Personal Injury Roundup No. 105 (5/27/11)

New Cases

• NC:  Plaintiff opens argument in dental malpractice claim alleging the dentist pulled too many teeth.  (The Herald-Sun)

Appeals

• MD:  Plaintiff awarded new trial in lead paint case after jury verdict for landlord.  (Miller/The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog)

Damages

• NY:  Fractured jaw pain-and-suffering award reduced on appeal to $175,000.  (Hochfelder/New York Injury Cases Blog)
• CT:  $58M med mal verdict for injuries to baby during a 2002 cesarean section.  (NBC Connecticut)

Reform, Legislation, Policy

• Somin on Federalism and Tort Reform (VC)
• Frank on Somin on Federalism and Tort Reform (Point of Law)
• Olson on Federalism and Tort Reform (Overlawyered)
• Bernabe on ATRA's Defense of Tort Reform (Torts)
• TX:  Senate unanimously passes "loser pays" bill.  (Texas Tribune)
• WI:  The state dipped into a med mal fund for the general revenue, now Republican lawmakers want to pay it back.  (Green Bay Press Gazette)
• Med mal cases in freefall  (The Pop Tort)

Miscellaneous

• Ron Miller on Settlement Tactics in Large PI Cases (The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog)
• Toronto Law Journal has a special issue for Ernest Weinrib (Solum/Legal Theory Blog)

--CJR