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Marshall Dennehey Announces New Office Managing Attorneys in Mount Laurel, NJ, and New York, NY
Marshall Dennehey announced that Sharon A. Campbell-Suplee has been named Managing Attorney of the firm’s Mount Laurel, NJ, office, and Steven M. Christman has been named Managing Attorney of the firm’s New York City office.
New Mexico's fee for opioid lawyers: At least $1,500 per addict
SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline) - New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez quickly touted his state’s settlement of opioid claims against Walmart, CVS, Johnson & Johnson and other companies last year with a press release, but so far he's not talking about this year's $500 million settlement with Walgreens.
Morgan & Morgan files class action over organ-harvesting at Harvard
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The major plaintiffs firm Morgan & Morgan has stepped into litigation against Harvard Medical School after an organ-harvesting scheme there was revealed.
Pharmacy accused of inflating price of insulin appeals key ruling in Calif. AG's lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Express Scripts is appealing a federal judge's decision to send a lawsuit over allegedly inflated prices on insulin back to a California state court.
Goodwill faces suit over 2022 data breach of employee, applicant personal information
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) — A former Goodwill employee and job applicant have filed a class action lawsuit over the company's 2022 data breach.
Consumers allege HexChad cookware falsely marketed as non-toxic
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)— Consumers allege HexChad cookware is falsely marketed as non-toxic when it contains a chemicals known to cause health issues.
Indiana man can't sue doctors for letting him kill his grandfather
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - An Indiana man who pled guilty to killing his grandfather can’t sue his doctors for letting him do it, the state’s highest court said, ruling for the first time on whether a criminal plea can block a subsequent civil lawsuit.
Florida lawyers get lesson on how to sue the dead
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - An absolute two-year limit on liability against the estate of a dead person doomed a lawsuit by women who were injured in an accident with a man driving a company car, the Florida Supreme Court ruled.
Expelled Yale student can sue accuser over sex-assault claims
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A student who was expelled from Yale University on sex-assault claims can sue his accuser for defamation because the school’s disciplinary committee lacked basic due-process protections, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
Lack of security at Fla. convenience store alleged in lawsuit over murder
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — The family of a man who was murdered at a Tara Food & Beverage Mart in Lakeland, Fla., is claiming a lack of security measures.
Lawsuit says pharmacy gave woman sedative by mistake, leading to car wreck
PARAGOULD, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — An Arkansas woman alleges a pharmacy gave her a sedative drug instead of her correct prescription, which caused her to fall asleep at the wheel of her car.
'In a straitjacket:' Ninth Circuit ruling will leave cities powerless to confront homelessness, judges warn
The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court refused to reconsider its decision allowing a class action to continue vs Oregon city, seeking to bar enforcement of 'anti-camping' ordinances. Dissenters said the decision amounts to new constitutional right to camp anywhere
Check coming due for middle-school bully in $1.75 million case of attack during touch football game
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - An eighth-grade bully who seriously injured a classmate 40 pounds lighter during a touch football game will now possibly be on the hook for some of the $1.75 million verdict.
Court: $15K enough for woman whose neighbor threatened her, called her the N-word
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who endured years of racially motivated abuse by a neighbor isn’t entitled to more than $15,000 in damages for emotional distress, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, rejecting a state commission’s argument the award was too low.
Eddie Bauer to face lawsuit alleging list prices inflated at outlet
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who paid $19.99 for a fleece zip at an Eddie Bauer outlet store can sue the company because it falsely said it was discounted 50% from the “list price” of $39.99, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments the plaintiff also had to show there was something wrong with the quality of the item.
California man claims alcoholic kombucha is falsely labeled as 'good for you'
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) — A California man claims the maker of Nova Kombucha drinks is misleading consumers by labeling its alcoholic drinks as promoting health and balance.
P.F. Chang's sued as man claims mouth injured on bone in boneless chicken
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — A Florida man alleges a chicken bone severely pierced his mouth after eating what was supposed to be "boneless chicken" at a P.F. Chang's in Orlando.
Cozen O' Connor announces Daniel Johns Elected Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Daniel Johns, a member of Cozen O'Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, has been elected as a fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Employers can't be sued if their workers' spouses catch Covid: California Supreme Court
The state high court said allowing such lawsuits to move forward would open floodgates to potentially millions of lawsuits against every employer in the state, swamping courts and potentially crippling society in the process
Ninth Circuit to shoppers who sue: Read the ingredients
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Companies facing false advertising claims in California federal courts have a recent Ninth Circuit decision to point to.