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California high court agrees to consider impact of private health insurance on economic damages
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 18 2010
The California Supreme Court has decided to hear a case asking whether a personal injury plaintiff may "recover as economic damages an amount exceeding what his or her private health insurance has paid and the relevant healthcare provider has accepted as payment in full for medical services."
Tenth Circuit dismisses tire failure claims proferred expert testimony unreliable
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 5 2010
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court decision to exclude the plaintiffs' expert from testifying about the failure of a tire in a fatal vehicle accident and upheld the grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment
Legal scholars seek ethics and recusal rules for U.S. Supreme Court justices
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 3 2011
More than 100 law school professors have submitted a letter to the Senate and House judiciary committees "to issue a nonpartisan call for the implementation of mandatory and enforceable judicial ethics rules to protect the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Maryland High Court upholds non-economic damages limit
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- September 30 2010
The Maryland Court of Appeals has determined that a statutory cap on non-economic damages does not violate a plaintiff's constitutional rights
Tennessee lawmakers advance tort reform package
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 26 2011
Tennessee lawmakers have approved a tort reform package (HB 2008SB 1522) designed to improve the state's business climate
Plaintiffs challenge need for medical records to support medical monitoring claim
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- USA
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- May 26 2011
According to a news source, Pennsylvania residents who allege property damage and personal injury in litigation against companies extracting natural gas by means of hydraulic fracturing have sought a protective order to deny the defendants access to their medical records
Wisconsin Governor signs sweeping tort reform bill into law
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- February 3 2011
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) has signed a tort reform bill (A.B. 1) designed to provide businesses and nursing homes with added protection from lawsuits
Pennsylvania lawmakers poised to abolish joint-and-several liability
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 14 2011
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has reportedly passed a bill (H.B. No. 1) that would change the way damages are awarded in most civil lawsuits
Federal judge orders Chinese citizen’s spouse to produce documents and other discovery
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- January 12 2012
The husband of a woman killed in an airline crash in New York has been ordered to produce additional discoverable information, including materials located in China
Jury awards plaintiffs $20.6 million for death from inflatable pool slide injury
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- October 27 2011
According to news sources, the family of a woman who died after using an inflatable, in-ground pool slide that partially collapsed before she reached the pool has been awarded more than $20 million in compensatory and punitive damages following a jury trial in Massachusetts
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- Firm Name - Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
- Author - Simon Castley