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Marshall Dennehey

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal, Finds Co-Owner Without Control Not an Indispensable Party in Premises Liability...

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Simone v. Alam, 333 A.3d 359 (Pa. 2025) - On appeal, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversed and remanded the Superior Court’s motion to dismiss order in a premises liability negligence case on the basis that the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SC Supreme Court Clarifies Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages

The South Carolina Supreme Court recently decided Garrison v. Target Corporation in which it interpreted South Carolina’s statutory cap on punitive damages....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Fifth Circuit's Seaman Status Realignment Brings New Considerations for Offshore Oil & Gas and Wind Industry Operators

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Since the enactment of the Jones Act, courts have wrestled to define "seaman" and who is entitled to remedies under the Jones Act. The Jones Act grants a "seaman" a negligence cause of action against his employer and only a...more

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Eighth Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Holding Individualized Evidence Is...

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Eighth Circuit Overturns Class Certification in Suit Against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Holding Individualized Evidence is Required for Each Putative Class Member; District Judge Approves Magistrate’s Recommendation to Deny...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

Improper Remarks During Closing Argument Reverse Defense Verdict: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical Malpractice...

Can comments intended to inflame the passions of the jury, even if directed at a non-party, result in error? Michael Konewko v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation d/b/a Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital 2020 IL App...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

PREP Act Does Not Require Federal Forum for State Law Negligence Claims Related to COVID-19

A New Jersey District Court Judge has ruled that the March 2020 federal liability immunity statute for pandemic-related countermeasures does not create a basis for federal jurisdiction, resulting in the remand of two...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Sports, Drugs, and Pensions

This week, we take a look at two Ninth Circuit decisions concerning the employer-employee relationship.  In the first, the Court let the lawsuit against the NFL for its negligent handling of drug distribution to its injured...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Minnesota Supreme Court Extends Actual Malice Standard for Presumed Damages to Nonmedia Defendants

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On June 26, 2019, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that a private plaintiff may not recover presumed damages for defamatory statements involving a matter of public concern unless the plaintiff can establish actual malice....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Insurer Prohibited from Relitigating Issue 'Necessarily Determined' by Federal Court

Judge Sanders granted partial summary judgment in favor of Raw Seafoods, Inc. (RSI), a seafood processor, in a coverage dispute with its insurer, Hanover Insurance Group (Hanover). Judge Sanders held that Hanover was bound by...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - April 29, 2019

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision this morning: Thacker v. TVA, No. 17-1201: The Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) is a federally-created and Government-owned corporation that...more

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Supreme Court Decides Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority

On April 29, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority, No. 17-1201, holding that the “sue-and-be-sued” clause that waives the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) sovereign...more

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Mold Damages/Professional Engineer: Louisiana Appellate Court Addresses Application of Prescription to Negligence Claim

The Court of Appeal of Louisiana (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a March 14th opinion issues associated with two individuals’ negligence claim against a Professional Engineer and his employer. See Lauren Pizzolato and John...more

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The Washington Court of Appeals Clarifies When the Statute of Limitations for a Negligence Claim Begins to Run Under the Discovery...

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Dep’t of Transp. v. Seattle Tunnel Partners, 2019 BL 36988, 2 (Wash. App. Div. 2 Feb. 05, 2019) - On January 8, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the State of Washington reversed and remanded in part a trial court’s grant of...more

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Appellate Courts Have Discretion To Set Scope Of New Trial On Remand—At Least Sometimes

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Rule 59 is a powerful tool. A trial court has discretion to determine whether any one of the nine grounds in Rule 59(a) applies. The trial court then has discretion to select a remedy—a new trial in whole or in part....more

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Pennsylvania High Court’s Dittman Ruling Makes It Harder To Dismiss Data Breach Actions

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that employers have “a legal duty to safeguard” the personal data of their employees which is stored on internet-accessible computer systems and that the economic loss doctrine...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules that Employers Have an Affirmative Duty to Protect Workers’ Personal Data from Cybercriminals:...

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In a landmark decision with far-reaching implication, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that employers have an affirmative duty to protect their employees’ personal information from criminal hacking. In particular,...more

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Appellate Court Lowers Pleading Requirements for Standing in Optometrists’ Data Breach Suit

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has found that allegations that fraudsters used the personal information of data breach victims are sufficient to establish standing even without any fraudulent charges...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: June 2018

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Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Recognizes ‘Innovator Liability’

On March 16, 2018, in a matter of first impression in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) joined a minority of states in recognizing a tort theory of “Innovator Liability” – namely, that brand-name drug...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Broker-Dealer’s Liability For Employee’s Fraud

Will a broker-dealer be liable when a financial advisor employed by the firm solicits investments as part of a fraudulent scheme, where the firm specifically prohibited the advisor from soliciting the investment, the...more

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Appellate Court Notes - Week ending March 24

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SC18996 - Meyers v. Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly, P.C. This case arrived from a divided Appellate Court where some jurist opined that the plaintiff’s attorney malpractice claims sounded solely in tort,...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Fat Tuesday Special: Louisiana Court Holds that “Coconut Throwing” Endorsement Does Not Bar Coverage for Mardis Gras Float

In Faith Brooks v. Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Inc., 110 So.3d 703 (La. Ct. App. 2013), the Louisiana Court of Appeal held that the trial court improperly granted summary judgment to an insurer based on a coconut...more

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