Wash. Supreme Ct. Overturns Law Setting 8-Year Deadline for Medical Malpractice Suits December 8, 2023 By Jim Sams The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a statute that bars medical malpractice lawsuits filed more than eight years after...
Iowa Judge Favors Property Owners in Pipeline Dispute May 5, 2023 SPENCER, Iowa (AP) – Opponents of planned liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in the Midwest won a victory when an Iowa...
Prince Andrew Case Cited by Woman who Accused Trump of Rape January 6, 2023 By Larry Neumeister NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a former advice columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in a department store...
NC Supreme Court Takes Up Sex Abuse Claim Time Extension July 11, 2022 By Gary D. Robertson RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Supreme Court will accelerate appeals over the constitutionality of a state law that gave...
9th Circuit: Wash. Law on Malpractice Suits Doesn’t Apply June 1, 2022 By Jim Sams A Washington state law that requires plaintiffs to file a declaration declining arbitration when filing a medical malpractice suit does...
Gunmakers Lose Challenge to New York law Allowing Lawsuits Against Industry May 26, 2022 By Nate Raymond A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers challenging the...
Arizona Court Won’t Halt Sex Suits Naming Boy Scouts, Others April 18, 2022 By Bob Christie PHOENIX (AP)– Arizona victims of long-ago child sex abuse can proceed with lawsuits against groups like the Boy Scouts of...
Ohio High Court Weighs Caps on Damages in Child Rape Cases March 31, 2022 By Andrew Welsh-Huggins COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman repeatedly raped as a child suffered injuries so severe that she’s owed millions...
San Jose Votes to Be First US City to Require Gun Liability Insurance January 26, 2022 Gun owners in San Jose, California, will be required to have insurance coverage for their weapons after city lawmakers passed...
Pennsylvania Supreme: Non-Treating Providers May Not Intervene in Utilization Review December 23, 2021 By Jim Sams In Pennsylvania, if an insurer contends that a medical service, drug or device is unnecessary, it must resolve the dispute...