Personal Injury Roundup No. 99 (4/1/2011)

New Cases

• TX:  Family of teen who committed suicide sues the Texas school district where he attended school; some of the incidents were videotaped and posted to Youtube.  (ABA Journal)
• VA:  One defamation case begets another as judge alleges defamation against newspaper based on newspaper’s coverage of a defamation case over which he presided.  (VLW Blog)

Appeals

• NY:  $500K pain-and-suffering verdict for injury to police officer’s hand affirmed on appeal.  (Hochfelder/New York Injury Cases Blog)

Reform, Legislation, Policy

• VA:  Governor McDonnell vetoed a compromise plan reached by hospitals, physicians, and trial lawyers providing for annual increases in Virginia’s med mal cap from $2M to $3M.  Note this is a total cap, not a cap on non-economic damages.  Apparently an override is possible.  (VLW Blog)
• MI:  Potential changes to MI no-fault auto law.  (Michigan Auto Lawyers Blog)

Miscellaneous

• Patient’s son seeks dismissal of Duluth physician’s defamation suit (Superior Telegram)
• VA Tech fined $55K for late warning on day of massacre (ABA Journal)
• Ron Miller’s roundup (The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog)

–CJR