UK’s Justice Action Group Rebuts ABI’s Stance on Personal Injury Claims
The Access to Justice Action Group (AJAG) responded swiftly to the study and the bulletin published by the Association of British Insurers and a coalition of UK business groups, seeking to amend...
View ArticleTeacher’s Halloween Prank Sparks $100K Legal Claim in Massachusetts
The family of a Taunton (Mass.) High School student injured running away from a teacher wearing a mask and wielding what appeared to be a chain saw for a Halloween prank is seeking up to $100,000 in...
View ArticleFamilies of South Carolina Boat Crash Victims Settle
The families of two women killed in a boat crash on Lake Murray last year will each be paid nearly $250,000 by the family of the man who authorities say caused the collision. The State newspaper...
View ArticleMichigan Court Says Man Can Sue In-Laws Over Fall
This could make the family Thanksgiving a bit uncomfortable. A Detroit-area man is suing his in-laws after falling through their garage attic while hunting for a Christmas wreath. The Michigan appeals...
View ArticleGov’t Says Holiday Decorating Injuries on the Rise
`Tis the season for dancing sugar plums, goodwill toward all — and sometimes emergency-room trips from holiday decorating injuries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says injuries involving falls...
View ArticleFamily of Girl Who Died At Los Angeles Rave Settle Lawsuit
The family of a 15-year-old girl who died of an ecstasy overdose at a rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will receive a $190,000 lawsuit settlement on behalf of the stadium, the event’s...
View ArticleFormer Mass. Lawyer Found Guilty of Stealing $186K From Clients
A former Greenfield, Massachusetts, attorney was convicted Monday in connection with stealing over $186,000 from an elderly couple he represented in a personal injury settlement involving an auto...
View ArticleABI Calls for New Restrictions on Younger Drivers
The Association of British Insurers is urging a review of the regulations for younger (17 to 24 year-old) drivers, including some new strictures that would require “a minimum one year learning period,...
View ArticleCalifornia Court: Parks Not Liable For Bumper Car Injuries
Amusement parks are not financially responsible for injuries suffered on bumper cars, the California Supreme Court ruled in an opinion published Monday. The high court said people who ride bumper cars...
View ArticlePG&E to Settle Remaining Pipeline Explosion Claims in Northern California
PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, said it will settle “substantially all” remaining personal injury and property damage claims from a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that...
View ArticleComedian George Wallace Awarded $1.3M in Vegas lawsuit
A Nevada jury has awarded $1.3 million in damages to comedian George Wallace for a leg injury he said he suffered while performing at a Las Vegas Strip resort in 2007. The split decision in a civil...
View ArticleDefamation Claims From Vegas Hospital Over Tuberculosis Case
A Las Vegas hospital is accusing a Nevada personal injury lawyer of defaming it with comments during a May news conference about a lawsuit stemming from a tuberculosis outbreak last year. Summerlin...
View ArticleTennessee Judge: Cap on Personal Injury Damages is Unconstitutional
A Chattanooga, Tenn., judge has ruled that a state law that caps the amount of money someone can win in a personal injury lawsuit for noneconomic damages is unconstitutional. The Times Free Press...
View Article“YOU SUCK!”: Your Personal Lines Clients and Their Tweets, FB Posts and Yelps!
Recently I ordered a pizza from a national chain (no, not the one you’re thinking) and it was quite late arriving at my home. So late, in fact, that I called the store 45 minutes after I placed my order …
View ArticleQ&A: How Driverless Car Technology Could Impact New York and Other States
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be tested for one year on New York public highways. Prior to this law going into...
View ArticleN.Y. Supreme Court Says Coverage Applies in World Trade Center Asbestos...
The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Company must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from...
View ArticleJudge Sanctions Mountaire in Delaware Wastewater Lawsuit
A Superior Court judge has ordered an Arkansas poultry processing company and two Delaware subsidiaries to pay more than $28,000 in sanctions for repeatedly refusing to provide information to...
View ArticleIllinois Governor Vetoes Personal Injury Prejudgment Interest Legislation
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vetoed a bill that would have provided for prejudgment interest in the recovery of damages in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits. House Bill 3360 “provides for...
View ArticleVirginia Woman Bitten by Snake Endures Complex Disability, Financial, Legal...
It was the snakebite story shared around the globe. At least that’s how it felt to Rachel Myrick, who was bitten by a poisonous snake more than 41/2 years ago in the foyer of a Spotsylvania County...
View ArticleJuul Can’t Escape Trial in Youth Vaping Marketing Suits
Juul Labs Inc. failed to block the first trial set in a flurry of more than 2,500 personal injury cases accusing the e-cigarette maker of deliberately targeting minors in marketing its vaping products....
View ArticleMinnesota College Student Awarded $111M in Personal Injury Case
A federal jury in Minnesota has awarded a college student more than $111 million in damages after concluding negligent care of his injured leg following surgery led to a permanent disability. The jury...
View ArticleLawyer Calls Fatal Car Crash Into Apple Store ‘100% Preventable’ in...
The recent crash into an Apple storefront in Massachusetts that killed one person and injured 19 was “100% preventable,” according to the attorney for two of those injured in the accident. Boston...
View ArticleEx-Student Alleges Abuse at Missouri Military Boarding School
MEXICO, Mo. (AP) _ A former student at the Missouri Military Academy alleges in a lawsuit that school administrators did nothing to stop routine beatings he suffered at the school. The student filed a...
View ArticleNew York Jury Convicts Lawyer, Doctor in $31M Trip-and-Fall Insurance Fraud
A New York attorney and surgeon were convicted by a Manhattan jury of six counts of fraud for participation in an illegal scheme that included false insurance claims and unnecessary surgeries for...
View ArticleGuest at Daytona Hotel Dies After Being Struck by Forklift During Storm Repairs
A guest at an oceanfront hotel in Florida has died after being run over by a forklift working on storm repairs, authorities said. The 62-year-old woman, whose name wasn’t immediately released, was...
View ArticleAlabama Jury: Delivery Worker to Get $1.9M After Fall at Dollar General Store
An Alabama jury has decided that Dollar General stores must pay almost $2 million to a delivery worker who was injured when a ramp collapsed at a store. Driver Jason Agee in 2019 was pushing a rolling...
View ArticleHow Much Is a Picture Worth? Let Jury Decide in Personal Injury Claim, Says...
Photos of damaged vehicles are relevant to the likelihood and degree of personal injury in a car accident case and they are admissible at trial, even when no expert witnesses are around to testify...
View ArticleMaine Lighthouse Closed After Walkway Collapse That Injured 11
A lighthouse that was the site of a walkway collapse that injured 11 people will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time, according to the group that maintains the structure. The wooden...
View ArticleStudy Reviewed Most Common Private Civil Cases in California
A new analysis of court cases in California over a year showed civil rights cases and personal injury cases were the most common civil cases in the state. Of the 25,636 civil cases in California for...
View ArticleUpdate: Woman Sues NFL Star Tyreek Hill, Says He Broke Her Leg in Backyard...
Miami Dolphins superstar Tyreek Hill has been named in a lawsuit by a model and social media influencer, who claims that Hill broke her leg after she knocked him backwards in an impromptu football...
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