Remove Cause of Action Remove Lawyers Remove Virginia
article thumbnail

Decedent’s personal injury settlement did not become wrongful death proceeds after his death.

Day on Torts

Before his death, decedent filed suit for personal injury and loss of consortium in West Virginia. The Court explained: Here, Decedent brought suit in West Virginia for personal injury and loss of consortium. Decedent was, obviously, still living at the time of his reaching a settlement in the West Virginia litigation. …

article thumbnail

Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes.

Tort 40
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes.

Tort 42
article thumbnail

Preemption, Bivens, conflicts of interest, and free exercise

SCOTUSBlog

The district court dismissed the claims against Egbert, noting that causes of action under Bivens v. But a panel of the 9th Circuit reversed, holding that Bivens actions are available for such claims against Border Patrol officers. At trial, Holcombe’s lawyer cross-examined the co-defendants he also represented.

article thumbnail

Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

SCOTUSBlog

Solicitor General Paul Clement, as well as lawyers from the New Jersey public-interest firm Cause of Action. There is no evidence that the absence of Chevron deference has caused any problems for the states, the Goldwater Institute writes. In the Supreme Court, the fisheries are represented by former U.S.

article thumbnail

The “Royal We” Provision: Newly Released Settlement Favors Prince Andrew as One of Epstein’s “Other Defendants”

JonathanTurley

The civil litigation between Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) just took a “Big Lebowski” turn. ” The prince’s lawyer Andrew B. In the movie, there is a scene “The Dude” is pressed on what happened to a million dollars in a suitcase. ” the Dude responds “I!

article thumbnail

TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

Oh yea, he was reportedly not wearing a mask outside of Trump’s Virginia gold course but he was wearing an inflatable Trump inner tube. Thanksgiving means one thing for personal injury lawyers: food poisoning. The Dennis case shows why a good lawyer requires relatives to sign waiver forms before the start of any holiday.

Tort 35