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The Legal Intelligencer

Medical Device Makers Lose Bid to Unseal Grand Jury Docs

A federal circuit court has rejected attempts by Pennsylvania medical device makers to unseal records that were part of a grand jury investigation that resulted in officials from those companies pleading guilty to unlawful off-label marketing.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

No Retrial for Plane Engine Maker After $2.7M Crash Verdict

The manufacturer of an airplane engine that allegedly failed midflight has been denied a retrial in a case that ended in a $2.7 million verdict for the widow of one of the passengers killed in the resulting fatal crash, a federal judge has ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gonzalez v. Sanchez

Failure to Oppose, Raise Triable Fact Issues Grants Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Suit
3 minute read

The Recorder

Major v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

C.A. 2nd; B260355 The Second Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that federal law did not preempt a jury’s finding that a cigarette…
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Neal Manne: The Just Fight

Neal Manne a managing partner, Susman Godfrey, Houston In Harris County, as of this June, no money is longer required up front for release of any misdemeanor…
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bonacci v. Pal, PICS Case No. 17-1303 (C.P. Lackawanna Aug. 25, 2017) Nealon, J. (21 pages).

Plaintiff failed to state a claim against the owner of residential real property for negligence relating to harm that resulted in the death of plaintiff's son well beyond the geographic boundaries of the residential property.
3 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Officer's Family Challenges Ex-Governors' Immunity Claims in Prison Takeover Suit

Attorneys representing the family of a slain correction officer on Monday attacked arguments that former Govs. Jack Markell and Ruth Ann Minner are entitled to immunity in a wrongful death case stemming from the Feb. 1 takeover of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, arguing their failure to address severe staffing and training shortages at the prison created the conditions for the deadly uprising to occur.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Cobb Jury Awards $3.2M in Fatal Failure-to-Monitor Med-Mal Case

A Cobb County jury awarded more than $3.2 million to the husband of a woman who went into cardiac arrest after medical staff administered multiple narcotics for injuries suffered in a car wreck.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Ramirez v. City of Gardena

C.A. 2nd; B279873 The Second Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that a city’s compliance with a statutory requirement that…
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

J&J Hit With Another Lawsuit Related to Talcum Powder and Possible Ovarian Cancer Link

Citing studies dating back to the 1970s that link talcum powder with ovarian cancer, a federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a Connecticut woman who died from the disease, claiming Johnson & Johnson repeatedly refused to put a safety warning on its popular baby powder.
4 minute read

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