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Litigation Daily

This Federal Judge Is the King of Backlogs—But He's Not the Only One

Poor U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin. The West Virginia judge had the biggest backlog of any federal judge in the country, with 20,139 cases pending for more than three years, according to a new report. Who else is in the slow lane?
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Sex Offender's Claims of Retaliation for Legal Work Fail

A federal appeals court ruled that a state-employed psychologist can't be sued by her patient, a convicted sex-offender, over claims that she retaliated against him for his paralegal work while committed.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices to Hear Appeal in Denial of Med Mal Counsel Fees Ruling

The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a medical malpractice plaintiff who took the rare step of seeking counsel fees under the offer-of-judgment rule but failed to recover those fees because an appeals court ruled that the settlement agreement did not address the issue.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Rejects Claim That Red Dye Caused Woman's Allergy Attack

A Fulton County jury has declined to hold a doctor and hospital liable after an elderly woman claimed she was rendered dangerously ill after a severe allergic reaction to the Red Dye No. 40 in an iron supplement she was prescribed.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Plaintiffs Lawyer Lanier Makes Tit-for-Tat Attack in $500M Hip Implant Appeal

Accused of not disclosing payments to two expert witnesses, Houston plaintiffs attorney W. Mark Lanier is throwing a similar charge at Johnson & Johnson's defense.
25 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Split Circuit Panel Allows Nurse Aides' Wage Suit to Proceed

A group of certified nursing assistants can move forward with a prospective Fair Labor Standards Act class action against an assisted living facility over claims they weren't paid enough overtime or compensated for meal breaks.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Nurse Challenging Hospital's Vaccination Mandate Gets Second Shot

A federal judge has decided to cautiously allow a nurse with a chronic disease to proceed on claims that her former employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired her for refusing to get vaccinated.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Millionaire Mom Who Poisoned Son Loses $225M RICO Suit

It was a sad, sordid case, and it came to a merciful end on Friday, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed it with prejudice, handing a win to lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

These Two Firms Are Driving a Surge in Health Sector Securities Class Actions

Securities lawsuits have become a major headache for life sciences companies, according to recent reports. And two plaintiffs' firms, Pomerantz and The Rosen Law Firm, are leading the charge.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyers Take Aim at Texas Law Capping Punitive Damages

Five plaintiffs who saw a $502 million jury verdict cut to $150 million last year say the state law unconstitutionally discriminates against the old and the poor.
4 minute read

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