Injury & Accident Law

Monsanto cites judge’s alleged ‘off-the-record’ instruction in bid to overturn $175M Roundup verdict

Lawyers for the Monsanto Co. are citing a Philadelphia judge’s "off-the-record 'deadlock' instruction" in a bid to overturn a $175 million verdict on behalf of a man who said he contracted cancer from the weed killer Roundup.

Nov 9, 2023 2:27 PM CST

First responders used Narcan on napping lawyer and restrained him as he struggled, suit says

An 84-year-old California lawyer has sued the Los Angeles Fire Department for injuries allegedly sustained after first responders administered Narcan, an overdose-halting medication, while he napped in a car in a TJ Maxx department store parking lot.

Nov 1, 2023 2:52 PM CDT

A Tale of 2 Experts: Evaluations of witnesses depend on whom you ask

Are experts objective? In most jurisdictions they prepare reports setting out their findings and expert opinions. In the province of Ontario where I practiced, experts are expected to actually deliver a certificate attesting to their impartiality. Then again, this season the Toronto Blue Jays no doubt expected not to get swept in the first round of the postseason.

Oct 31, 2023 1:37 PM CDT

Did 1 contract clause cause Proskauer client’s $636M loss? Judge refuses to toss malpractice suit

A Massachusetts judge has refused to toss a $636 million malpractice lawsuit contending that a botched contract drafted by Proskauer Rose caused its client’s loss of a minority interest in a hedge fund.

May 17, 2023 2:48 PM CDT

Judge sanctions lawyer for ‘obnoxious’ and ‘appalling’ deposition conduct

A personal injury lawyer will be sanctioned for his deposition conduct after calling the opposing counsel “corporate shills” who “live in an alternate reality," a federal judge ruled from the bench last week.

May 10, 2023 9:17 AM CDT

Lawyers suspended for copying client data, unilaterally notifying clients about new firm

Two Florida associates who hoped to take their clients with them when they left their personal injury law firm have been suspended from law practice for violating bar rules during that process.

Apr 25, 2023 12:04 PM CDT

STD contracted during car sex isn’t covered by GEICO auto policy, federal judge rules

A federal judge in the Western District of Missouri has ruled for GEICO in a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that its auto policy doesn’t cover damages for a sexually transmitted disease contracted during car sex.

Mar 14, 2023 8:35 AM CDT

Restaurant had no liability for death of patron who was overserved, challenged to drive in bet, state supreme court says

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a restaurant in Weatherford, Oklahoma, was not liable for the death of a patron in a lawsuit claiming that he was served 12 beers and five tequila shots before getting behind the wheel of his car in an attempt to collect on a bet.

Feb 21, 2023 9:16 AM CST

GEICO gets chance to fight $5.2M award for STD contracted in insured car

The GEICO General Insurance Co. should have been given a chance to intervene before a trial judge confirmed a $5.2 million arbitration award to a woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease during car sex, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled.

Jan 11, 2023 2:51 PM CST

Lawyer fatally shot by client died a hero, law firm partner says

Updated: A North Carolina personal injury lawyer who was shot and killed by a client Monday died while trying to save others, the managing partner of his law firm says.

Dec 21, 2022 8:54 AM CST

Lawyer is convicted in staged slip-and-fall scheme that involved unnecessary surgeries

A New York lawyer was convicted Friday in a scheme to recruit people to participate in staged slip-and-fall accidents and then to undergo unnecessary surgeries to increase the value of their claims.

Dec 20, 2022 9:05 AM CST

Laws are needed to prevent crowd crush disasters like Astroworld, expert says

Astroworld 2021 was one of the deadliest concerts in U.S. history. In all, 10 people in the audience died from injuries they sustained in the pressure-packed crowd that night. The youngest was a 9-year-old boy. According to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, they all died from compression asphyxia when the pressure of the crowd against their chests prevented them from breathing.

Dec 1, 2022 1:40 AM CST