Utah Supreme: Denying Claim Over Nude Photos May Cost Insurer Nearly $3M June 10, 2022 By Jim Sams UMIA Insurance refused to accept an $800,000 settlement in a malpractice suit against a plastic surgeon who shared nude before-and-after...
California Sues Tesla Over Allegations of Racial Discrimination February 10, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A California state agency said it has filed a lawsuit accusing Tesla Inc of tolerating widespread discrimination against Black workers...
Jury Awards $26M in Malpractice Lawsuit, a Nebraska Record December 2, 2021 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Douglas County jury has awarded $26.1 million to a Sarpy County family who sued Children’s...
Defamation Costs Allstate $4M, Even After Court Erases Wrongful Termination Verdict October 28, 2020 By Jim Sams Allstate Insurance Co. was within its rights to fire Michael A. Tilkey from his $200,000-a-year job as a broker after...
Shot by Police, Thwarted by Judges and Geography August 25, 2020 By Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jackie Botts and Jaimi Dowdell FORT WORTH, Texas — When David Collie slipped off his shirt as he set out one sultry night to visit...
J&J Stung by New Jersey Court Ruling Reviving Talc Cancer Claims August 6, 2020 By Jef Feeley A New Jersey appeals court’s decision to revive two lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson’s iconic Baby Powder of causing cancer...
Bayer Loses California Appeal of Roundup Verdict, But Damages Are Reduced July 21, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and Tina Bellon Bayer AG failed to persuade a California appeals court to overturn a verdict favoring a school groundskeeper who claimed its...
Texas Court Erases $13M From Jury Award for Offshore Oil Well Claim December 2, 2019 By Jim Sams A Texas appellate court shaved $13.6 million off of a jury’s award against Lloyds’ of London syndicates to the owner...
J&J Gets New Trial After $417 Million Talc Verdict July 11, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Edvard Pettersson Johnson & Johnson deserves a new trial after a jury ordered the world’s largest maker of health-care products to pay...
Bayer Loses Second Trial Over Claims Roundup Causes Cancer March 28, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt and Robert Burnson Bayer AG lost a second trial over claims its Roundup weed killer causes cancer, increasing pressure on the company to...