News from February 2022
Day care sues woman who claimed her son was hurt there and went to press
LOWELL, Mass. (Legal Newsline) - A Massachusetts day care is suing a customer who demanded $50,000 for injuries she alleged happened there.
Lawsuit: NYPD beat IHOP customer who happened upon protest
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A new lawsuit says the New York Police Department beat a young man while he waited for his pick-up order at IHOP to be ready.
Troutman Pepper’s Richard Gerakitis to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism
Troutman Pepper’s Richard Gerakitis to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism.
Washington AG silent on Democrat's idea for 'attribution science' climate change lawsuit
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - An op/ed recently written by a Democratic lawmaker in Washington State is raising questions about the state's possible plans to file a major lawsuit targeting Big Oil.
Matz Named to Top 25 OZ Attorneys for Third Year
Matz Named to Top 25 OZ Attorneys for Third Year.
Plaintiff loses bid to blame referring doctor for pelvic mesh failure
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who sued her doctor as well as Boston Scientific over an unsuccessful pelvic-mesh implant operation properly lost her case against all of the defendants, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, upholding the rule that only the doctor performing a procedure must obtain informed consent from the patient.
Gas company off the hook for $2.3 million verdict in case of house explosion
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A provision in a Texas utility tariff keeps a gas company from having to pay up for a house explosion.
Texas can be sued after sniper accidentally kills undocumented immigrants hiding under tarp
EDINBURG, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Department of Public Safety can’t escape a lawsuit over an incident in which two undocumented immigrants were fatally shot in the bed of a speeding pickup from a police helicopter circling overhead.
Lawsuit: Electric skateboard flinging people into the air
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida man says his electric skateboard has a dangerous feature that catapulted him off.
Massage gun companies to battle in court
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - There is tension between competing companies in the massage gun industry that has spilled over into the courtroom.
Community Involvement Spotlight: Paul Rushton and The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry
Community Involvement Spotlight: Paul Rushton and The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry.
Suit alleges Energy refuses to turn over Granholm, Proterra records; DOE says it's focused on 'equitable clean energy future'
Granholm continued to hold stock options in Proterra even as President Joe Biden and other White House officials actively promoted Proterra, according to media reports. She eventually divested the holdings in a transaction that netted her a reported $1.6 million.
Jones Day Welcomes Scott Edson and Jason Keehfus as Partners in Business & Tort Litigation Practice in Atlanta
Jones Day Welcomes Scott Edson and Jason Keehfus as Partners in Business & Tort Litigation Practice in Atlanta.
Kenneth Fisher Named Among City & State New York’s Real Estate Power 100
Kenneth Fisher Named Among City & State New York’s Real Estate Power 100.
Big Oil squares off against Honolulu in quest for federal court jurisdiction
HONOLULU (Legal Newsline) - Arguments were heard Thursday at the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a lawsuit that pits the City of Honolulu and the Island County of Maui against oil and gas companies, alleging the companies bear responsibility for degrading Hawaii’s environment from fossil fuels production and promotion.
Lawsuit over bloody circumcision doomed by late filing of expert report
HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who lost a lawsuit against the doctor who performed a circumcision on her son won’t get another chance to sue after the Montana Supreme Court ruled her expert’s opinion that the doctor did something wrong was properly excluded from the case.
Google safe from RICO lawsuit brought by Edible Arrangements
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A third count has rejected Edible Arrangements’ racketeering lawsuit against Google over its monetization of the search term “edible arrangements.”
Software company wants MyPillow CEO to be punished over election litigation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – An election software company is asking a federal judge to punish MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for using the courts to attack the results of the 2020 Presidential election.
Filing snafu in sex abuse case leads to $10 million malpractice suit against lawyer
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - An unsatisfied customer is suing New York sexual abuse lawyer Jeff Herman for legal malpractice, claiming a filing mistake cost him $10 million.David Miller filed his lawsuit in New York County Supreme Court on Feb. 1 against Herman, whose firm specializes in sexual abuse cases.
Lawsuit: Birthday facial at spa burns, scars woman
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A facial at a California spa left a woman burned and scarred, her recently filed lawsuit says.