Jonathan Capriel News Today

The owner of a New Jersey quarry long used by all-terrain vehicle enthusiasts cannot be held liable for injuries a dirt biker sustained after he struck a steel cable on the property, a state appeals court has ruled, saying the landowner installed the cable for legitimate, not malicious, purposes.

The Eleventh Circuit has refused to grant an en banc rehearing to a Florida church that wanted to use ayahuasca as a sacrament from getting an en banc rehearing, leaving in place an appellate ruling that the Drug Enforcement Administration properly denied a religious exemption from federal law against the psychedelic substance.

An entrepreneur being sued by the Cayuga Nation is arguing in New York federal court that he should be allowed to view “highly confidential” spreadsheets purportedly detailing revenue losses the tribe suffered due to an unlicensed smoke shop on tribal land, asserting he has no business ties to the store.

Equipment manufacturer Genie Industries Inc. can't upend a jury verdict and a $1.7 million judgment awarded to a Portland, Oregon, shipyard worker who was injured by the company's allegedly defective lift boom, the Ninth Circuit has ruled, rejecting the arguments that he failed to prove his injuries were permanent.

Baltimore wants the owners and operators of the cargo ship that knocked down a part of the Francis Scott Key Bridge to pay for the rebuild and cover billions of dollars of revenue the city will likely lose out on while its port is shut down, according to a federal complaint the municipality's leaders filed Monday.

A London-based biochemical company cannot be allowed to escape across the pond with trade secrets related to using psilocybin as a mental health treatment, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, told a federal court, saying the company's minimum contacts with the state was its "months-long fraudulent scheme" to swipe intellectual property.

A lifestyle brand headed by Instagram celebrity Dan Bilzerian could face sanctions should it continue to recycle arguments for why it shouldn't be forced to pay a $1.6 million judgment to a consulting firm it was accused of cheating, a Nevada federal judge warned in an order denying the brand's motion for reconsideration.

The estate of a condominium owner, who drowned while apparently trying to save ducklings in the common area of her complex, can't maintain a premises liability lawsuit against the owners' association, a Michigan state appeals court ruled, saying the association didn't owe her the same duty of care it does to an invitee.

Johnson & Johnson must face a personal injury suit by a father who claimed their 14-year-old son died from leukemia after prolonged exposure to its benzene-tainted sunscreen products, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding the suit contains sufficiently detailed allegations to survive dismissal.

A Glendale shopping center can't be held liable for injuries a pedestrian suffered when a teenager who leaped from the mall's multistory parking garage landed on him, a California state appeals court has ruled, saying the trial judge was correct in calling the event unforeseeable due to the lack of recorded suicide attempts.