Topic: U.S. Courts

Tenn. federal judge won't dismiss jaw injury cases

Tenn. federal judge refuses to throw out lawsuits by patients claiming jaw damageA federal judge in Nashville has refused to dismiss 40 lawsuits against a Swedish-based pharmaceutical company accused of failing to warn patients that two of its drugs can cause severe deterioration of the jaw. U.S. District Judge ...
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Court to decide if vaccine makers can be sued

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether a federal law protects vaccine manufacturers from lawsuits in state court seeking damages for alleged design defects. The high court agreed to hear a Pennsylvania case involving a lawsuit by the parents of a child who suffered ...
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Courts finally catching up to texting jurors

Courts now barring jurors use of social media, blogs and Internet while serving on trialsEnough with the tweets, the blogs, the Internet searches. That's the message being communicated by courts across the country as jurors using their portable electronic devices continue to cause mistrials, overturned convictions and chaotic delays ...
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Roberts Rumor

Roberts Rumor
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo, Chief Justice John Roberts sits for a new group photograph with other Supreme Court judges at the Supreme Court in Washington. For a short time Thursday, March 4, 2010, Washington buzzed over a rumor reported exclusively by an online gossip Web site ...
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