The US Supreme Court held that manufacturers of generic drugs are not liable under state tort laws for failing to warn of dangerous side effects of medication. September 23, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In June 2011, the US Supreme Court decided PLIVA, ...more »
The firm's 26 attorneys focus on the following practice areas: Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability, Intellectual Property, Civil Rights, Mass Torts and Products Liability. Four of the attorneys are North Carolina Board ...more »
The firm practices throughout the United States representing victims of negligence in the fields of pharmaceutical mass torts, defective product, medical and professional malpractice and general negligence matters. The firm is regularly called upon by ...more »
Adverse possession allows a trespasser — a person guilty of a tort, or even a crime, in the eyes of law — to gain legal title to land which he has illegally possessed for 12 years. A Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma said on Friday: ...more »
Formed in 1982 as a collaboration between the Mississippi State Bar Association and the Legal Services Corporation, MVLP's volunteers work on as many as 1000 cases each year, many of them uncontested divorces, adoption and guardianship matters, ...more »
Most of the states of the country practice tort law where if they are found to be guilty of causing the accident, they will have to pay the injured party. Such costs can add up to a huge amount. That is the reason why the law requires drivers in USA to ...more »
Raleigh personal injury attorneys Ken Hardison and Ben Cochran of Hardison & Cochran, Attorneys at Law, say the recently enacted 'billed vs. paid' law will make skilled, experienced and aggressive legal assistance crucial for North Carolina accident ...more »
Paula Bliss has been named a partner in the law firm Bubalo Rotman PLC. She is based in the Boston office but handles injury litigation throughout the US She is currently working on cases involving hormone replacement therapy and its role in causing ...more »
Judge Johnson Lam ruled the immigration law that bars foreign domestic helpers from eligibility for permanent residency “derogates” the meaning of the Basic Law. Foreign domestic workers gather in Hong Kong. Judge Johnson Lam ruled the immigration law...more »
"Loser pays" is not currently a legislative priority for the American Tort Reform Association, a lobbying group. Though the Texas law is limited in scope, it still has critics. The new rules could make it tougher for plaintiffs to prove their cases ...more »
Nationwide, Jackson Kelly was top-listed in workers' compensation law. In addition, Jackson Kelly was the only firm in West Virginia top-listed in administrative/regulatory law, criminal defense: white-collar, environmental law, information technology ...more »
The lawsuit said the state liability cap violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment as well as federal laws and the Indiana Constitution. 'If the people who caused the harm are held to account for it, then I guarantee ...more »
To illustrate: an employee, acting within the scope of his employment (whether or not with the authorization, or to the benefit, of his employer) negligently injures a person. The victim sues the employer, the employer being strictly liable for the ...more »
As to the two $100000 awards for mental pain and suffering, it appeared from the district court's reasoning to be a novel issue under Puerto Rico law whether damages for mental pain and suffering were available "for breach of an employment contract in ...more »
A Tennessean investigation by reporter Walter F. Roche Jr. found that the state's tort reform laws, in place this week, limit the liability of nursing homes when found guilty of mistreating your mamma or daddy. An astonishing 30 percent of the nursing ...more »
Under Indiana law, claims against public entities are capped at $700000 per person and a total of $5 million per occurrence. State's tort law challengedWhile several lawsuits had already been filed in connection with the stage collapse, “the Indiana ...more »
Kenneth C. Beckman: Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law, and Securitization and Structured Finance Law • Joe A. Conner: Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Eminent Domain and ...more »
