News from April 2022
Garden State Cannabis Law Pro Fruqan Mouzon Joins Fox Rothschild in Morristown
Garden State Cannabis Law Pro Fruqan Mouzon Joins Fox Rothschild in Morristown.
FDA director says medical practice changed, loosening prescribing of opioid pills with more addicts
CHARLESTON – A director of the Food & Drug Administration says physicians in the 1990s lost their fear of prescribing opioids, leading to higher rates of addiction.
Maryland Court affirms election dates; primary set for July 19
The Court of Appeals of Maryland has affirmed the recommendations presented in Special Magistrate Alan M. Wilner’s Report regarding the 2022 Legislative Districting of the State.
Asbestos lawyers to hand over info as Bestwall looks for double-dipping
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge’s ruling will allow Bestwall to take a peek at several cases as it tries to prove asbestos lawyers drive up their clients’ recovery by telling the same story many different ways.
Court again reverses $2M wrongful death verdict against bar in case of driver still drunk after nap
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - An Arizona appeals court reversed for a second time a $2 million verdict against a bar over a patron who was driven safely home by a friend but woke up hours later and killed two people with his vehicle.
San Francisco hotel faces eavesdropping lawsuit over placement of security cameras
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A new lawsuit claims the BEI San Francisco hotel is eavesdropping on guests and employees.
Lawsuit: Inmate freed during mass COVID release committed murder the next day
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The Hillsborough County sheriff is the defendant in a Florida lawsuit that complains a criminal shot and killed a man after being released from custody as part of a mass inmate release during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bad news in court for psychiatric hospital that hired 'Rapey Juan'
VENTURA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A cap on noneconomic damages for certain health care lawsuits doesn’t apply to instances of elder abuse at a psychiatric hospital, a California court has ruled.
Troutman Pepper Partner Robb Willis Recognized as One of James Magazine’s 2022 Most Influential Georgians
Troutman Pepper Partner Robb Willis Recognized as One of James Magazine’s 2022 Most Influential Georgians.
Walgreens defense points to Purdue Pharma's pro-opioid stance as fuel for epidemic
During the testimony of a drug historian during the second day of a high profile Floriday opioid trial, attorneys defending Walgreens Pharmacy attempted to distance their client from blame, by blaming Purdue Pharma.
Would-be tribal leader who wouldn't sign confidentiality agreement loses case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - An Alaska man who was elected to the board of a tribal corporation was properly barred from taking his seat because he refused to sign a confidentiality agreement, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled, rejecting as unripe for adjudication his argument the clause was overbroad and prevented him from disclosing wrongdoing.
Lawsuit filed over alleged rape by Uber driver
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A Massachusetts woman is suing Uber over an alleged rape in 2019 by a Ugandan immigrant.
Lawsuit filed in Arkansas over explosion of tractor-trailer that killed driver, left crater
CAMDEN, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas residents who say their house was damaged by a massive explosion of a tractor-trailer carrying chemicals have filed a lawsuit against two companies and the late driver.
$50 million cap stares at AG Moody's hired guns as private lawyers reap opioid windfall
Florida began the trial in its opioid lawsuit against the Walgreens pharmacy chain yesterday, with outside attorneys representing the state in what could be an expensive, weeks-long courtroom ordeal.
Morgan Lewis Partner Robin Nunn Elected to American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
Morgan Lewis Partner Robin Nunn Elected to American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.
Florida opioid trial against Walgreens opens; Defense: Pay attention to difference between AG's public vs. court statements
A jury trial began Monday in a lawsuit launched by former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in 2018 against Walgreens pharmacies, accusing the company of flooding the state with opioid pills and creating an epidemic of addiction.
New Hampshire facing trial after Fort Constitution's wall falls on woman standing on federal ground
CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) – New Hampshire isn’t entitled to immunity from a lawsuit brought by a woman struck by a crumbling wall owned by the State.
Group pushing coffee-causes-cancer lawsuits makes latest plea after Ninth Circuit ruling goes against it
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Repeating allegations that led a federal judge to recuse herself from litigation over acrylamide in foods, a lawyer-driven nonprofit group has asked the judge who replaces her to reverse orders that stopped its lawsuits in their tracks.
Lawsuit filed over 4-year-old's brain injury
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - An unsupervised 4-year-old sustained a traumatic brain injury in a parking lot, a Florida lawsuit alleges.
PFAS judge refuses to order 3M to hand over files it says it doesn't have
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – The federal judge overseeing PFAS litigation has told plaintiff lawyers that files they are seeking from 3M don’t seem to exist.