Turner SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - An Illinois appeals court has shot down a theory that held companies liable for a woman's asbestos-related death that was caused by fibers brought home on the clothes of her husband.
Steele DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Because DuPont had no "special relationship" with the wife of a former worker, it had no legal duty to protect her from asbestos carried home by her husband, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled.
Ridgely DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) -- The Delaware Supreme Court last month affirmed a lower court's ruling in favor of a school district after a woman fell on the school's parking lot.
Berger DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) -- The Delaware Supreme Court, in a ruling this week, concluded that proof of what a reasonable person would have done is required to establish causation.
Justice Carolyn Berger wrote that the doctor "yelled at staff members and other doctors, demeaned patients, kicked doors, threw charts, and generally overreacted to problems that arise in any hospital..." DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court last week upheld a lower court's ruling in favor of a hospital that suspended one of its doctors for his "demeaning comments," "loud and antagonistic manner" and frequent "outbursts."
Read ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York's highest court says it will not broaden the remedies available to shareholders who wish to sue third parties like auditors over the fradulent conduct of companies.
Jacobs DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled for a couple that watched its house burn down because a paramedic broke the fire hydrant closest to it.
Rendell PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has decided not to predict whether the Delaware Supreme Court would recognize medical monitoring claims as valid, overturning a lower court decision that said it would.
Markell WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the state of Delaware's appeal of a ruling that prevents gambling on games in sports organizations other than the NFL.
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit says the Delaware Supreme Court would not recognize a claim for medical monitoring.
Markell WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Delaware has filed its petition for appeal of a decision restricting its proposed sports lottery with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Markell PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The State of Delaware has until Jan. 27 to file its petition for appeal of a decision that prohibited single-game betting on sports events.
Markell PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday denied the State of Delaware's request for a rehearing in a lawsuit brought by five sports organization over a proposed sports-betting law.
Markell WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The NFL and four other major sports organizations are asking a federal judge to impose a "narrow" injunction against Delaware's new sports betting law.
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Upset with a ruling by the Delaware Supreme Court that approved sports betting in the state, the NFL, along with three other major sports leagues and the NCAA, have filed a lawsuit in federal court.
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Despite the efforts of the National Football League, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled Thursday that legislation approving sports betting does not interfere with the state law.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - An investment firm is demanding Bank of America sees to the return of any recent bonus of $1 million or more given out by Merrill Lynch, which was purchased by BOA earlier this year.