News from January 2022
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Campaign contributions didn't require commissioner's recusal, court rules
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the constitutional boundaries for determining political conflicts of interest, a Colorado court rejected claims a county commissioner should have recused himself from voting on a concrete plant permit because the company’s shareholders contributed several thousand dollars to his campaign.
Nonexistent 'Kill Switch' dooms lawsuit over girl's go-kart accident
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who argued the operators of a go-kart track could have protected her daughter from injury if they had activated a “kill switch” stopping all the karts has no case partly because such a device would defy the laws of physics, a Louisiana appeals court ruled.
Trump's litigation against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube doesn't get any easier for him
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Former President Donald Trump will, for now, have to fight Twitter, YouTube and Facebook separately as he pursues lawsuits over them banning him from their platforms.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed over allegedly botched surgery on woman with one working kidney
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Health care providers in Arkansas face a wrongful death lawsuit over surgery performed on a woman with only one working kidney whose previous gastric bypass did not result in weight loss.
Plaintiff passes, wrongful death suit brought over electrocution at NYC building
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Owners of a New York City property face a wrongful death lawsuit over electricity allegedly too close to a sink.
Opioid plaintiffs suing Rite Aid can't count on insurance money
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Insurance companies don’t have to cover defense costs for Rite Aid against opioid lawsuits by governments seeking economic damages, Delaware’s highest court ruled, rejecting one major source of funding that plaintiffs and defendants alike were counting upon to pay out multibillion-dollar settlements.
Texas lawsuit blaming boat-maker for fatal crash into a bridge fails
TYLER, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas family lost their attempt to blame a boat manufacturer for a fatal nighttime collision with a bridge, after an appeals court noted the driver of the boat had consumed alcohol and there was no evidence the boat’s design or illuminated speakers had contributed to the crash.
Lawyer does nothing to defend malpractice lawsuit, wins anyway
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey lawyer won’t be liable for legal malpractice even though he didn’t bother to mount a defense.
Lawsuit over tissue expanders seeks more than $1.3 million
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A couple are suing an Arkansas plastic surgery clinic and a medical products manufacturer for allegedly allowing defective tissue expanders to be implanted in women.
Man sues manufacturer of Alligator Shear after injuring his hand
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Carlos Reyes filed a lawsuit on Dec. 20 in Massachusetts' Suffolk County Superior Court against Gensco America and Scrap It, Inc. for negligence and breach of warranty.
Ballard Spahr's Tom Hauser Receives Connect CRE 'Lawyers in Real Estate' Award
Ballard Spahr's Tom Hauser Receives Connect CRE 'Lawyers in Real Estate' Award.
Cozen O’Connor Makes Strategic Public Strategies Practice Addition with Hire of Former Virginia Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Heidi Hertz
Cozen O’Connor Makes Strategic Public Strategies Practice Addition with Hire of Former Virginia Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Heidi Hertz.
Mcnees Adds Land Use Attorney, Further Expanding Office in Maryland
Mcnees Adds Land Use Attorney, Further Expanding Office in Maryland.
Dinsmore Promotes 21 Attorneys to Partner, Makes Board and Office Leadership Appointments
Dinsmore Promotes 21 Attorneys to Partner, Makes Board and Office Leadership Appointments.
Justice says AG's argument for withholding climate litigation communication: 'makes no sense to me, zero'
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments last Wednesday in a lawsuit alleging that the office of State Attorney General Keith Ellison improperly concealed from the public communications with out-of-state climate activists and AG offices.
Bradley Attorney Giovanni P. Giarratana Elected American Bar Foundation Fellow
Bradley Attorney Giovanni P. Giarratana Elected American Bar Foundation Fellow.
Lori Grifa Confirmed as a Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court
Lori Grifa Confirmed as a Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court.
Washington State opioid trial put on hold for two weeks; state says routine break time
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A trial in Washington State in which three of the country’s biggest distributors of opioid drugs stand accused of causing an overdose epidemic had been postponed until Jan. 24, but a representative of the Attorney General's office called the pause "routine."
Maryland Judiciary extends limited operations amid COVID-19 concerns
The Maryland Judiciary has announced the extension of Phase III operations through March 6, 2022, due to the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases and high community transmission rates.
Texas family alleges cover-up of son's strange death on field trip, can sue over autopsy
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Legal Newsline) – An autopsy is not medical care, a Texas court has ruled in allowing a lawsuit over the mysterious death of a 13-year-old boy to continue against a forensic pathologist working in Hidalgo County.