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Report: federal prosecutors are seeking New York nursing home data
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that federal prosecutors in Brooklyn started seeking nursing home data from the Cuomo administration after the Democratic governor’s top aide admitted earlier this month that the administration withheld the true number of Covid deaths from lawmakers and the public.
Public interest law firm asks federal appeals court to decertify class in USAA life insurance suit
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF), a public-interest law firm, has asked a federal appeals court to decertify a class of USAA life insurance policyholders, who are alleging that the company breached their life insurance policies by considering “unlisted factors” when setting their cost of insurance rates.
DOJ slush fund -the sequel- back under Biden Administration, critics say
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Multiple news sources are reporting that the Biden administration is resurrecting a corporate shakedown scheme established during the Obama years that funneled millions to left wing, community activist groups.
MAP: Climate activists trying to end run federal courts in suits targeting energy companies
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision following arguments this week on a climate change lawsuit could decide the jurisdictional fate, and the ultimate outcome, of over 20 nearly identical lawsuits from around the country that target the energy industry.
North Carolina bar owners strike back against governor’s shutdown orders
RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - A newly formed statewide association in North Carolina representing the state’s bar owners has filed a lawsuit in state court arguing that Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, has violated multiple provisions in the state constitution by effectively shutting down the state’s bars since last March, the start of the pandemic.
Zuckerberg’s millions funneled through group claiming non-partisanship actually favored Biden, study shows
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The latest investigation into the funneling of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s millions through a nonprofit to local election officials shows that in addition to ensuring safe elections - the group’s stated mission - another agenda was afoot – swaying the presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden.
ATRA's Joyce touts effectiveness of 'Judicial Hellholes' program
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Many elected officials are oblivious to the restrictions on health care access and the overall damage to the economy caused by rampant abuse of the legal system, Tiger Joyce, president of the American Tort Reform Association, told the Washington Legal Foundation in a recent interview.
Washington now party central for trial lawyers, business defense attorney says
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Trial lawyers are abuzz with the prospect of “reaping billions” through favorable legislative and regulatory changes under a Democratic Congress and a Biden presidency, a prominent business defense lawyer says.
Bausch & Lomb wins Kentucky case over injury allegedly caused by pink eye medicine
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - Bausch & Lomb, the eye products manufacturer, was found not liable for an injury possibly caused by the off-label use of one of its products in Kentucky.
Chicago lawyer denied additional interest on $26 million judgment from taxicab accident
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - An Illinois appeals court agreed with a lower court that an insurance company is not responsible for additional interest on a 2015 payout to a former Chicago-area attorney injured in a cab accident.
Widow of murdered Birmingham employee denied Workers' Comp benefits
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - An Alabama widow, Keishana Jenkins, and her three children were recently denied Workers’ Compensation benefits when an appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that awarded the benefits after Grady Jenkins, an employee of the city of Birmingham, was murdered on the job.
Business defense attorneys warn that dearth of Covid exposure lawsuits no barometer for what’s coming
Some prominent business defense lawyers, reacting to a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report about the relatively paltry number of Covid-19 exposure lawsuits to date, say we are merely at the starting gate for virus-related injury claims.
Louisiana court decides if businesses can suffer mental anguish
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana construction company allegedly responsible for severing phone lines of three businesses while on contract with the city of New Orleans lost its appeal in a ruling that distinguished “mental anguish damage” from “inconvenience damage.”
Defendants defeat N.Y. lawsuit over woman trapped in elevator doors
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A New York appellate court granted the motions of a property owner, management company and consultant to dismiss a complaint, and all cross claims against them, stemming from an alleged elevator injury at a Fifth Avenue property in 2012.
Ohio malpractice suit rescued by savings statute, appeals court rules in reversal
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - An Ohio lawsuit alleging malpractice over back surgeries performed in 2011 can proceed after an appeals court reversed a lower court’s ruling that the action was filed outside the state’s four-year statute of repose for medical malpractice actions.
Former South Carolina school employee must pay $48K in attorneys fees to people she sued
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Sanctions imposed by a South Carolina circuit court against a former communications director for the Berkeley County School District were upheld on appeal by the state’s Court of Appeals.
Tennessee widow's wrongful death case over collision with fire truck filed too late
JACKSON, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - A Tennessee trial court’s dismissal of a wrongful death action filed by the widow of a man killed in a head-on collision with a county fire truck has been affirmed by an appeals court.
Former assistant Texas AG too late in filing age discrimination lawsuit, appeals court affirms
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - A former assistant attorney general in Texas recently lost an age discrimination case when an appeals court affirmed a trial court’s ruling that the lawsuit was filed beyond the statute of limitations.
Shopper fails to prove Walmart knew about spilled mayo in slip-and-fall case
TEXARKANA, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Walmart customer failed to show why the retailer should be held liable for a slip-and-fall in one of its Texas stores, an appeals court at Texarkana recently ruled in an affirmation of a trial court’s decision.
Study: Private money undermined the administration of the elections steering race Biden’s way
ARLINGTON, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Hundreds of millions of private dollars injected into the administration of elections, a job normally reserved for government officials, corrupted the presidential elections with disguised get out the vote drives for Joe Biden, a new investigative report shows.