Personal Injury – May 24, 2012

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/23/2012

In This Issue: - Selling the Shirt off Tim Tebow’s Back Requires a License...1 - I See Your True Colors Shining Through ...2 - Pretty Boy’s Right of Publicity Lawsuit Ain’t Pretty, Says World Wrestling...more

by Sedgwick LLP on 5/16/2012

The Washington State Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a landowner’s contractor’s employee for personal injuries that the plaintiff allegedly sustained while working on a...more

by Dechert LLP on 5/9/2012

In medical device cases, preemption will hunt you down. In Hinkel v. St. Jude Medical, S.C. Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56322 (E.D. La. April 23, 2012), the plaintiff survived removal and discovery only to be caught by...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/4/2012

Jane Doe v. Princess Cruse Lines, Ltd., Jane Doe v. Princess Cruse Lines, Ltd., No. 10-10809 (11th Cir. 2011), addresses the important necessity of careful corporate drafting of international arbitration provisions, a topic...more

by Demas Law Group on 5/4/2012

It’s a sad fact of life that thousands of people are killed in horrifying California car accidents every year. What’s more, tens of thousands are injured. At times, the people who have been killed in a road accident can go on...more

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 4/27/2012

In its recent decision in State Farm and Casualty Co. v. Lorrick Pacific, LLC, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57922 (D. Ore. Apr. 24, 2012), the United States District Court for the District of Oregon had occasion to consider whether...more

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 4/23/2012

In its recent decision in AES Corporation v. Steadfast Ins. Co., 2012 Va. LEXIS 81 (Va. Apr. 20, 2012), the Supreme Court of Virginia revisited its 2011 ruling concerning whether a general liability carrier had a duty to...more

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 4/23/2012

After a brief detour, the Supreme Court of Virginia once again has concluded that insurance companies do not have to defend utility companies accused of intentional wrongdoing in connection with alleged climate change...more