The high court concluded the trial court erroneously refused a jury instruction supporting the defendants’ theory that the patient could have sustained a traumatic brain injury from a fall from other means than what was presented by the plaintiff.
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Mayor of Chicago Suburb Sued by Former Employee, Security Detail for Allegedly Covering Up Sexual Assault Reports
The complaint alleges that mayor Tiffany Henyard’s former assistant was drugged and sexually assaulted by a trustee for the Village of Dolton, Andrew Holmes, while on a work-related trip to Las Vegas for a conference Henyard was attending.
UPDATE: Virgin Galactic Files Countersuit Against Boeing's $25M Nonpayment Lawsuit
“Boeing repeatedly provided shoddy and incomplete work product … Boeing also substantially underdelivered intellectual property and technical artifacts essential to the Mothership program,” the lawsuit said.
Pinterest's Wanji Walcott Returns to the $10M Pay Club, Thanks to Sweeteners in First Contract
Walcott jumped aboard Pinterest in November 2022, enticed by CEO Bill Ready—a former colleague—to join the effort to turbocharge the image-sharing platform’s performance.
Judge Collectively Awards Walmart and Sam's Club $2M Following Breach of Rental Lease
Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan granted Walmart Real Estate Business Trust and Sam’s Club Real Estate Business Trust $1.3 million and $837,689, respectively, after the defendant, Quarterfield Partners, promised the companies an option to purchase their leased properties after 10 years, but failed to issue the notices or negotiate the sale of the […]
In Talc DQ Hearing, Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield Testifies: 'It Never Crossed My Mind'
Andy Birchfield, of Beasley Allen, took the stand on Wednesday to fend off Johnson & Johnson’s allegations that he breached his ethical duties by working with one of its former lawyers to come up with a proposed $19 billion talc settlement.
Hogan Lovells Hires 6-Lawyer Team, Including Former French Energy Regulator, in Paris
In other Paris moves, Herbert Smith Freehills got back a veteran banking and finance partner from a French firm, and a veteran Big Law arbitration partner started his own firm.
Washington State Ban on High-Capacity Magazines Declared Unconstitutional, Law Remains Intact Pending Appeal
“”Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, every other court that has considered a challenge to a law restricting high-capacity magazines around the country under the Second Amendment and article I, section 24 of the Washington Constitution has either rejected that challenge, or been overruled,” […]
Law Firm Specializing in 'Crypto Taxation' Claims Former Employee Used Proprietary Info in YouTube Videos
This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
'A Giant of the Bar': Longtime Proskauer Rose Partner and Holocaust Survivor Robert Kaufman Dies at 94
In 1987, Kaufman joined longtime Skadden partner Sheila Birnbaum in a City Bar effort to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to the confirmation of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court.