News from April 2022
Lawsuit: Knee replacement degraded, led to more surgeries
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A Florida couple are suing a Florida company - in New York - over a knee replacement.
Rita Piel Joins Nelson Mullins in Baltimore
Rita Piel Joins Nelson Mullins in Baltimore.
State witness in West Virginia opioid trial says marketing of drugs aggressively over the top
A professor of pharmacy marketing told a West Virginia courtroom that the selling of opioid drugs by sales reps was designed to expand market share of the drugs and result in profits - a central argument state attorneys intend to show as the causation of an epidemic.
Ruling paves way for class action lawyers to - sometimes - replace clients who die
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A plaintiff’s death won’t be a springboard for class action lawyers to solicit new clients – unless a judge decides it is.
Scooter mishap at EPCOT leads to lawsuit against Disney
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A new lawsuit blames Walt Disney Parks and Resorts because one of its customers recklessly drove an electric scooter.
Judge: California legislators went too far in requiring diversity on corporate boards
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A California state court judge has struck down a law that requires companies based in the state to put minorities and women on their boards of directors.
Lawsuit blames Similac for preterm baby's disease
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A mom whose infant daughter was allegedly injured when given cow milk is suing Abbott Laboratories and Mercy San Juan Medical Center.
Morgan Lewis’s Grace Speights Named Labor & Employment Management Litigator of the Year
Morgan Lewis’s Grace Speights Named Labor & Employment Management Litigator of the Year.
Fourth Circuit sides with alliance of private lawyers and government officials in climate change case
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiff lawyers with possibly huge government contracts scored a major victory Thursday after convincing federal judges that climate change lawsuits that would change the way the world’s oil companies do business involve mostly state law claims.
Judge moves tuna class action lawsuit to California
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A proposed class action lawsuit over where tuna is caught is moving across the country.
The Roosevelt loses challenge to NYC law that establishes minimum severance
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A New York City hotel tired of paying severance to workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic has lost its challenge of the law requiring it to do so.
Louisiana city and its hired guns get chance to sue Netflix, Hulu in state court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers with government contracts to sue Netflix scored a small victory at the end of March when a federal court judge sent their case back to a Louisiana state court.
Lawsuit says injury occurred on Seven Dwarfs ride at Magic Kingdom
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts says a man was injured when the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride broke down.
Former Gov. Cuomo takes on N.Y. ethics board over book money
ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo is complaining in court that proceedings before the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics were biased.
Ariele Strauss named 2022 Secured Finance Network 40 Under 40 Award winner
Ariele Strauss named 2022 Secured Finance Network 40 Under 40 Award winner.
Historian in opioid trial says mistakes repeated in flooding market with pills
CHARLESTON – Plaintiff attorneys in a lawsuit accusing opioid manufacturers of causing a drug epidemic in West Virginia produced a witness who seemed to suggest that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Protect the People's Trust sues DOT alleging lack of Buttigieg waiver transparency
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary received a waiver for previous work in Indiana where he was mayor of South Bend and employed by a radio station, however the scope of that waiver has allegedly not been revealed, according to a watchdog group.
ATRA: 'Plaintiffs' bar infiltrated the National Association of Attorneys General and pushed it to the left'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - At least one state Attorney General is considering withdrawing membership from what once was an independent association of state attorneys general, according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA).
Mother can't blame Missouri court system for son's suicide
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – Government defendants can’t be sued over the suicide of a teenager at an alternative juvenile center in Missouri.
Employer not liable for wreck caused by supposedly sleep-deprived security guard
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A security company isn’t liable for an accident that occurred when one of its employees fell asleep at the wheel driving home from work, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments for a “special exception” to the general rule protecting employers against accidents caused by employees commuting to work.