Personal Injury Roundup No. 74

Reform, Legislation, Policy

• Louisiana Senate committee rejects bill to ban energy drinks to kids.  (Bloomberg Business Week)
• Pennsylvania releases med-mal data.  (TortsProf)
• Florida passes two tort-reform measures - risky activity waivers for children and increase on damages caps in suits against the state.  (Miami Herald)
• FDA plans to limit amount of salt in processed foods.  (WaPo)

Appeals

• Rhode Island Supreme Court allows suit against city of Newport for fall along the famous Cliff Walk.  (UPI)
• NY Appellate Division rules assumption of risk was not complete defense in cheer leading accident.  (NY Law Journal/law.com)
• Ninth Circuit follows Seventh Circuit and holds that denial of class certification does not divest court of CAFA jurisdiction.  (Consumer Class Actions & Mass Torts)

Trials, Settlements and Other Ends

• Judge dismisses Federal Torts Claims Act suit against SEC over Madoff fraud.  (National Law Journal/law.com)
• Sort of an "other end" - MN doctors ask judge to reject Guidant plea deal that would settle federal criminal charges over Guidant heart defibrillators.  (MN Star Tribune)

Miscellaneous

• Washington Legal Foundation introduces its new blog:  Legal Pulse.

-SBS