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Michael Best prevails on subcontractor dispute appeal
Two attorneys at Michael Best & Friedrich prevailed on a $1.1 million subcontractor dispute in front of a Court of Appeals.
Lawyer: Jury awards $135M to girl for botched surgery
A jury in Wayne County, Michigan, has awarded $135 million verdict in a lawsuit over a botched spinal surgery on a 10-year-old girl.
Mass tort builds over Mirena IUD injuries
A mass tort is taking shape over the Mirena IUD, a device that many women claim migrates after insertion and becomes embedded in the uterus or punctures organs, requiring surgical removal and sometimes causing infection and other injuries.
Justices tackle puzzling law in medical battery case
Attempts to sort out the meaning of a confusing and oddly worded statute to determine whether a Navy surgeon is immune from liability for allegedly performing eye surgery without obtaining consent left the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court bleary-eyed.
After first vaginal mesh verdict, mass tort lawyers grow confident
After the first case involving a vaginal mesh product to go to trial ended in a $5.5 million verdict for a California woman, plaintiffs’ attorneys are optimistic about the ongoing litigation against four manufacturers of similar products.
TORT REPORT: Is Wisconsin now just like everybody else?
The first two months of 2011 brought Wisconsin a new Legislature, a new governor and a wave of tort reform.
Railroad preemption case lands at US Supreme Court
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are set to decide whether a state law tort suit involving a railroad worker who died from on-the-job asbestos exposure is preempted by a federal railroad inspection law.
High court considers ‘Bivens’ claims against private prison
At oral arguments on Tuesday, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical of a federal prisoner’s claim that he should be allowed to bring a Bivens action against private contractors who run the prison where he was housed.
Trespass bill targets national tort guidelines
Wisconsin legislators are racing to pass a bill that would confirm longstanding liability protections for property owners when trespassers are injured.
Warning signs: Bill would provide obstacle in mass tort cases
Attorney Kevin Martin isn’t looking forward to telling a female client with shards of a medical implant imbedded in her bladder that she can’t sue the maker because her doctor didn’t have to tell her about the risks.
State seat belt suits not preempted
Federal law doesn’t preempt state tort suits alleging seatbelts were negligently designed.
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