/personal-injury-medical-malpractice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:26:00 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353906?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353906 The Ninth Circuit has revived a Guatemalan man's bid for deportation relief, with a split panel of judges saying in a published opinion that the Board of Immigration Appeals should have had an immigration judge look into the man's competency. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:12:04 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354558?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354558 The widow of a man who died while he was a passenger in an Uber must take her claims against the ride-share company before an arbitrator, an Illinois state appeals court ruled Tuesday, finding that when she signed up for an Uber account she first agreed to have an arbitrator review any claims she had against the company. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:00:12 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354575?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354575 A New Jersey appellate panel on Tuesday tossed a medical malpractice suit alleging a physician failed to properly treat a man's internal bleeding that proved to be fatal, ruling that the plaintiff's expert affidavit was insufficient because the expert did not specialize in the same area as the defendant doctor. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:59:54 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353698?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353698 A North Carolina federal judge freed the federal government from a lawsuit by the estate of a woman who died, allegedly by foul play, while vacationing in Mexico, finding that the targeted agencies are shielded under an exception in the Federal Tort Claims Act. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:04:15 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354684 Atlanta Women's Specialists LLC and one of its physicians urged the Georgia Court of Appeals to reconsider a $13.7 million attorney fee award in a $45.8 million case in which they were found liable for medical malpractice resulting in a woman suffering severe brain damage days after childbirth. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:59:02 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354572 An Atlanta hedge fund manager and attorney may be forced to hand over his medical records to his ex-girlfriend in a suit where he stands accused of giving her genital herpes, after a state appellate court ruled Tuesday that the records were not absolutely shielded by his right to privacy. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:16:55 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354138 A man who became paralyzed from the waist down after the foldable electric bicycle he was using collapsed is suing the manufacturer and Amazon.com Inc., claiming both companies were negligent in making and selling the bike, according to a lawsuit filed in California state court. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:52:21 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353913 The Texas Supreme Court's recent ruling in Massage Heights Franchising v. Hagman, holding that a franchisor was not liable to a customer for the actions of a franchisee's employee, helps clarify the relative roles and responsibilities of the parties in such situations — and the limits of franchisors' duty of care, say attorneys at Polsinelli. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:56:13 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354388 The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday sided with Carnival Corp. in a suit from a passenger who sought to hold the cruise line liable for a sexual assault against her when she was 15, finding that the facts of the case didn't support the argument that it had notice of the risk of any assault. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:49:43 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354583?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354583 Following the tragic shooting of Minnesota state lawmakers, the top Republican and Democrat on the committee that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to give the force more prosecutorial resources. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:39:48 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354390?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354390 Twenty-one New Jersey-based plaintiffs who claim they suffered permanent vision loss after taking the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy are seeking to consolidate their lawsuits as multicounty litigation against drugmaker Novo Nordisk, citing a growing body of scientific evidence linking the medications to a rare and irreversible eye condition. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:35:01 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2341634?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2341634 As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:18:02 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354103?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354103 An insurer cannot force another to defend a property owner in an underlying worker injury lawsuit through the doctrine of equitable estoppel after both insurers ultimately agreed the policy in question isn't triggered, a New York federal court ruled, finding the policy unambiguous. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:00:43 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353984?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353984 Delta has reached a deal with a group of Los Angeles homeowners to end a lawsuit against the airline after it dumped jet fuel onto their properties, according to a joint notice. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:39:20 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354287 North Carolina State University told a federal judge it opposes combining two cases from former student-athletes who accuse the school's ex-director of sports medicine of sexual abuse, saying the cases differ too much to be consolidated. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:48:39 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353327?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353327 As judges issue sanctions for courtroom incivility, and state bars advance formal discipline rules, trial lawyers must understand that the difference between zealous advocacy and unprofessionalism is not just a matter of tone; it's a marker of skill, credibility and potentially disciplinary exposure, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:48:56 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353893?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2353893 Nearly two dozen people who say they were poisoned by Monsanto-made chemicals asked a Washington state jury on Monday for a damages award of $1.1 billion to $3.3 billion, as the company's counsel countered the plaintiffs lack blood testing results and other key evidence to back their "extraordinary" request. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:05:55 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354126?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354126 A physician has agreed to plead guilty to helping supply the ketamine that killed "Friends" star Matthew Perry, according to a plea agreement filed in California federal court Monday. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:29:39 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354060?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354060 Actor Derek Dixon has accused Tyler Perry of sexually harassing and assaulting him while he was a series regular on the media mogul's political drama, "The Oval," and then retaliating against Dixon when he didn't reciprocate Perry's unwanted advances, according to the actor's $260 million lawsuit filed in Los Angeles. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:26:17 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354014?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2354014 A California federal judge Monday tossed a Washington husband and wife's lawsuit that alleged a Golden State Ritz-Carlton hotel served them bottled water contaminated with a hotel employee's semen, saying the couple failed to prove it was indeed a hotel employee who contaminated the water.