Judge to Confirm $4.6M Settlement for Botched Circumcision

A Los Angeles judge says he will approve a $4.6 million settlement in the botched circumcision of a week-old baby. Judge Rex Heeseman says he will approve the deal reached with Miltex Inc. and its parent company for making a defective clamp that caused the accident, City News Service reports.…

Jul 19, 2011 12:57 PM CDT

Supreme Court Revives Baycol Class Action in West Virginia Courts

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a federal court had no authority to bar a state-court class action claiming injury from the cholesterol drug Baycol. The Supreme Court found that the federal court considering consolidated Baycol claims had exceeded its authority under the Anti-Injunction Act. Justice Elena Kagan wrote…

Jun 16, 2011 4:54 PM CDT

Texas Bill Requiring Loser-Pays Rule in Lawsuits Is Drafted with Push from Governor

In his State of the State address in February, Texas Gov. Rick Perry endorsed a loser-pays system that would require “those who sue” to pay attorney fees. Now he’s pushing a loser-pays bill that is in the draft stages, the New York Times reports. Still unclear is whether the bill…

Mar 11, 2011 12:48 PM CST

More than Five Years After Reversed $10.1 Billion Judgment, Illinois Tobacco Case Is Revived

An Illinois appeals court helped revive a dismissed Illinois tobacco class action case that resulted in a $10.1 billion judgment in 2003. More than five years after the state supreme court dismissed Price v. Philip Morris Inc., the case was given another chance in the Fifth District Appellate Court of…

Mar 2, 2011 7:57 PM CST

Website Gives Lawyers Another Way to Offer Class Action Updates

Mar 1, 2011 11:00 AM CST

Parents Whose Son Died of Rare Bacteria Spot Recall Notice, Leading to Lawsuit Against Wipes Maker

Two-year-old Harrison Kothari seemed to be recovering well from surgery to remove a benign cyst near his brain and spinal cord. But then he died suddenly at a Texas hospital late last year, of a rare infection, a day before he was supposed to be discharged, msnbc.com reported. Staff of…

Feb 15, 2011 7:54 PM CST

After Babies’ Deaths, Feds Ban Drop-Side Cribs, OK ‘Strongest Crib Standard in the World’

Following the deaths of at least 32 babies since 2000 from falls or strangulation, the Federal Product Safety Commission today adopted new crib-safety specifications that one observer called the “strongest crib standard in the word.” The new rules ban all drop-side cribs and impose tougher rules for crib slats and…

Dec 15, 2010 8:05 PM CST

Parents of Boy, 11, Hit in Head by Ball Sue Aluminum Bat Maker

The parents of an 11-year-old pitcher who was struck in the head by a line drive earlier this year are suing the maker of the aluminum bat with which the ball was hit. In the federal lawsuit they filed today, Robert and Cheryl Schutter of Mokena, Ill., say the bat…

Dec 7, 2010 10:32 PM CST

Ex-Attorney Gets 21 Months for Stealing $343K from Law Firm

A disbarred Georgia lawyer was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison yesterday for stealing a little over $343,000 from the law firm at which the then-attorney then worked. Steven Zagoria, 59, was found guilty, according to prosecutors, of forging a partner’s endorsement on checks to the firm for attorney’s…

Nov 23, 2010 5:41 PM CST

Merck Wins Second of Three Fosamax Trials

A jury has ruled for Fosamax maker Merck on Friday in a suit by a woman who claimed the drug caused her jawbone to disintegrate. Merck had argued that the ailment suffered by plaintiff Judith Graves was caused by other health issues and other medications she was taking, the New…

Nov 22, 2010 3:33 PM CST

Doc Who Ate Artichoke, Leaves & All, Sues Restaurant, Alleging Lack of Proper Warning

Arturo Carvajal is a physician. But he apparently didn’t know how to eat an artichoke. After allegedly consuming the entire vegetable served to him at a South Florida restaurant, including all the tough, sharp leaves, he suffered severe consequences requiring hospital care, he says. And now he is suing the…

Nov 18, 2010 11:10 PM CST

Suit Claims Keyless Ignition Is to Blame for Lawyer’s Death

A lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., claims Toyota is to blame for the carbon monoxide death of a 79-year-old lawyer and the brain injury of his companion. Ernest Codelia Jr. was still practicing law in the Bronx when he died in February 2009, the New York Daily…

Nov 8, 2010 4:09 PM CST

2nd Circuit Tosses Elderly Woman’s Hot Tea Lawsuit

An elderly woman who was burned when she spilled her Starbucks tea as she tried to open the lid won’t be able to pursue her $3 million lawsuit due to a federal appeals court ruling. Rachel Moltner had contended the tea was in a double cup that changed the center…

Nov 5, 2010 2:40 PM CDT

Dad Settles Suit Against Crocs Over Daughter’s Escalator Injury

The father of a 4-year-old girl has settled his Tennessee lawsuit against Crocs for an escalator injury that mangled the girl’s foot. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The multimillion-dollar suit by Jason Barnes of Virginia claimed his daughter was wearing Crocs as…

Nov 1, 2010 1:22 PM CDT

Toyota Accused of Secretly Buying Back Cars with Reported Sudden Acceleration

An amended complaint accuses Toyota of buying back cars with sudden acceleration problems and requiring the sellers to sign confidentiality agreements. The documents filed Wednesday also claimed Toyota’s own technicians experienced unintended acceleration problems, according to the Associated Press and Reuters. The amended suit seeks to hold Toyota responsible for…

Oct 29, 2010 2:08 PM CDT