News from February 2022
Lawsuit: Birthday facial at spa burns, scars woman
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A facial at a California spa left a woman burned and scarred, her recently filed lawsuit says.
Capito says Biden nominee 'would be a disaster at the Federal Reserve'
WASHINGTON – Add U.S. Shelley Moore Capito to the list of officials opposed to one of President Joe Biden’s key Federal Reserve nominees.
Teacher who emailed pictures of used diapers to fifth-grader gets Louisiana school board in legal trouble
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana school board was inappropriately dismissed from a lawsuit by the mother of a child who accused his special education teacher of taking him to weekend outings and e-mailing pictures of diapers and “guys at bars,” an appeals court ruled.
Woman determined to gamble with broken shoulder loses lawsuit over fall in parking lot
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who fell while trying to cross a median in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania casino didn’t have enough evidence to proceed with her slip-and-fall lawsuit, a New Jersey appeals court ruled.
Delaware's climate change case on hold during appeal
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Delaware federal judge has stayed important climate change litigation in that state while federal appeals courts around the country try to figure out where these cases should be heard.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed over murder at Arkansas grocery store
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A grocery store chain faces a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit in Arkansas over the stabbing of a man in August.
Lawsuit: IKEA coffee maker explodes, scalds woman
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida woman is suing IKEA, claiming it sold an appliance that exploded and shot hot coffee all over her.
Iowa state AG Miller silent on rising crime, fentanyl crisis, but is looking into 'romance scams'
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Attorney General Tom Miller has a reelection bid unlike any he’s had before, and he’s had plenty.
Seven-figure verdict affirmed in man's pain-in-the-butt lawsuit
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A Connecticut appeals court upheld a multimillion-dollar verdict for a man who argued a nurse with improper enema technique tore a hole in his rectum, leading to a severe infection and multiple hospitalizations.
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Court reverses $42.5 million tobacco verdict over juror's thoughts on addiction
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A Florida appeals court reversed a $42.5 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, ruling the trial judge should have excused a juror who said she believed cigarettes are addictive.
Lying to doctor then suing him doesn't work out for drug-user with heart infection
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A man who told an emergency room doctor he didn’t use drugs, refused further treatment and then suffered a heart infection caused by injecting drugs had no case, a Kentucky appeals court ruled, agreeing a trial court properly dismissed the lawsuit.
College basketball player sues Hilton, says flying table crushed his dreams
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - An airborne table at a Las Vegas pool ruined a young man's basketball career, a new lawsuit says.
Orlando resort sued for letting the party get out of control
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida man's lawsuit says his family vacation at an Orlando resort was marred by two instances of physical violence instigated by a group of rowdy guests.
Candis Jones Named to Atlanta Magazine’s 2022 “Atlanta 500” List
Candis Jones Named to Atlanta Magazine’s 2022 “atlanta 500” List.
Four Ogletree Deakins Shareholders Named BTI Client Service All-Stars
Four Ogletree Deakins Shareholders Named BTI Client Service All-Stars.
Bath & Body Works sued over woman's burn injuries from eucalyptus-scented candle
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Bath & Body Works is facing a lawsuit that claims a candle sold at one if its stores burned out of control until it burned a woman's arm.
Cops who took girls from home in 2004 to face lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Women who want millions of dollars from San Francisco because they were taken from their mother for a week 18 years ago will be able to pursue their lawsuit further.
Law requiring diversity on boards of directors addressed discrimination, California argues
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – California is defending a legal challenge to legislation passed in recent years that requires corporate boards to include females and minorities or face fines.
19th century fudge: Flipz maker fights class action over ingredients
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The consumer protection lawsuit alleging white fudge-covered Flipz are misleading customers is ridiculous, the product’s maker is arguing in a motion to dismiss.
Wilentz Serves as Bond Counsel to The Board of Education of the Borough of Montvale
Wilentz Serves as Bond Counsel to The Board of Education of the Borough of Montvale.