UNMH Found Liable in MRSA Lawsuit Brought by Patient
A state court jury has decided that the University of New Mexico Hospital is liable for not testing surgical patient James Woodard of Roswell for MRSA before his 9½-hour back …
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Dallas Judge Entirely Dismisses Lawsuit Tony Romo’s National Fantasy Football Convention Filed against NFL
Tony Romo’s National Fantasy Football Convention received more bad news this week. The original lawsuit the NFFC filed against the NFL was entirely dismissed by Dallas judge Carl Ginsberg on Tuesday. “We are very pleased by the court’s ruling dismissing all of the NFFC’s claims in this case,” said Thad Behrens, lead counsel for the NFL.
Judge Dismisses Cabbie’s Racial Bias Lawsuit Against Portland Over Permits at Airport
A federal judge ruled in favor of the city of Portland on Thursday in a lawsuit brought by a white, American-born taxicab driver who claimed he was a victim of discrimination for being denied one of 43 permits to work as part of the Portland International Jetport’s taxi pool. The driver, Paul McDonough of South Portland, claimed in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland in 2015 …
Litigation Finance: The ‘Unicorn’ of Uncorrelated Absolute Returns?
Editor’s note: Billionaire Peter Thiel’s involvement in the infamous Gawker privacy case has renewed interest in litigation finance, an relatively esoteric corner of alternative investments that involves bankrolling lawsuits in return for a piece of any monetary judgements. As explained by Edward Truant, principal of commercial litigation finance specialist Balmoral Wood Litigation Finance, the …
Public Interest Firm Takes Fight Over Class Action Settlement to U.S. SC
A Washington, D.C.-based public interest law firm filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court last week, urging the court to review a class action settlement that it argues is unfair to class members. On Thursday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness, or CCAF, filed its petition for writ of certiorari with the nation’s highest …
Gov. Bentley Scandal: Bentley Gets Court Date to Fight Spencer Collier Lawsuit
Gov. Robert Bentley this week requested, and received, a court date to fight allegations made by former ALEA head Spencer Collier in his wrongful termination lawsuit. On Wednesday, Montgomery County Circuit Judge Johnny Hardwick set a hearing for July 26 for all motions pending in the lawsuit.
Pima County Wins Lawsuit Against State
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge is siding with Pima County in a lawsuit over an effort by the State of Arizona to shift more education taxes onto local taxpayers. Pima County’s lawsuit claims a state budget change last year unconstitutionally forces millions of dollars in education spending that previously had been handled by the state onto Pima County taxpayers. Before Judge Christopher …
Companies Forced to Rethink U.S. High Court Class Action Strategy
Lawyers for companies trying to fend off costly class action lawsuits are rethinking longstanding legal strategies after businesses lost two key U.S. Supreme Court cases as well as their staunchest supporter on the bench. At the start of the court’s term in October, the business community had reason to believe the justices would further pare back class action litigation after rulings …
CEI Challenges LexisNexis Class Action Settlement, Files Cert Petition Before U.S. Supreme Court
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed a cert petition before the U.S. Supreme Court asking for review of a class action lawsuit settlement in Schulman v. LexisNexis, et al. CCAF argued previously at a lower court that the settlement was unfair to the class and that the class attorneys were seeking excessive fees. Today’s petition for …
Religious Liberty Wins Big in Lawsuit Over Tallest Cross in America
It looks like opposing faith in the public square just got a little harder in the Lone Star State. The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, is the home of actress Eva Longoria, the Whataburger fast food chain, and is once again on track to be the future home of the tallest cross in the Americas, thanks to a lawsuit settlement reached on Tuesday, after the plaintiff in the case conceded that the …