July 28, 2023 | Law.com
20 Feet Too Far: Virginia Court Reverses Conviction, Concludes It Is Only State to Include 'Immediate Physical Ability' to Arrest Fleeing Suspect"Virginia appears to be the only state in the country that includes as an element of its fleeing-from-arrest law that the defendant must be within the officer's immediate physical ability to place the person under arrest," Judge Stuart A. Raphael wrote on behalf of the majority.
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
July 28, 2023 | Law.com
Kansas Court Reinstates Med-Mal Suit Against Surgeon Accused of Removing the Wrong Organ During Surgery"A person without the pertinent medical knowledge can assess whether Dr. Lui's conduct was within the standard of care when he mistakenly removed a portion of a patient's pancreas instead of the adrenal gland during an operation to remove the adrenal gland," Judge Amy F. Cline wrote on behalf of the Kansas Court of Appeals.
By Riley Brennan
5 minute read
July 28, 2023 | Law.com
Pennsylvania Judge Vacates $25M Damages Award to Plaintiffs Due to Erroneous Expert ReportMolder had concluded that the lost profits over the term of the contract totaled to an approximate of $24.5 million. However, the court determined there were "significant flaws" in his opinion, which were exposed on cross examination.
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
July 27, 2023 | Law.com
Employment Discrimination Suit Alleges Microsoft Fired Employee for Working From Home Due to DisabilityThis complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Riley Brennan
5 minute read
July 27, 2023 | Law.com
Missouri Appeals Court Affirms Wrongful Death Judgment Against Hospital That Left Patient Bleeding for HoursThe Mississippi Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment against a hospital in a wrongful death suit involving a woman who died after spending hours bleeding while in the hospital's care, despite the facility knowing it didn't have the proper resources to treat her.
By Riley Brennan
8 minute read
July 27, 2023 | Law.com
Activision Blizzard Seeks Declaratory Judgment After Online Personality Threatens Infringement Suit Over TikTok AudioThis complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Riley Brennan
5 minute read
July 26, 2023 | Law.com
Abortion-Based Religious Exemption Claim Over COVID-19 Vaccine Survives Motion to Dismiss, Virginia Federal Judge RulesIn a July 19 opinion, U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff for the District of Virginia dismissed former Inova Health Care Services employees' Title VII religious-discrimination claims, except for one employee's abortion-based religious exemption, finding he had properly linked his belief to his religion and its relation to the vaccine.
By Riley Brennan
7 minute read
July 25, 2023 | Law.com
'White-Men-Need-Not-Apply Program': Compass Group Accused of Wrongly Terminating Employee Over Disputed Diversity PolicyThis complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
July 25, 2023 | Law.com
Ohio Court Upholds Defendant's Criminal Conviction, Despite Prosecutor's 'Golden Rule' Arguments"When we view the improper statements in the context of the entire opening and closing arguments, 'the statement[s] in no way permeated the state's argument so as to deny [Shelton] a fair trial,'" Judge Ginger Bock wrote on behalf of the appellate court, citing its 2020 opinion in State v. Hayes. "We overrule the first assignment of error."
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
July 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Federal Judge Allows Claims to Proceed Against Woodward Gymnastics Camp Over Alleged Sexual Assault by CoachS.S. alleged that Singer initiated an inappropriate relationship with her while she was a junior counselor at the camp in 2016.
By Riley Brennan
7 minute read
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