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Ga. Court of Appeals Eyes Presumption of Death Statute in Case Over Mental Health Discharge

Defendant-appellees said they are not aware of any prior Georgia cases where the missing person statute has been used to assert a wrongful death claim.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Pandemic Mask Mandate Moot, Federal Court Rules

"Moreover, while we think a legal degree confers many advantages, we do not believe it equips us to accurately predict if or when another global respiratory pandemic will infect our shared world," the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
4 minute read

Law.com

State High Court Split: Are Claims of Mishandling Fetal Remains Subject to Pre-Suit Notice?

"The majority quickly and tersely distinguishes this case—not because the allegations, cause of action, or underlying conduct is substantially different—but simply because the decedent in Ricottilli was a 'prior patient.' ...," Justice William R. Wooton wrote in a dissenting opinion.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Conservative Justices Cast Constitutional Cloud Over False Claims Act Decision

Justices Thomas, Barrett and Kavanaugh suggest the law combatting fraudulent billing of the government violates executive-branch authority.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Employee Sues Hanesbrands, Claiming She Was Fired Over COVID-19 Vax Policy

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

2023 Attorney of the Year Finalist: Meet Bob Wilson of Nelson Mullins

"My heart and my passion have sort of always been in rural community health care, because I was born in a rural community hospital and grew up in a rural area and knew the importance that was attached to the local hospital," Bob Wilson said.
4 minute read

Law.com

'Potential to Mislead the Jury': State Appellate Court Calls for New Med Mal Trial Over Potentially Confusing Jury Instructions

"The instruction that consent need not be in writing was similarly unnecessary because consent was not in dispute. This instruction, combined with the consent instruction, had the potential to mislead the jury into believing that Ms. Harward's nonverbal action of presenting at the infusion center and submitting to treatment was sufficient to establish that she gave informed consent to receive gentamicin," Judge Michele M. Christiansen Forster wrote.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Slow, Quiet Abortion Ban Reform: Texas Passes Law Protecting Some Pregnancy Complication Treatments

A bill quietly made its way through the Texas Legislature this year that protects Texas doctors and pharmacists from liability if they treat women experiencing two different kinds of pregnancy complications.
5 minute read

Law.com

8th Circuit Affirms Denial of Coverage for Complication Resulting From Bariatric Surgery, a 'Non-Covered Expense'

"Because Shafer's plan specifically excludes coverage of treatment for complications of weight-reduction surgery, neither Iowa law nor the ACA require that his treatment be covered," Judge Raymond W. Gruender wrote on behalf of the court.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Settlement Money From CVS, Walgreens Opioid Settlement Coming by Year's End

Consistent with previous "Big Three" opioid distributor agreements, the settlements require 85% of the funds be allocated to programs that address the ongoing opioid crisis through treatment, education and prevention efforts.
4 minute read

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