Mostyn Houston attorney Steve Mostyn, who has filed hundreds of suits in Jefferson County against insurance companies over hurricane damage claims, has been named as president-elect of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
In the 10 years since Toshiba settled a class action lawsuit for $2.1 billion, class action litigation against high tech industries has become increasingly rare, experts say.
Langdoc PHILADELPHIA - Two days after Judge James Lynn of the Court of Common Pleas punished John Langdoc of Baron & Budd for grandstanding, Langdoc pulled another stunt and Lynn declared a mistrial.
Langdoc PHILADELPHIA -- Judge James Lynn of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas sentenced Baron and Budd asbestos lawyer John Langdoc of Dallas to a week in jail and fined him $1,000 for grandstanding at a jury trial.
Shuffield The "judicial hellhole" label tort reform supporters have slapped Jefferson County with may be starting to peel, as a recent upsurge in defense verdicts and decrease in personal injury filings has tipped the scales in Lady Justice's hand.
McConnell PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Special from PublicNuisanceWire.com)- For nine years prospective federal judge nominee Jack McConnell battled paint makers with boundless powers he received from attorneys general he helped elect.
Adelman MILWAUKEE, Wisc. � U. S. District Judge Lynn Adelman has halted national class action litigation over lawn mower engines while lawyers in his court try to head off a copycat class action at St. Clair County courthouse in Belleville, Ill.
Copland NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Medical malpractice litigation has driven up U.S. health care costs dramatically, translating into higher costs for consumers, a study said Tuesday.
Malley Lawyers for Renee Hollier called her jury award of $7,500 "shocking" on Wednesday, Sept. 30, as they pleaded with a local judge for a redo during a hearing for a new trial.
It seemed like a sleazy match from the onset � a Web site that promised to connect litigious clients with trial lawyers looking for jackpot justice.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- A U.S. Senate panel is considering proposals aimed at decreasing the number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in already bogged down courts.
Harron WHEELING - U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp has cancelled a trial on CSX Transportation's claim that radiologist Ray Harron of Bridgeport conspired with Pittsburgh lawyers Robert Peirce and Louis Raimond to fabricate an asbestos exposure suit.
AUSTIN � Lawyers who won $1,000 for a client at trial and tried to stick the losers with a legal fee of about $150,000 watched the little judgment and the big fees vanish at the Supreme Court of Texas.
Dean WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Darren McKinney, spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association, concluded Monday that former Presidential candidate Howard Dean is a man with a history of speaking his mind.
With September around the corner, Jefferson County's civil judges are busy clearing their trial dockets in preparation for Settlement Week, which begins Aug. 31 and will end Sept. 4.