https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 22:05:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333316 The federal government brought a bombshell False Claims Act suit Thursday against Aetna, Elevance and Humana, claiming the insurers paid hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to brokers in exchange for enrollments into their Medicare Advantage plans, with Humana and Aetna also accused of discriminating against disabled beneficiaries. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:00:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333090?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333090 A Florida appellate panel ruled in favor of a condominium association in a lawsuit over a noise dispute between a family caring for their autistic son and a neighbor, finding no evidence that the family faced discrimination in violation of housing laws. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:10:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332952?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332952 A Georgia jury heard in closing arguments on Thursday that C.R. Bard's medical sterilization plant wantonly polluted the air with ethylene oxide and caused a man's cancer, while the company said the man's exposure was nowhere near danger levels. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:43:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333310?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333310 The Eleventh Circuit held Thursday that a couple's lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over injuries allegedly caused by a pelvic mesh device made by the company's med-tech unit was filed too late despite evidence that the woman's doctors had expressed uncertainty for years about whether the mesh was causing her pain. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:25:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332580 Publix Super Markets Inc. can't slip opioid-related claims from nine municipalities in which the supermarket chain alleges it has no pharmacies, an Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling national opioid litigation ruled. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:28:58 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333164?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333164 A 16-year-old girl who alleges she was groomed by a child predator on Roblox and Discord has hit the companies with a product liability suit in Texas, writing that their sites make kids "easy prey for pedophiles." Thu, 01 May 2025 17:51:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2331951?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2331951 A Florida federal judge tossed a lawsuit against Miami over the arrest of comedian Hannibal Buress in 2017, saying it originally misunderstood the city's arguments and that granting its motion to reconsider "would prevent manifest injustice." Thu, 01 May 2025 17:50:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333074 A Johnson & Johnson talc unit has asked a New Jersey federal court to reinstate its libel suit over a scientific article linking talcum powder to mesothelioma, arguing that newly discovered evidence shows statements in the article are false. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:56:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332404?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332404 A prosecutor and attorneys for clinic workers charged in connection with the death of a 5-year-old boy in a hyperbaric chamber explosion expressed frustration Wednesday that they cannot get their experts into the building to investigate because of a temporary restraining order they say is interfering with the criminal cases. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:52:58 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332361?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332361 A trucker who was hit in his sleeper cab and then ran after the semi-truck that he believed caused the incident, jumping on its running board till he was thrown, may be entitled to insurance benefits, Michigan appellate judges said, reversing most of a lower court's judgment. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:38:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333258?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2333258 Massachusetts-based car sharing company Zipcar and the owner of a public parking garage are not liable for injuries suffered by a college student who was struck by a drunken driver while dropping off a car back in 2017, an intermediate appellate court concluded Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:26:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2331854?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2331854 A Texas bankruptcy court recently rejected Johnson & Johnson's third attempt to use Chapter 11 to resolve liabilities from allegations of injuries from using talcum powder, suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court's limitations on nondebtor releases, from 2024's Purdue Pharma ruling, may prove difficult to evade, say attorneys at Cadwalader. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:33:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332615 Nationwide has filed suit asking an Illinois federal court to declare that it has no duty to cover a suburban Chicago gym in a 3-year-old "fat freezing" injury case headed to trial in June, saying the underlying injury doesn't trigger the facility's policy. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:09:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332063?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332063 The Third Circuit wondered Wednesday why a jury couldn't be allowed to examine the same type of gun, or at least a replica of one, that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer claims spontaneously fired into his leg at a design defect trial that he wants revived. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:11:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332642?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332642 A former Dominion Voting executive said MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell shouldn't be allowed to delay a June defamation trial because his attorneys face potential sanctions for a brief that used artificial intelligence, arguing recent executive orders against law firms suggest the defamation claim would face "extreme prejudice" from a delay. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:31:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332435?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332435 A New Jersey federal judge tossed two claims, but allowed contested expert testimony, in a hunter's negligence and liability lawsuit that alleges he was injured when his Ravin Crossbow "exploded" and knocked him out of a tree stand. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:14:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332629 The school district for East Palestine, Ohio, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Norfolk Southern, claiming the railroad hasn't made good on its promises to help the district recover after a fiery derailment shook the town in 2023. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:48:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332697?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332697 Lloyd's of London underwriters and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre agreed to end a dispute over the payment of defense expenses related to sexual abuse claims against the diocese, according to a New York federal court filing entered Wednesday, months after the Catholic organization confirmed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan.  Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:25:14 +0000 https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332390?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/personal-injury-medical-malpractice/articles/2332390 A New Jersey state trial court erred in allowing trial evidence of a woman's medical history, prior falls and a handicapped placard in a slip-and-fall case against Home Depot U.S.A. Inc., a state appellate panel ruled Wednesday in vacating a jury verdict in favor of the retailer.