Volokh Conspiracy blog now subject to Washington Post’s paywall | Can lawyers use dynamic pricing?

This week, the Volokh Conspiracy (in the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 Hall of Fame) migrated to the Washington Post. The blog was approached by the newspaper, and they accepted the offer in hopes that their blog will now reach a larger audience, blog founder and University of California-Los Angeles law…

Jan 24, 2014 2:45 PM CST

Girl gets $32M settlement in med-mal case over quadruple limb amputations

A $32 million settlement in a malpractice case against the University of Chicago Medical Center last year will allow an 11-year-old who had both arms and both legs amputated to live for the first time in a fully handicapped-accessible home; pay a personal assistant for the rest of her life;…

Jan 3, 2014 8:40 PM CST

Internet car companies offer convenience, but lawyers see caution signs

Jan 1, 2014 10:00 AM CST

Family sues security company, alleges guards at hospital sent dying man home in cab

A lawsuit filed against a security company asserts that its guards at a North Carolina hospital put an “uncooperative” patient in a taxi, where he died on the way home. Deborah Washington, the dead man’s mother, accuses the guards of negligence, wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional distress, Courthouse…

Dec 19, 2013 10:55 PM CST

Calif. again tops ‘judicial hellholes’ list

For the second year in a row, California tops the American Tort Reform Foundation’s “Judicial Hellholes” list. The Golden State took top honors for the “welcoming stance” its courts take toward consumer class actions and its “rampant lawsuits” targeting small businesses over disability access claims, Forbes reports. The list (PDF),…

Dec 17, 2013 9:00 PM CST

Are fears about playground dangers ruining childhood?

Dec 1, 2013 7:20 AM CST

10 former hockey players sue NHL for concussion damages

Just months after a surprise $765 million settlement by the National Football League of a lawsuit by former players over concussion injuries, a group of former hockey players has filed a similar suit. The 10 plaintiffs contend that the National Hockey League concealed the danger posed by concussions from them…

Nov 25, 2013 11:10 PM CST

Did falling bikini-top ‘emergency’ absolve distracted driver in fatal crash? Appeals court says yes

A trial judge got it right by allowing a jury to decide whether a fallen bikini top could constitute an “emergency” absolving a distracted driver of negligence in a fatal crash, a Brooklyn, N.Y., appeals court has decided. Brittany Lahm, now 24, took her hands off the wheel briefly to…

Nov 25, 2013 6:30 PM CST

Mistrial granted in Rick Springfield concert injury case over observer’s comment on news site

A comment by a potential witness posted Tuesday on a CNYcentral.com news site led to a mistrial the next day in a personal injury case against 1980s rock star Rick Springfield. Plaintiff Vicki Calcagno, 43, says she was injured in 2004 when Springfield slipped during a concert and bumped into…

Nov 22, 2013 8:35 PM CST

Appellate lawyer decked in court by handcuffed death-row client sues county for damages

A Pennsylvania lawyer who was decked in court by a handcuffed death-row inmate while working as a contract appellate lawyer earlier this year has sued Blair County for damages. Plaintiff Timothy S. Burns, 40, lost consciousness briefly when he was knocked to the floor by his client at the counsel…

Nov 19, 2013 9:50 PM CST

Nurse was ‘worked to death,’ suit contends

An Ohio nurse who died in a car accident after working a 12-hour shift was “worked to death,” according to a suit filed by her husband. The wrongful death suit says Beth Jasper had to work extra shifts and without breaks because the hospital where she worked was “regularly understaffed,”…

Nov 13, 2013 1:02 PM CST

University sued in drunk-driving deaths because housing officer didn’t report alleged domestic abuse

The parents of a young woman who died in a one-car crash soon after earning a bachelor’s degree last year have sued the University of California at Berkeley over the accident. Their daughter, Milanca Lopez, 22, and her 6-year-old son might have survived, the suit contends, if a university housing…

Nov 5, 2013 10:10 PM CST

For vacationers encountering trouble on cruise ships, U.S. laws may provide little help

Nov 1, 2013 9:20 AM CDT

Carnival ride operator is charged in state fair injuries

The operator of the Vortex ride at the North Carolina State Fair is facing charges in the malfunction that injured five people last Thursday, three of whom remained hospitalized on Sunday. Timothy Dwayne Tutterrow, 46, of Quitman, Ga., has been charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon…

Oct 28, 2013 12:07 PM CDT

Toyota found not liable in acceleration case

Los Angeles jurors ruled for Toyota in a suit that had claimed a design defect in a 2006 Camry made it impossible to stop after being struck by another car. The Camry driver, Noriko Uno, died in the accident. While jurors cleared Toyota, they did award $10 million in damages…

Oct 11, 2013 1:41 PM CDT