Allison Dunn

March 23, 2022 | Law.com

An Iowa jury found physicians were negligent during the delivery of a baby, awarding his family $97.4 million in damages, the largest award in the state's history, the plaintiffs attorneys announced Monday.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

March 23, 2022 | Law.com

The Massachusetts Supreme Court sided with an assistant principal on Friday, rejecting a "habitually truant" youth's claim that the non-attorney school representative engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by filing and pursuing a Child Requiring Assistance petition in juvenile court.

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

March 21, 2022 | Law.com

The Ohio Supreme Court suspended a private practice attorney's license for two years after he was convicted of an armed confrontation with a rental property tenant, during what physicians believed was a severe manic episode, according to the court's per curiam judgment on Thursday.

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read

March 21, 2022 | Daily Business Review

In a 2-1 majority, the Fourth District Court of Appeals sided with a landscaping business last week, concluding that it demonstrated "excusable neglect" and it did not intentionally ignore filings connected to a personal injury lawsuit that resulted in a $2.5 million judgment in the employee's favor.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

March 18, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Considering the going-and-coming and traveling provisions of workers' compensation laws, Florida's First District Court of Appeals found that a compensation claims judge erred in finding an employee was owed compensation for injuries he sustained while traveling from his final service call in an employee-owned vehicle.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

March 18, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"The plaintiff was clearly on notice that her disclosure of an expert witness was overdue," the court said.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

March 18, 2022 | Law.com

Ruling on a certified question of law from the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the Colorado Supreme Court held this week that an…

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

March 17, 2022 | Law.com

Footage from the officer's body camera shows that, while he was speeding to a domestic violence incident involving a gun, he looked at and touched his laptop computer and that his cruiser slightly deviated from the lane it was traveling in prior to the crash, the opinion said.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

March 16, 2022 | Law.com

Teva argues that Eli Lilly induced infringement of two of Teva's patents that protect the methods for administering the drug for the treatment of "refractory" migraines, or for patients who failed on at least two prior migraine preventative treatments.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

March 16, 2022 | Law.com

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reinstated a First Amendment lawsuit against a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department detective who arrested members of a local activist group for allegedly using chalk to write anti-police messages on sidewalks.

By Allison Dunn

7 minute read