/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 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:20:55 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352840?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352840 The Eighth Circuit on Thursday threw out a challenge from SWT Global Supply Inc. to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's denial of its application to market menthol-flavored e-cigarettes, saying the agency didn't arbitrarily or capriciously find that the company's sales plan failed to meet its standards for promoting public health. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:13:20 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352837?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352837 A state appeals court said Wednesday that a construction company could escape a negligence suit from a worker injured in a 2018 pipeline explosion, ruling that the man hadn't shown his injuries were a foreseeable result of construction activities. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:40:06 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352581?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352581 The company administrating the payouts to plaintiffs in Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement stemming from the fiery derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has been replaced, because it purportedly made miscalculations that overpaid some claimants. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:16:39 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2348826?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2348826 Bold company statements about artificial intelligence have resulted in a rise in AI-related securities litigation, and a recent Michigan federal court decision in In Re: General Motors Co. Securities Litigation illustrates how courts are analyzing these AI-based claims and applying traditional securities concepts to new technologies, say attorneys at Cooley. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:03:12 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2350652?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2350652 Attacks on judicial independence now run the gamut from gross (bald-faced interference) to systemic (structural changes) to insidious (efforts to undermine public trust), so lawyers, judges and the public must recognize the fateful moment in which we live and defend the rule of law every day, says Jim Moliterno at Washington and Lee University. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:01:22 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352223?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352223 A Florida state appeals court has refused to let a plaintiff pursue punitive damages against Monsanto Co. in his suit alleging that glyphosate in the company's Roundup weedkiller caused his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, finding he didn't present sufficient evidence to support the damages. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:55:46 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352351?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352351 Counsel for the law firm representing a former World Wrestling Entertainment staffer on sex trafficking and abuse claims has objected to a motion for default in a related defamation suit, said he couldn't appear in the case earlier in part because of difficulty accessing the federal judiciary's electronic docket system, but he said he would have asked for more time to respond anyway. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:46:19 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352618?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352618 Detroit cannot claim immunity in a lawsuit over a man's injuries from tripping on a metal post embedded in a sidewalk, the Michigan Supreme Court said Wednesday, ruling that the protrusion constitutes a dangerous defect under state law. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:16:56 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2347365?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2347365 To avoid the fate of numerous expert witnesses whose testimony was recently deemed inadmissible by courts, experts relying on artificial intelligence and machine learning should learn from statistical tools’ road to judicial acceptance, say directors at Secretariat. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:18:19 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352188?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352188 A Colorado federal judge has ordered former Los Angeles Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette Jr. to pay $78,634.50 to a dancer who said he assaulted her after a party at which she was hired to perform, an award entered as part of a default judgment against the player after he evaded service. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:44:44 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352724?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352724 Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse retrial ended Thursday with a Manhattan jury failing to reach a verdict on a count alleging the movie mogul raped an actress, one day after he was convicted of forcing sex on a production assistant and cleared on a third charge. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:01:37 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2342807?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2342807 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Barring Act's six-year statute of limitations for certain military-related claims does not apply to combat-related special compensation, a win for a proposed class of roughly 9,000 veterans who say they deserve additional pay despite filing late. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 22:47:40 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352264?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352264 A Brooklyn federal judge denied a bond motion Tuesday by Nicole Daedone, the co-founder of sexual wellness company OneTaste, and her former deputy Rachel Cherwitz after they were convicted of a forced-labor conspiracy, rejecting their bid to remain on bail pending sentencing. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:53:44 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2350936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2350936 President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration pledged Wednesday to prioritize air traffic control upgrades, bolster staffing and reinvigorate safety programs, but deflected Democrats' repeated demands that he promise to preserve a 1,500-hour pilot training rule. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:47:48 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352262?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352262 An attorney who managed billions of dollars worth of real estate for Miami brought a lawsuit alleging the city violated her state whistleblower protection rights, saying she was abruptly terminated after trying to report alleged payroll violations and financial mismanagement to her supervisors. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:36:12 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352303?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352303 A Seattle-based hospital system has been slapped with a proposed class action in Washington state court over claims that hundreds of patients suffered unwarranted pain and risk of infection because a staff member may have been pocketing painkillers. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:18:00 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352299?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352299 An Atlanta personal injury firm called on the Georgia Court of Appeals Wednesday to squash a proposed class action accusing it of stealing clients from other lawyers through shady solicitation practices, arguing that whether its business model is ethical or not, it isn't grounds for litigation. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:05:47 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352418?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352418 A Washington appellate panel seemed skeptical Wednesday that a family's $5.5 million win against an industrial manufacturer could stand when it never made the asbestos-containing equipment at issue in the product liability case, with one judge also remarking the company had raised a "hard argument" on appeal. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:49:54 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352256?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352256 A California state jury has awarded $18.7 million to five American Airlines flight attendants who blamed their employer and a uniform maker for causing them to suffer injuries due to uniforms made with toxic chemicals. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:21:48 +0000 /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352018?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2352018 A day care's insurer told an Alabama federal court it has no duty to cover a $1 million judgment against the center after a jury found it liable for leaving a woman's child in a van during a field trip, citing an exclusion for bodily injury arising from "any auto."