In a deal meant to prevent further lawsuits, families of the victims in the Virginia Tech shootings have reportedly reached a $11 million settlement with the state.
A federal judge has awarded $412 million in additional fees to lawyers who sued the maker of the fen-phen diet-drug on behalf of thousands of plaintiffs.
A Missouri man, who lost a son in Iraq and whose wife suffers from debilitating memory loss because of an auto accident, couldn’t convince his wife’s former employer to back…
In Texas, dogs get a “first free bite,” a sort of get-out-of-jail-free card for owners to escape legal liability if their previously gentle pooch gets rough.
A lawsuit loan company that advanced $25,000 to an Atlanta lawyer and his law firm in exchange for a stake in the litigation has filed a lawsuit that shines a…
A California appeals court is standing its ground and refusing to change an earlier ruling requiring Ford Motor Co. to pay $82.6 million in a rollover case.
Recently indicted plaintiffs lawyer Richard Scruggs bolstered his reputation as a legendary plaintiffs lawyer in the 1990s when he won settlements for shipyard workers exposed to asbestos and helped force…
Lawyers responded quickly after Las Vegas shut down an endoscopy center accused of reusing syringes and infecting at least six patients with hepatitis. They rushed to place ads seeking clients…
Expert witnesses are citing a test designed to spot those who are faking their pain in hundreds of court cases, prompting debate about its reliability.
A federal judge in New York has refused to dismiss a $105 million lawsuit against Dateline NBC that blames a Texas prosecutor’s suicide on the show’s series about child predators.
The widow of a Connecticut judge who claims her husband died from overwork can’t sue the state under a special statute that extended the time limit for her to file…
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