice group represents female clients and their allies

Two Chicago lawyers have created a practice group with a female focus.

Mar 11, 2024 1:54 PM CDT

Overwhelmed lawyer blew deadline and faked email to cover it up, disbarment order says

A lawyer who became overwhelmed with her caseload has been disbarred for faking an email to make it appear that her personal injury client fired her before she missed the deadline to file his lawsuit.

Mar 6, 2024 3:17 PM CST

Lawyer seeks damages after his snowmobile crashes into Black Hawk helicopter

A Massachusetts lawyer is awaiting a judge’s decision following a bench trial in his $9.5 million lawsuit alleging that the military was negligent for leaving a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on a snowmobile route at dusk.

Mar 6, 2024 10:01 AM CST

Chicago isn’t liable for bicyclist injured by pothole on road that wasn’t designated bike route, court rules

A bicyclist who wasn’t on a designated bicycle route when he was injured by a pothole can’t recover from the city of Chicago, even though there was a Divvy bicycle rental station nearby, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last month.

Jan 2, 2024 3:37 PM CST

Trump raised immunity defense too late in defamation case over sexual assault denial, 2nd Circuit says

Former President Donald Trump waived a presidential immunity defense when he failed to raise the issue in an answer to a lawsuit filed by a woman alleging that his sexual assault denials defamed her, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Dec 15, 2023 8:50 AM CST

Lawyer posted nude photos on public docket to humiliate and pressure opponent, federal judge concludes

A New York lawyer has been sanctioned for posting nude photos of his litigation opponent on the public docket. A senior judge in the Southern District of New York ordered the lawyer to pay a $1,000 sanction.

Dec 14, 2023 11:29 AM CST