News from January 2021
Kid hit in head during shot put lesson by teacher assistant gets $200K
JACKSON, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) – A teacher assistant who tried to show students how to perform the shot put but instead hit one of them in the head has cost his school district $200,000.
Wrongful death lawyers crossed line during closing, $30M verdict way too high, court rules
VENTURA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A $30 million verdict in noneconomic damages is a miscarriage of justice, a California appeals court has ruled.
Pro-Trump group lets go of challenge of New Mexico law
SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline) – A group of Trump supporters has given up its challenge of a New Mexico law regulating political groups, three weeks after a federal judge told it to fix its argument or else.
Mass. AG's settlement gets $240K for City of Lynn, targets alleged pollution
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A Massachusetts coating and adhesives plant has settled claims it released hazardous chemicals into the air.
Judge gives preliminary OK to $641 million Flint water crisis settlement
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - The federal judge overseeing litigation over the Flint water crisis has granted preliminary approval to a $641 million settlement, funded mostly by Michigan taxpayers, that could generate $100 million in fees for private attorneys.
Lawsuit: Subway passing off weird blend as tuna
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Tuna at Subway is actually a mystery meat, a new class action lawsuit against the company alleges.
DuPont, Chemours, Corteva agree to split expected $4 billion PFAS settlement costs
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - DuPont has agreed to split an expected $4 billion litigation bill over the environmentally pervasive chemical PFAS with Chemours and Corteva, former business units that DuPont spun out in 2015 and 2019.
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.
Lawsuit says LinkedIn failed to make sure its ads had reach it said they did
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – LinkedIn faces litigation over its November disclosure that it made errors when telling possible advertisers just how effective using its site could be.
Judge to class action lawyers: Lawsuit over Clorox gel is a loser
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers have hit a major snag in their lawsuit that claims Clorox’s marketing of its bleach gel product misled customers into thinking it is suitable for disinfecting.
Restaurant off the hook for employee's fatal accident on way to work
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – The employer of a man who attempted to drive to work in inclement weather and instead lost control and killed two men will not face liability.
Florida school gets bad news from appeals court as it fights lawsuit of girl who ran into table
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A Florida school might have to pay up for forcing second-graders to run laps in an auditorium and the resulting injury that occurred when a young girl ran face-first into the glass edge of a table.
Washington sheriff can be recalled for not enforcing Gov. Inslee's stay-at-home order
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - A Seattle-area county sheriff who loudly criticized Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home orders and said he wouldn’t enforce them can face a recall campaign, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled.
City can't be sued after EMTs, responding to stabbing, drove to wrong address
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A stabbing victim who had to wait 20 minutes for help while watching her mom die will not be allowed to sue her Massachusetts hometown over the delay.
MDL judge rules against 3M's wishes in ear plug litigation
PENSACOLA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – 3M won’t get its wish to get a Department of Defense employee’s deposition as it fights hundreds of thousands of claims that the ear plugs it sold to the U.S. military caused hearing loss.
Feds: Company used bots to snag tens of thousands of tickets, made $9M reselling
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – The federal government is suing Just In Time Tickets, claiming the company are using bots to scoop up tens of thousands of tickets for resale.
POLSINELLI PC: Polsinelli Recognized for Two Global M&A Network Awards
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has been honored with two awards by Global M&A Network: “Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year” and “Chapter 11 Restructuring of the Year.”
BAILEY & GLASSER LLP: Bailey Glasser Hires Sophia Weinstock and Jeevna Sheth
The national law firm Bailey Glasser LLP is pleased to announce that Sophia Weinstock and Jeevna Sheth have joined the firm as associates in its Washington, DC office.
DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP: Back to the Future: An Employer’s Guide for Navigating Through, and Out of, the Pandemic
Hear employer perspectives from a range of industries, as HR leaders and in-house counsel discuss their approach to managing the challenges of the ongoing pandemic, while positioning their businesses for success in a post-Covid-19 world.
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP: Andrew Rosenzweig Elected President of AVLF 2021 Leadership Council
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Atlanta partner Andrew J. Rosenzweig has been elected president of Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Foundation’s (AVLF) Leadership Council for 2021.