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Law Offices of Brian Cunha & Associates Settles Personal Injury Case, Dog Bite …MarketWatch (press release)Rhode Island General Laws 4-13-16 entitled, ACTION FOR DAMAGES TO ANIMALS makes the owner of any dog who injures or kills another domestic animal or person while traveling on the street or out of the enclosure of the owner or [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) on Dec. 19 ordered the consolidation of all federally filed personal injury cases against sneaker manufacturer Skechers for injuries that plaintiffs claim were caused by the rocker bottom of its “Shape-Ups” toning shoes (In re: Skechers Toning Shoe Products Liability Litigation, JPMDL, MDL No. [...]

SAN DIEGO – A man who claims that he paid more for a portable hard drive promising effortless file backups and then had to pay a computer consultant after the device did not perform as expected alleges standing under the California unfair competition law (UCL) and pleads the claim with adequate specificity, a federal judge [...]

ATLANTA – For a second time, a First Division Georgia Court of Appeals panel has overturned a defense judgment and remanded a carbon monoxide exposure personal injury lawsuit for retrial; the panel found the trial court abused its discretion and erred in decisions regarding jury selection; the opinion was entered Dec. 16 (Jocelyn Harper v. [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on Dec. 12 affirmed a Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision that denied entitlement to service connection for the alleged effects of a bilateral foot injury due to frostbite a veteran asserted that he suffered while serving in the U.S. Army in Germany in the [...]

BALTIMORE – A potential competitor pleaded antitrust injury related to long-term, sole-source contracts sufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss by showing genuine intent and preparedness to enter the relevant market, a federal judge in Maryland ruled Dec. 13 (BNLfood Investments Limited Sarl v. Martek Biosciences Corp., No. WDQ-11-0446, Md.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143588). [...]

Two law firm employees whose financial data was hacked have no standing to sue the payroll-processing company that allowed the breach, the 3rd Circuit has held in a precedential opinion, finding the alleged injuries to be too speculative given the lack of evidence that the compromised information has been or will be used. View full [...]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court on Dec. 12 affirmed a trial court decision to disallow portions of expert testimony for the defendant in a premises liability action, concluding that the expert’s testimony involving a telephone conversation he had regarding building codes was properly categorized as hearsay (James Q. Holder, et al. v. Westgate [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twelve Plavix injury cases will not be centralized because of the limited number of cases and because of a small number of plaintiff lawyers involved, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said Dec. 14 in denying a motion filed by two drug company defendants (In Re: Plavix Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket [...]

CHICAGO – An Illinois Appellate Court panel on Dec. 2 affirmed summary judgment for a defendant in a construction site injury action, agreeing that a subcontractor did not have involvement with the safety of the plaintiff’s workplace (Anwar Oshana v. FCL Builders Inc., et al., No. 1-10-1628, Ill. App., 1st Dist.; 2011 Ill. App. Unpub. [...]