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Lawsuit against developer over 5-year-old's death will continue; Dump truck left unattended ran over boy
RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – Due to a genuine issue of material fact, a real estate developer could not escape a lawsuit filed by the family of a 5-year-old who was struck and killed outside of his home by a runaway loaded dump truck from a nearby construction site.
New Jersey Supreme Court rules Fox Rothschild didn't breach duty in transaction ordeal
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – An attorney and a law firm didn’t commit breach of fiduciary or conversion in a complex transaction between a real estate agent and its client, a state court has ruled.
Company ordered to pay employee's medical marijuana expenses for injuries from work accident
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – An appeals court ruled that a construction company must reimburse its employee for his medical marijuana prescription for chronic pain from a work-related accident.
Iowa court rules Casey's General Stores violated state's drug-testing regulations
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – Former Casey’s General Stores Inc. workers convinced an Iowa court the store violated drug-testing regulations under Iowa Code section 730.5 (2016), but failed to prove that’s why they were fired.
Connecticut AG won't face discipline after using pharma company's emails in antitrust complaint
The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania weighed in on whether the state’s attorney general’s office violated a protective order. refused to order sanctions against either side of a pharmaceutical company’s complaints against the State of Connecticut amid claims the Attorney General’s office violated a protective order linked to the case.
Iowa court upholds ruling in lawyer's favor in real estate agent's dispute over noncompete clause
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – An Iowa court has affirmed summary judgment for a lawyer sued over allegations of malpractice in a case over an agreement drafted between two real estate agents.
Delaware high court tosses Uber stockholder's complaint over Ottomotto acquisition
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Delaware's high court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an Uber stockholder and former employee over the ride-hailing company's acquisition of Ottomotto LLC.
Expert not qualified to testify in wrongful death case against doctor, Alabama Supreme Court rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – After ruling that an expert was not qualified to testify, an Alabama court reversed a previous denial of a doctor’s motion for a judgment as a matter of law in a wrongful death lawsuit against him.
Mississippi court rules plaintiff in medical malpractice case failed to prove doctor deviated from standard of care
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – A woman’s medical malpractice suit failed to prove that her doctor didn’t provide the standard of care needed, a court has ruled.
Utah Supreme Court declines to weigh in on public records fight between newspaper, Brigham Young
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) – The Utah Supreme Court opted out of answering if a university's police department must hand over records requested by a newspaper before the state's Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) went into effect last year.
Fair report privilege doesn't apply to private conversation between detective and reporter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) – The fair report privilege does not apply to a one-on-one conversation between a detective and reporter, the Supreme Court of Tennessee ruled in a case against a newspaper over allegations of defamation.
New Jersey courts don't have jurisdiction over New York physician in widower's medical malpractice suit
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey court has ruled that it doesn’t have jurisdiction in a medical malpractice suit against a New York doctor who performed a medical service in New York.
New Jersey court upholds False Claims Act settlement despite defendants' protests
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey court has upheld a $718,000 settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit.
Delaware court determines which documents should be produced to plaintiff in ongoing Oracle litigation
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – The Firemen’s Retirement System of St. Louis, a stockholder in Oracle Corp., was granted in part and denied in part its motion in its lawsuit against Oracle and several of its officers amid claims that it organized an acquisition that would leave the corporation at a disadvantage.
Delaware court grants some summary judgment motions in dispute over fraud claims concerning demolition company
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – Two businesses that once united to form demolition company NorthStar ended up suing one another over allegations of fraud, but neither got a full win in court.
Judge dismisses stockholder's claims against Fresh Market directors over sale; Allegations against others survive
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Delaware judge has dismissed a former Fresh Market Inc. stockholder's suit against the grocery store chain's directors over the sale of the company.
Court rules FELA claims don't preempt FRSA claims in engineer's lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – On Dec. 23, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that Federal Railroad Safety Act claims don’t cancel out the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) in a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway.
Georgia Supreme Court rules data breach victims pleaded legally cognizable injury
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – Patients from an orthopedic center who were victims of a security hack plausibly pleaded their claims, the Supreme Court of Georgia determined on Dec. 23.
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Student newspaper protected from libel suit after publishing police log
BOSTON, Mass. (Legal Newsline) – On Dec. 31, the Massachusetts Supreme Court determined that a student publication cannot be liable for republishing a police log and photo that asked for the public’s help in identifying a man who was suspected to have taken part in suspicious activity.
Lawsuit against 3M, others over chemical discharges in Alabama will proceed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Alabama has denied a petition for writ mandamus from several out-of-state companies that allegedly discharged toxic chemicals from their Georgia plants into industrial wastewater.