Legal News

"Court tosses $785,000 award over cancer death"
"Court tosses $785,000 award over cancer death": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "A federal appeals court has thrown out a $785,000 jury award to a woman who blamed her mother's cancer death on contamination from a wood treatment plant in Mississippi, one of hundreds of such cases against the facility's owner...

Caps on Damages Unconstitutional for Victims of Malpractice
In a victory for victims of negligent medical care in Illinois, Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Diane Larsen, ruled that caps on damages for medical malpractice are not constitutional in Illinois...

"Appeals court tosses suit over Florida's Democratic primary"
"Appeals court tosses suit over Florida's Democratic primary": The Atlanta Journal-Constitution provides this news update. And The Associated Press reports that "Court Dismisses Florida Primary Lawsuit...

2nd Circuit Tosses Passenger Bill of Rights Law
Does anyone not hate flying anymore? Remember the plight of the passengers stranded for hours on runways due to weather who were not be allowed to deplane? Those experiences were part of what led to the New York's passage of the Passenger's Bill of Rights Law...

O'Connell on Binding Early Offers vs. Med Mal Caps
Jeffrey O'Connell (Virginia) has posted "Commentary Binding Early Offers versus Caps for Medical Malpractice Claims?" on SSRN. The abstract provides: Like damages caps, early offer reform promises reduction in the costs of medical liability cases...

Calif. Court: Employees May Be Fired for Medical Marijuana Use
California workers may be fired for medical marijuana use, under a ruling issued Thursday by the California Supreme Court. In a 5-2 decision, the court held that California's Compassionate Use Act of 1996 -- which gives authorized medical marijuana users...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Medical Technology
Ventana Medical Systems Inc. pays CytoLogix Corp. $49 million patent infringement settlement.

Intentional Contamination
Northwestern Medical Center pays former orthopedic surgery $4 million medical malpractice settlement.

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.