Personal Injury Law

Snow Job
Here are my questions regarding the worst snow storm to hit the area since the “Macarena” was a hit. How did your municipality do with snow removal? How were the side streets? How were the strip malls?   I noticed parking lots would get plowed but not the entrances...

Free Overnight Parking in Madison Ramps During Snow Emergencies
From a City of Madison News Release: Beginning Monday, January 28, 2008, the Parking Utility will not charge for parking in cashiered sections of city garages between 9 p.m. and 7 a...

Eleventh Circuit Adopts Last Served Defendant Rule for Removal
Per ABA's Litigation News, Oct. 9, 2008:Weighing in on a long-standing circuit split over when the time for removal runs in a multidefendant suit, the Eleventh Circuit in Bailey v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc...

CAFA Class Action Defense Removal Cases–Springman v. AIG: Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial Of Plaintiff’s Motion To Remand Class Action To State Court Upholding Removal Jurisdiction Under Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA)
Amendment of Class Action Complaint to Add Party-Defendant Years after Plaintiff Learned Defendant’s Identity Constituted a New Action Under Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) thereby Creating CAFA Removal Jurisdiction over Class Action Seventh Circuit Holds In July 2003, plaintiff file a putative class action in Illinois state court against AIG Claim Services and Illinois National Insurance Company for violations of state fraud and consumer protection laws; the class action complaint alleged that AIG Claim Services, in processing claims under Illinois National insurance policies, systematically underpaid accident insurance benefits...

New Law Requires Removal of Snow and Ice From Handicapped Parking Within 24 Hours
On January 13, 2008, Governor Jon Corzine signed into law C. 39:4-207.9, which requires that snow and/or ice must be removed from handicapped parking spaces to provide accessibility for disabled persons within twenty four (24) hours after the weather condition causing the snow or ice ceases...

COA Bars Double-Dipping With Admin. Appeal And Civil Suit
The COA yesterday held in Hentz v. Asheville City Board of Education that a party can't have two bites at the apple by bringing a law suit based on an administrative action while also appealing the action in the administrative realm...

Snow Schmow
Hope you survived your brush with bad weather yesterday. Me, I got stuck at work for a while for no reason whatsoever. I wasn't actually doing anything, but was told I could leave a whole 1/2 hour early...

Mesothelioma Law Suit
Asbestos Exposure

Intuit
allegedly sent out a defective QuickBooks Pro update.

FDA Issues Update on Safety Review Orlistat
Orlistat FDA Issues Update on Safety Review

UPDATE 1: Caraco Digoxin Recall

Mexican Vanilla Containing Coumarin
, FDA Issues Consumer Update

Potential Class Action Suit
For Underpayment of Truck Drivers

Ticketmaster Class Action
Canada-wide suit launched