http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-06-18T16:31:58-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers/ When Bill Oliver started work on June 1, 1963 at Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, there were only seven attorneys at the Kansas law firm. The Internet didn't exist, legal research was done in law libraries and attorneys dictated their work to legal secretaries for whom… Aviation & Space Law, Careers, Law Firms, Midsize Firm, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, States, Kansas Thu, 30 May 2013 17:06:36 -0500 44421.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/should_this_toy_be_saved/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Law, Government Law, Legislation & Lobbying, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, Features Wed, 01 May 2013 05:10:10 -0500 43762.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dangerous_desk_toy_buckyballs_voluntarily_recalled_by_retailers/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission, stymied in attempts to get a manufacturer to foot the bill, persuaded several prominent retailers to voluntarily join the agency in a recall of Buckyballs, the super-magnet desk toys which have seriously damaged the intestines of children who swallow them. The… Consumer Law, Health Law, Tort Law, Injury & Accident Law, Product Liability Law Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:50:18 -0500 43953.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/treble_damages_requested_against_two_lawyers_in_rico_aspestos_fraud_case/ CSX Transportation has asked a federal court to treble the damages a jury awarded the company in January in a case against two Pittsburgh plaintiff lawyers and a physician found liable for fraudulent claims in asbestos-related injury matters, according to a report by the West Virginia Record, a legal… Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:05:53 -0600 42742.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/deputy_served_spit-laced_burger_can_sue_court_says/ A sheriff's deputy who claims he was served–but did not eat–a spit-laced burger can sue the burger maker under state product liability law for emotional distress, the Washington Supreme Court has held. The court, in a 6-3 decision (PDF) Thursday, said state law permits relief for emotional distress… Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, 9th Circuit Court, States, Washington Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:09:08 -0600 42681.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/two_toyota_sudden_acceleration_cases_are_settled_terms_and_evidence_are_sec/ Toyota has settled two bellwether sudden-acceleration cases in recent weeks, including a personal injury suit involving a Utah crash that killed the driver and a passenger. Terms of the settlements are confidential, and much of the evidence in the cases is sealed, the Los Angeles Times… Consumer Law, Tort Law, Injury & Accident Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, California Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:30:45 -0600 42425.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/columnist_who_is_injured_by_an_immersion_blender_finds_other_mishap_stories/ A columnist who Googled “immersion blender” learned she is not the only one who suffered a mishap while trying to pry food out of the blades. Writing in the New York Times, writer Alexandra Jacobs tells how she injured her fingers with the hand-held blender. It’s… Tort Law, Injury & Accident Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:59:42 -0600 42418.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/baltimore_judge_to_consider_plan_to_revive_backburner_asbestos_cases/ A law firm whose name partner bought the Baltimore Orioles with money earned from asbestos suits has a new plan to push more cases through the court system. The plan by the Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos would revive the cases of 13,000 people who claim they became ill… Law Firms, Tort Law, Injury & Accident Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:28:29 -0600 42068.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_judge_litigation_is_not_a_game_orders_goodyear_2_lawyers_to_pay_pla/ Finding that a major corporation and two lawyers representing the company blatantly ignored or evaded their discovery obligations and comparing a hard-fought products liability action to the endless Jarndyce and Jarndyce case described in Charles Dickens' Bleak House, a federal judge in Arizona has ordered Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.… Consumer Law, Corporate Law, Judiciary, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements, 9th Circuit Court, States, Arizona Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:45:06 -0600 41661.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_voting_lines_funniest_lawyer_ski_goggles_writing/ How Should Obama 'Fix That'? University of Califorina, Irvine, law professor Richard Hasen wrote at Election Law Blog about how he thinks President Barack Obama could make good on his promise to '"fix" the problem of outrageously long lines at polling places. "I… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Careers, Work/Life Balance, Election Law, Law Firms, Associates, Tort Law, Product Liability Law Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:30:16 -0600 41541.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/more_than_100_suits_filed_over_pradaxa_warnings/ More than 100 lawsuits have been filed in federal courts over alleged bleeding risks from the blood thinner Pradaxa. The medication has been on the market for two years, generating $1 billion in sales, the New York Times reports. The drug has been linked to more… Health Law, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, States, Illinois Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:00:48 -0600 41480.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/will_chinese_drywall_plaintiffs_collect_one_company_settles_another_contest/ Two recent rulings favor plaintiffs suing over allegedly defective Chinese drywall, but the possibility of eventual collection from the foreign manufacturer is unclear. The rulings—one last month by a federal judge in Louisiana and the other on Aug. 31 by a Florida state judge—found that U.S. courts had jurisdiction, the… Civil Procedure, Consumer Law, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:42:16 -0500 41146.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/gas_can_flame_arrester_at_issue_in_suits_blamed_for_corporate_closing/ Abusive lawsuits are blamed for the shutdown of gas can manufacturer Blitz USA in an ad by the Institute for Legal Reform. The ad shows plant employees in Oklahoma who lost their jobs and invites viewers to visit FacesofLawsuitAbuse.com to learn how in-house lawyers ranked states for their… Corporate Law, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:59:59 -0500 41038.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_approves_37.5m_fema_trailer_settlement/ A $37.5 million class-action settlement involving FEMA trailers with high formaldehyde levels was approved today by a New Orleans federal judge. Approximately 55,000 individuals, who lost their homes during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, will be eligible for the payment, the Associated Press reports. Government tests performed on… Consumer Law, Environmental Law, Natural Disasters, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:25:03 -0500 40913.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/attractive_nuisance_when_fun_factor_overshadows_risk_lawsuits_are_sure_to/ Insurance Law, Tort Law, Injury & Accident Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, Obiter Dicta Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:30:56 -0500 37759.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/can_cop_get_emotional_distress_damages_for_whopper_spit_9th_circuit_seeks_w/ A federal appeals court has asked the Washington Supreme Court for its opinion on whether state product liability law allows a police officer to recover emotional distress damages caused when he found a glob of spit on a Whopper. Sheriff's Deputy Edward Bylsma of Clark County claims he checked out… Tort Law, Product Liability Law, States, Washington Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:16:41 -0600 36850.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/family_sues_american_airlines_after_man_eats_in-flight_meal_and_dies/ A 73-year-old Florida man contacted food poisoning and died shortly eating an in-flight meal on American Airlines, according to his family, and they recently filed a lawsuit against the carrier in the U.S. District Court in Miami. Othon Cortes was flying from Barcelona to New York when he ate a… Aviation & Space Law, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:15:46 -0600 36251.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/research_on_junk_foods_and_addiction_could_lead_to_tobacco-type_litigation_/ Processed foods that contain high sugar and fat and little in the way of nutrients could be changing the brain in a way that resembles addiction, some researchers believe. The findings are leading Yale psychology and public health professor Kelly Brownell to suggest food companies could face… Health Law, Tort Law, Product Liability Law Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:49:36 -0500 35851.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_real_slashes_4.7m_fee_request_in_headlight_case_calls_amount_highly_u/ Lawyers who obtained a class-action settlement valued at more than $3.8 million in a Prius headlight suit won’t get anywhere near the $4.7 million they requested in attorney fees, according to the federal judge presiding in the case. U.S. District Judge Manuel Real of Los Angeles called the request “highly… Consumer Law, Judiciary, Law Firms, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:07:11 -0500 35484.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/miss._supreme_court_removes_judge_from_322m_asbestos_case_because_of_dads_s/ The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered the recusal of a judge who presided over an asbestos trial that resulted in a $322 million award for the plaintiffs. The court ordered Judge Eddie Bowen of Smith County to recuse himself after the defendant, Union Carbide, said… Judiciary, Legal Ethics, Tort Law, Product Liability Law, Trials & Litigation, States, Mississippi Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:33:15 -0500 35340.abajournal.com