Many lives are wrecked each year due to the negligence of another person. This can lead to physical, emotional and financial injuries that create a sense of hopelessness in the aggrieved. Unfortunately, too many victims settle for this new normal and allow insurance companies and the defense to slide off…

A New Jersey appeals court ruled that a dispute over incentive payments for bulk sales of personal protection equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic is not subject to state statutes providing for fee shifting and 200% liquidated damages. The appeals court rejected claims by an employee who sold $32 million worth of…

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari of a challenge to a Connecticut public act that prohibited religious exemptions from vaccine requirements in schools. Plaintiffs—We The Patriots USA Inc. and CT Freedom Alliance LLC, Constantina Lora, Miriam Hidalgo and Asma Elidrissi—sued the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Development, Connecticut…

The Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear a ConocoPhillips oil and gas lease dispute that the mineral rights owner claim, should the energy company prevail, would upend thousands of deals. Conoco wants the high court to reverse a the Thirteenth District Court of Appeals opinion in favor of the leaseholder,…

Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig is accusing its insurer of refusing to pay for a $565,000 legal malpractice settlement that the Philadelphia personal injury firm reached with a former client. Feldman Shepherd recently filed suit against Allied World Insurance Co., alleging that the company left the firm to defend itself against the professional liability claim…

As Democratic primary elections draw to a close, the New York City Bar Association has released ratings for eight judicial candidates running for the Civil Court bench in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. To determine ratings, the City Bar’s 50-member Judiciary Committee evaluates the candidates through a thorough vetting process that…