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Ohio Supreme Ct. Holds Repose Statute Applies to Wrongful Death, Derivative Claims

A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday drew a bright line around the state’s statute of repose for medical malpractice claims, ruling in separate cases that an absolute four-year deadline to bring an action applies to both wrongful death claims …

Ore. Supreme Holds Claims for Lost Money are No Exception to Statute of Repose

Oregon’s statute of repose bars any action for negligent injury filed more than 10 years after the act or omission that caused the damage, even if money is the only thing at stake, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In …

Fugees Rapper Says Lawyer’s Use of AI Helped Tank his Case, Pushes for New Trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — A multimillion-dollar conspiracy trial that stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment is now touching on the tech world with arguments that a defense attorney for a Fugees rapper bungled closing arguments by using an artificial …

Some Providers are Dropping Gender-Affirming Care for Kids

ST. LOUIS (AP) — As Republican-led states have rushed to ban gender-affirming for minors, some families with transgender children found a bit of solace: At least they lived in states that would allow those already receiving puberty blockers or hormone …

Professional Services Exclusion Didn’t Bar False Claims Act Settlement

A mortgage lender accused of violating the False Claims Act by approving government-backed loans that did not meet federal guidelines can seek to recover the $15 million it paid to resolve the allegations from its management liability insurer, the Delaware …

Owner of Collapsed Iowa Building that Killed 3 Files Lawsuit Blaming Engineering Co.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The owner of an Iowa apartment building that collapsed in May, killing three people, has filed a lawsuit that blames an engineering company for not warning the building was structurally unsound and that residents should be …

Ill. Supreme Ct. Clarifies Standard to Name Defendants in Malpractice Suits

More than 40 years ago, the Illinois legislature sought to reduce the number of defendants in medical malpractice actions by allowing plaintiffs to name health care providers as respondents for the purposes of discovery and convert them to defendants later …

Nevada Supreme Holds Proceeds of Legal Malpractice Suit Cannot be Assigned

The Nevada Supreme Court expanded its prohibition against assigning legal malpractice claims to third parties, ruling on Thursday that an attorney’s client is also barred from assigning the proceeds of a lawsuit. “Because such an assignment would allow parties to …

Md. High Court Revives Malpractice Suit, Says Expert Testimony Improperly Thrown Out

A county judge improperly took sides when he threw out expert testimony and dismissed a medical malpractice case, Maryland’s high court ruled Thursday. The Maryland Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit filed by a patient who says she lost the …

Jury Gets Flint Water Case About Liability for Engineers

DETROIT (AP) — Jurors heard closing arguments Thursday in the only trial to arise thus far from the Flint water crisis, a dispute over whether two engineering firms should be held partially responsible for the city’s lead contamination in 2014-15. …