Administrative Law, Personal Injury, Civil Procedure

Filing Indiana Med Mal Complaint via Third-Party Carrier Does Not Toll Statute of Limitations

by Pavlack Law, LLC on 5/9/2013

In this installment we discuss the recent Indiana Court of Appeals decision Moryl v. Ransone, which addresses the impact on the statute of limitations of filing a medical malpractice claim with the Indiana Department of...more

Illinois Appellate Court Finds Schools Not Liable For Student Injury And Deaths In Two Separate Lawsuits

by Amy Kosanovich Dickerson | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 1/16/2013

Last fall, the Illinois Appellate Court issued opinions on two different cases involving the tort immunity of school districts. In both cases, the court declined to find the schools liable....more

Opportunities for Summary Judgment in Municipal Liability Cases

by Brian Grant | Lerners LLP on 1/15/2013

In light of the decision in Combined Air Mechanical Services v. Flesch, counsel in municipal cases must re-assess their opportunities for summary judgment. In Combined Air, the Ontario Court of Appeal identified a new...more

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Giving Second Life To Cases Otherwise Barred By The Statute of Limitations

by Harlan Zaback on 1/14/2013

How an obscure section of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act can save a case when the statute of limitations has run...more

Sandy Hook Lawsuit on Hold, for Now

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 1/8/2013

An attorney who sought to sue the state of Connecticut for $100 million following the Sandy Hook massacre has withdrawn his lawsuit request for the time being, citing public backlash. Irving Pinsky, a personal injury...more

Does The Tarion Appeal Process Prevent A Condominium From Commencing A Civil Action?

by Shawn Pulver | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 1/7/2013

We are often asked by condominium corporations whether an appeal of Tarion’s final decision letter will prevent them from commencing a separate civil action with respect to the same deficiencies....more

San Diego’s Dangerous Roads Can Cause Serious Auto Accidents

by Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire LLP on 1/2/2013

When a serious collision occurs between motor vehicles, one or both of the drivers usually causes the collision. Although driver negligence constitutes the leading cause of accidents involving cars, trucks and SUVs, sometimes...more

Product Liability Law Medical Device Law Update: December 2012 - “A State of Profound Uncertainty”: The Crisis in Pennsylvania

by S. Vance Wittie | Sedgwick LLP on 12/24/2012

Since the mid-1960s, Pennsylvania has adhered to the strict liability tenets of section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts. Its version of strict liability had a number of unique features, including the determination...more

Weekly Law Resume - December 20, 2012: California Supreme Court Affirms Express Delivery Provisions of Government Claims Act

by Kimberly Chin | Low, Ball & Lynch on 12/24/2012

Hope DiCampli-Mintz v. County of Santa Clara, et al. - California Supreme Court (December 6, 2012) - Government Code section 915(a) establishes the manner of delivery of a claim against the government. It requires that...more

Supreme Court Reins In Court Of Appeal’s Attempt To Rewrite The Statutory Requirements For Presentation Of A Claim Against The...

by William T. Chisum, Jeffrey L. Massey | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 12/21/2012

A woman who allegedly suffered injury while being treated in a county-owned hospital delivered a notice of intent to sue to the risk management department of the hospital instead of the clerk, secretary, auditor or board of...more

Ohio's Intentional Tort Statute Means What It Says

by Bonnie L. Kristan, Amy Ryder Wentz | Littler on 12/4/2012

On November 20, 2012, in a reversal significant for Ohio employers with workplace injuries, the Ohio Supreme Court held, in Hewitt v. L.E. Myers, that an employee's failure to use, or the employer's failure to require an...more

State Common Law Carbon Dioxide Liability Claims: Premonitions of Preemption (and Dismissal)

by McCarter & English: Climate Change &... on 12/1/2012

Left open by the Supreme Court’s decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, 131 S. Ct. 2527 (2011), was the question of whether state law nuisance claims for the emission of carbon dioxide were viable in the...more

What Are California’s Laws Regarding Dog Bites?

by Demas Law Group on 11/26/2012

Different states have different law regarding dog attacks and bites. In California, there are several statutes that control dog bite incidents and how they are to be handled by the courts. For example, California Civil Code...more

Two-Year Statute of Limitations for Wrongful Termination Claims Under Minnesota’s Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act

by Manish K. Jain | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/12/2012

In September of 2012, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held in Sipe v. STS Manufacturing., Inc. et al., No. A11-2082 (Minn. Ct. App. Sept. 25, 2012), that a wrongful termination claim under the Minnesota Drug and Alcohol...more

Public Recreational Facilities Can't Be Sued for Slip-and-Falls on Snow or Ice

by Sedgwick LLP on 10/18/2012

In the first of six opinions issued in civil cases this morning, the Illinois Supreme Court held that publicly-owned recreational facilities have broad immunity from liability to users who fall on snow or ice....more

Pharmaceutical Law Update -- October 2012: New Jersey Court Grants Summary Judgment Based on Lack of Warning Causation

by Sedgwick LLP on 10/4/2012

A New Jersey federal court granted summary judgment to Baxter Healthcare Corporation (Baxter) last month based on a familiar legal concept rarely applied in the Garden State – warning causation. In Baker et al. v. APP...more

Attorney-Related

by Sedgwick LLP on 9/6/2012

UPDATED THROUGH September 4, 2012 Attorney’s Fees – Appellate. Does section 57.105, Florida Statutes, support an award of appellate attorney’s fees for the filing of an administrative appeal without citing material...more

Appellate Procedure & Jurisdiction

by Sedgwick LLP on 9/6/2012

UPDATED THROUGH September 4, 2012 Harmless Error – Medical Malpractice. Question certified: To avoid a new trial in a civil case, does the beneficiary of the error in the trial court have to show on appeal that it is...more

Labor Letter - September 2012

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 9/5/2012

In This Issue: - When “Let’s Keep It Quiet” Is An Unfair Labor Practice By Ray Haley (Louisville): On July 30, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a bad decision for any employer that expects...more

Defining the Scope of the Public Duty Rule

by Sedgwick LLP on 8/8/2012

The Illinois Supreme Court will release two civil opinions tomorrow. While we await the opinions, here’s a preview of the first case, Doe v. White....more

Mobile Marketing Class Action Litigation 2.0: Enterprising Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Assert Novel Class Claims Under the TCPA

by Sedgwick LLP on 7/30/2012

Never let it be said that plaintiffs’ lawyers are not an enterprising lot. The old adage that you can’t get blood from a stone continues to apply, but not evidently to plaintiffs’ lawyers. They continue to push the envelope...more

A Willful OSHA Violation Insufficient to Circumvent The Workers' Compensation Act's Bar on Lawsuit Against Employer

by Cole Schotz on 7/19/2012

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently held that a willful violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) standards, without other evidence of an employer’s intentional conduct, is insufficient to...more

The Broadening Applicability of Issue Estoppel

by Lerners LLP on 6/28/2012

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Penner v. Regional Municipality of Niagara Regional Police Services Board et al. (reserved at the Supreme Court, January 11, 2012) gives support for a broader application of issue estoppel....more

Negligence Suits Involving Publicly Owned Emergency Vehicles Barred

by Sedgwick LLP on 6/22/2012

Can a public entity or employee be sued over the negligent operation of an emergency vehicle responding to a call? This morning, the Illinois Supreme Court held in Harris v. Thompson, written for a 6-Justice majority by...more

Admissibility of Social Security Disability Determination as Evidence of Causation in a Civil Suit