Liability roundup
- Ill-fated names: Londonderry woman sues over fall at Stumble Inn Bar and Grill [Jason Schreiber, New Hampshire Union Leader]
- After starting out as a “humanistic attorney,” lawyer in time comes to net $700,000/year “by sending San Diego workers’ compensation claimants to dirty medical providers” as part of spinal surgery scam that U.S. Justice Department said “cost insurers $500 million over a 15-year period.” [Jim Sams, Claims Journal]
- Lengthy report on creative litigation by municipalities, often done in close harness with contingent-fee private lawyers, explores ill effects and what might be done to rein the process in [Rob McKenna (former Washington State AG), Elbert Lin (former West Virginia SG), and Drew Ketterer (former Maine AG) for U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform]
- “Trial lawyers are paying millions to a handful of experts necessary to push their talc cases” [Dan Fisher, Legal NewsLine, earlier]
- New York City Council Speaker: “Corey Johnson targets Scaffold Law in plan to fix MTA” [Carl Campanile, New York Post, earlier on New York’s unique, pro-plaintiff Scaffold Law]
- “Law Firms Objecting to Mesh Fees Accuse Leadership of Self-Dealing, Bill-Padding” [Amanda Bronstad, Law.com, earlier]
Liability roundup curated from Overlawyered
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