Friday, May 27, 2011
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
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