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Understanding When Florida Law Allows You to Sue for Car Accident Injuries

Personal injury lawyers throughout the U.S. advertise with billboards and commercials showing car accidents. But Florida, like a handful of other states, has laws that restrict the ability of car accident victims to file a...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

Pre-Event Liability Releases in California Cycling Events After Whitehead v. City of Oakland: Spinning Wheel Limitations

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The recent unanimous California Supreme Court opinion in Whitehead v. City of Oakland addressed the permissible scope of pre-event liability releases under Government Code §835 in cases involving injuries on public property....more

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Order Granting Defendant Stephan Co’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

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Court: Business and Consumer Court of Maine, Cumberland County - In this matter, Stephan Co. (“Stephan”) filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The plaintiff, Jan Cuthbertson (“Plaintiff”), lives in...more

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What Happens When You’re Offered a Settlement for Your Personal Injury?

When you’ve been hurt in a motor vehicle accident or other incident caused by someone else’s irresponsible actions, you often have the option to file a personal injury lawsuit to require the person who caused your injuries to...more

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Depo Provera Lawsuit: Litigation Update and Settlement Information

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Pfizer Inc. is facing a growing number of lawsuits from patients who received Depo Provera injections—including patients who received their last injection decades ago in some cases. Depo Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate)...more

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Massachusetts Federal District Court Grants Defendant Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case

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Court: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts - Plaintiff Bruce K. Wright and per quod plaintiff Louise K. Wright allege Mr. Wright had asbestos exposure from working as a mechanic at multiple shops...more

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Workplace Mental Health: Strategies for Stress and Anxiety Relief

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From heavy workloads to news overloads and more, stressors everywhere can negatively impact the workplace. Understanding your legal obligations as an employer to accommodate mental-health-support requests and implementing...more

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Alabama Supreme Court Appellate Alert: Decisions from October 31, 2025

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The Alabama Supreme Court issued its weekly release list on Friday, October 31, which included the following orders and opinions of interest to the Alabama business community...more

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Can Dupixent Cause Lymphoma? What Patients and Families Should Know

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When you start a medication like Dupixent (dupilumab), you expect relief from eczema or asthma, not the devastation of a cancer diagnosis. Yet growing medical evidence shows that some patients developed cutaneous T-cell...more

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AvKARE Publishes Voluntary Recall Notice for BRS Over-the-Counter Eye Drops

The pharmaceutical retailer AvKARE has published a voluntary recall notice for five different types of eye drops previously available through the company’s online store. The recall involves products sold by BRS Analytical...more

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First Dupixent Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Lymphoma: What It Means for Patients and Families

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The first known lawsuit has now been filed against the makers of Dupixent (dupilumab), alleging that the popular eczema and asthma drug caused or accelerated a deadly form of lymphoma....more

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Dupixent Lawsuit: Litigation Update and Settlement Information

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Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare and aggressive form of cancer that has been linked to the drug Dupixent in some cases. Dupixent is prescribed to asthma patients as well as for treatment of chronic obstructive...more

Marshall Dennehey

Appearance of Impropriety by Arbitrator Insufficient to Vacate Arbitrator’s Award

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Shannon v. Weis Markets, Inc. Store #173, 2025 WL 2653892 (Filed September 16, 2025) - This York County matter concerned the plaintiff’s claim that Weis Markets was liable for her slip-and-fall and her injuries resulting...more

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Luzerne County Court Denies Amendment to Add Punitive Damages for Post-Incident Conduct in Dog-Bite Case

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Pavlik v. Smith, No. 2024-CV-09109 (Pa. Com. Pl. Aug. 1, 2025) - The plaintiff sought the amend her complaint to add a claim of negligence per se, to add a theory of joint and several liability against both defendants and,...more

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First Department Rejects De Minimis Defense, Grants Summary Judgment for Worker’s Fall Under Labor Law 240(1)

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Palumbo v. Citigroup Tech., Inc., 2025 NY Slip Op 04298, July 24, 2025 - The First Department has held that a fall from a height of 10 ½ to 20 inches is not a bar to summary judgment because the height differential is not,...more

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Court Grants Summary Judgment to Grocery Store Where Plaintiff Failed to Show Cause of Fall or Notice of Hazard

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Staley v. Price Chopper Market 32, docket no. 3908 CIVIL 2024 (Pa. Com. Pl. Aug. 11, 2025) - The plaintiff alleged that she slipped and fell in the women’s restroom of the defendant’s grocery store. The plaintiff claimed she...more

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Superior Court Affirms Defense Verdict, No Adverse Spoliation Inference Where Lost Video Did Not Capture Incident or Contain...

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Conklin v. Wawa, 2025 WL 2237319 (Pa. Super. 2025) - The plaintiff tripped and fell on a floor mat near the beverage area in the defendant’s store. After the incident, a store employee reviewed surveillance footage from the...more

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Pa. Superior Court Reverses Summary Judgment, Finding Fact Issues on Store’s Duty to Anticipate Off-Premises Assault

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Borth v. Alpha Century Security, Inc., 2025 WL 2181440 (Pa. Super. 2025) - The plaintiff was beaten and robbed a block away from the defendant’s store. Prior to the incident, the plaintiff and the assailant were both in the...more

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What is The Tax Treatment of Damages in Litigation?

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Understanding the tax implications and treatment of litigation damages, settlements and awards is critical for both plaintiffs and defendants. The basic principle is straightforward: damages received for personal physical...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Keeps Asbestos Trust Data Case Alive: Motions to Dismiss Denied

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On October 24, 2025, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied motions to dismiss in a high-profile challenge to asbestos trust data-retention policies, allowing asbestos defendants’ claims to proceed...more

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Commonwealth Court Vacates Verdict, Holding Comparative Negligence Instruction Improper in Dog Attack Case

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Coffin v. Carbon County Animal Shelter, 2025 WL 2048561 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2025) - When the plaintiff, a volunteer at the dog shelter, arrived at the shelter, a dog on a leash jumped up. The plaintiff moved away and told an...more

Marshall Dennehey

Third Circuit Court of Appeals Holds a Product Liability Plaintiff Does Not Need an Expert to Survive Summary Judgment in Certain...

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Slatowski v. Sig Sauer, Inc., 148 F.3d 132 (3d Cir. 2025) - Product liability suits often involve complex machinery or detailed questions of product design and engineering. Thus, when defendants seek to preclude a plaintiff’s...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Do You Have a Defective Drug Claim or a Medical Malpractice Claim?

If you have experienced serious or life-altering complications from a drug that your doctor prescribed, you may be entitled to financial compensation for your financial and non-financial losses. ...more

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Open Floodgates to Personal Injury? RICO Claims Post-Horn

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The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) is well known for having outgrown its original purpose. No longer a mere tool for prosecuting the mob, today it casts a net over a range of garden variety...more

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Another Ohio District Court Rules that the Non-Economic Damages Cap on Catastrophic Medical Injuries is Unconstitutional as...

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Lyon v. Riverside Methodist Hospital, (10th Dist.), 2025-Ohio-2991 -Following the 8th District Court of Appeals’ ruling in Paganini v. Cataract Eye Center of Cleveland earlier this year, the 10th District has likewise ruled...more

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