Plaintiffs Attorneys Rush to File Suits Before Tort-Reform Bill Signed into Law March 24, 2023 By William Rabb The Florida Senate approved a take-no-prisoners tort-reform bill Thursday and it could be signed into law as soon as Friday....
Smithfield Foods to Pay $75M in Pork Price-Fixing Settlement September 28, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Smithfield Foods Inc has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the meat producer...
Pa. Court Loosens Rules on Where Malpractice Cases Can Be Filed August 30, 2022 By Mark Scolforo HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Thursday reversed its own two-decade-old rule that required medical malpractice cases to...
Florida Appeals Court Slashes $600,000 Attorney Fee on $52,000 Claim May 20, 2022 By William Rabb Florida may have one of the most generous attorney-fee mechanisms in the country, sometimes resulting in plaintiff’s fees that are...
Viewpoint: New Year’s Resolutions For Handling Short-Fuse Settlement Demands January 3, 2022 By David B. Ezra, Erin Mindoro Ezra, and Jamil W. Shaaban The holidays — parties, family, and the spirit of giving. Some personal injury plaintiff’s attorneys really get into the spirit,...
Attorneys: Defuse Juror Anger, Show Humanity to Defuse Potential Nuclear Verdicts November 4, 2021 By Jim Sams William Tisdale made a poor choice by stopping late at night at convenience store and gasoline station in a sketchy...
Lawyers Eye Neo-Nazi Website Founder’s Assets for $14M Award September 25, 2020 By Michael Kunzelman Attorneys for a Montana real estate agent are eyeing the assets of a neo-Nazi website operator to collect a $14...
Nuclear Verdicts Continue to Push Commercial Auto Rates July 1, 2020 By Christina Commendatore In the last five or six years, trucking companies have watched their insurance rates climb, and many have found the...
Four States Pass Laws Giving Businesses Immunity from COVID-19 Claims June 1, 2020 By Jim Sams Four states have passed laws that grant businesses immunity from civil liability for claims relating to COVID-19, while legislation in...
Number of Federal COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits at 101 and Rising May 21, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal court has received notice that 101 lawsuits have been filed as of Wednesday seeking coverage from insurers for...