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The return of nuclear verdicts to Texas courts (and attorney television advertising) and the recently launched efforts of the medical malpractice plaintiff’s bar to convince the federal courts to strike down Texas’ cap on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases (which is likely to play out over several years) could potentially raise an issue for state lawmakers: is it time to consider codifying at least some objective standards and levels of proof for mental anguish damages?

Illinois, California and New York shrank the most and lost people fastest during the COVID-19 pandemic. Texas and Florida grew the most. Idaho, Utah and Montana grew the fastest.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and the family of a 22-year-old Orleans Parish resident who died in 2018 after sustaining neck injuries during an arrest by undercover officers have settled a federal lawsuit for just over $300,000.

HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has reversed and remanded a motion calling for the disqualification of a Scranton law firm, in representing a plaintiff in an underlying personal injury action in a Lackawanna County court.

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A group of New York Republicans filed legal action to block a new law that would allow up to 800,000 non-citizens living in New York City to vote in municipal elections.