Personal Injury Roundup No. 58 (11/20/09)

I hope  your last week before Thanksgiving was a good one!

Reform, Legislation, Policy

• Tim Lytton’s guest post attracts attention.  (Frank/Point of Law) (Lahav/Mass Tort Profs)
• Law Profs Max Mehlman & Dale Nance (Case Western) argue med mal tort reform reduces important safety incentives.  (Cleveland Plain Dealer via Injury Board.com)
• CA:  Group pushes for $1 tobacco tax increase to fund cancer research (LegalNewsline)
• All-asbestos roundup at Point of Law.  (Twu/Point of Law)
• TX:  State AG urges Texas Supreme Court to uphold constitutionality of statute of repose.  (LegalNewsline)

New Lawsuits

• Courtney Love sued for libel by tweet.  (CNN)
• ID:  Man tased in buttocks sues City of Boise.  (IdahoStateman.com)
• NE:  State med mal damages cap challenged as unconstitutional.  (North Platte Bulletin)

Trials, Settlements and Other Ends

• SC:  Med mal suit settled prior to rare med mal punies determination by jury.  (AboutLawsuits.com)

Appeals

• NY:  Med Mal pain-and-suffering verdict reduced by over $1M without explanation (New York Injury Cases Blog)
• IL:  No experts needed in NIED cases (Via Bernabe)

Damages

• PA:  Harrisburg mayor-elect alleges in a civil suit that faulty gas pump sprayed her with gas, ruining her clothes and leaving her unable to pump her own gas.  (PennLive.com via Olson/Overlawyered)

Miscellaneous

• Med Mal on SNL (Via The Pop Tort)
• NY:  CT fertility doctor loses NY license after inseminating a patient with the wrong sperm.  (New York Injury News.com)
• Eric Turkewitz guest blogs at Kevin, M.D. (Via New York Personal Injury Law Blog)

–CJR