Personal Injury Roundup No. 101 (4/22/11)

It's the last day of classes here at the Charleston School of Law, and I am looking forward to summer as much as the students!

New Cases

• McDonald's tries to dismiss "Happy Meal" lawsuit.  (Reuters)
• One year after the Deepwater Horizon Spill, plaintiffs rush to beat the statute of limitations.  (WSJ Law Blog)
• Even BP joins in, filing suit against Halliburton.  (WSJ Law Blog). 
• Florida, however, chooses not to file suit.  (Sacramento Bee)

Trials, Settlements and Other Ends

• Medtronic preemption win in Minnesota.  (Drug & Device)
• Plaintiffs voluntarily dismiss "beef suit" against Taco Bell.  (WSJ Law Blog, ABA Journal)

Appeals

• The Supreme Court heard oral argument in AEP v. Connecticut (the global warming case).  Point of Law collects links.  WSJ Law Blog recaps the oral argument.

Reform, Legislation, Policy

• Tennessee lawmakers debate tort reform bill capping punitive damages.  (NPR)

Miscellaneous

• Mass torts lawyer James Ferraro settles five year dispute with the widow of his former law partner.  (ABA Journal).
• Curtis Milhaupt (my former Corporation's professor at Was U, now at Columbia) on Tokyo Electric's liability.  (Mass Torts Prof)

-SBS