Black Friday can be a great day for both retailers and consumers but the crowds and hysteria surrounding the kick-off to the holiday shopping season lead to at least a handful of injuries every year. In 2011, more than 20 …
A bill its author says will provide a framework to measure damages when a plaintiff suffers injuries that passed the California Senate floor is being called by its detractors a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” effort to overturn the 2011 Howell …
The New Hampshire State Senate’s Judiciary Committee is considering a bill aimed at beefing up liability protections for New Hampshire landowners who open their property to the public. The House-passed bill says any landowner, lessee or manager of property open …
Erie County will pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who suffered brain damage after she nearly drowned in a public pool two years ago. The Buffalo News reported on Wednesday that the payment will settle …
The Ogden, Utah, City Council has passed an ordinance requiring owners to carry $50,000 in liability insurance if their dogs are determined to be dangerous. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the law was approved 5-2, despite criticism from pet …
A federal appeals panel is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court if state law that limits non-economic damages to $1 million in civil cases is constitutional. The question from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, dated …
