Articles Posted in Personal Injury Law

Consumers filed a class action lawsuit against McDonald's in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, on October 29, 2024, after eating a Quarter Pounder burger and suffering E. coli symptoms.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will soon decide who is entitled to keep the ring of a broken engagement in a case that could alter Massachusetts law. Current Massachusetts law stemming from a 1959 case holds that if an engagement ends without marriage, the person who gave the ring is generally…

On Thursday, July 25, 2024, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that a consumer who suffered serious medical problems after having a bone lodged in his throat while eating a boneless chicken wing could have reasonably expected the boneless wing to have bones.

Ex-Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider sued the creators of the documentary "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" on Wednesday, alleging that their series defamed him and falsely implied that he was a child sexual abuser.

On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill protecting in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients and providers from liability if the embryos created during the process are damaged or destroyed. The development was prompted by a recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are people and that people who destroy…

A New York painter and performance artist sued the Museum of Modern Art on Monday, alleging it intentionally and negligently failed to take action to prevent recurrent sexual assaults.

New York sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, arguing that the snack giant's single-use bottles, caps, and wrappers are a large contributor to the pollution of the Buffalo River and have impacted public health, freshwater species, the ecosystem, the public's use and enjoyment of the river, and the aesthetic value of the river and its shoreline.

Allan Kassenoff, former patent litigation shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, individually and as guardian of his minor children, along with his matrimonial attorney, sued social media influencer Robert Harvey in federal court on Tuesday over “a few clicks of his keyboard and a video upload to TikTok” that allegedly financially destroyed Kassenoff and harmed…

The widow of a USC linebacker who had suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) failed to prove that his death resulted from his repeated head injuries while playing football.

A federal magistrate judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in a high-profile Flint water contamination case after jurors stated that they could not reach a unanimous verdict without threatening their physical and mental health.