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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. …

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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. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. 32; 285 S.W.

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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. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. 32; 285 S.W.

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Supreme Court to hear challenge to ban on transgender health care for minors

SCOTUSBlog

The justices granted only the Biden administration’s petition for review – which, unlike the families’ petition, did not ask the court to decide whether SB1 violates the right of parents to make decisions about their children’s medical care – but a lawyer for the families will also argue at the court on Wednesday.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

SCOTUSBlog

Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. If it has not, the court must uphold the agency’s interpretation of the statute as long as it is reasonable. In the Supreme Court, the fisheries are represented by former U.S.

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Supreme Court to hear “nondelegation” challenge to telecom access program

SCOTUSBlog

The stakes are high, not only because of the programs size but also because the theory at the center of the challengers case, known as the nondelegation doctrine, is one that conservative lawyers and business groups have been urging the justices in recent years to revive. Congress did the same thing here, the FCC says.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. Murray Energy also moved in the federal district court for the Northern District of West Virginia to amend the order of dismissal with prejudice issued by the court on October 2, 2017.

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