The Five-Year Clock That Killed a UM Arbitration
In Prahl v. Allstate, the Third Appellate District held that a UM arbitration must conclude within five years, and that pandemic emergency…
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Rebuilding the Rideshare Coverage Stack After SB 371
SB 371 cut rideshare UM/UIM coverage by roughly 94 percent as of January 2026. Here is how plaintiff counsel rebuilds the coverage stack ar…
NEC Formula MDL Bellwether Clears Daubert as $625M in State Verdicts Mount
Jury selection in Inman v. Mead Johnson, MDL 3026, opens July 6, 2026, making it the first NEC federal trial where plaintiff causation expe…
H.R. 8870 and California SB 371 Reshape Rideshare PI Liability in 2026
The Fong amendment to H.R. 8870, approved by the House T&I Committee on May 22, 2026, would federally preempt state vicarious-liability and…
Where California Juries Are Putting the Fault Line on Plaintiffs
California's pure comparative negligence rule lets a jury cut a recovery without zeroing it out — and the allocation number is doing more w…
Building the Wrongful-Death Damages Model
Fatal-injury files carry two claims, several statutory beneficiaries, and a settlement that must survive lien and allocation review. A rest…
Mack and Volvo Wheel Recalls, Uber Derivative Suit, and a $26.1M Iowa Verdict
NHTSA's June 2026 commercial-vehicle recall cycle created two distinct trucking liability vectors: Mack Trucks recalled 644 units in its 20…
SCOTUS FIFRA Preemption Wipes Out Glyphosate Failure-to-Warn Claims
The Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell (June 25, 2026) holds FIFRA preempts state failure-to-warn claims on Roundup labels,…
Structuring Damages and Beneficiaries in Wrongful-Death Claims
Wrongful death and survival are two claims, not one. Separating the beneficiaries, the damages models, and the lien exposure early decides…
EDR and ADAS Discovery in 2026: Preservation, Pull, Proof
NHTSA's May 2026 final rule delays the expanded pre-crash data mandate, but the operational work of preserving, pulling, and authenticating…
ADAS Evidence in Auto Cases After Benavides v. Tesla
Judge Bloom's February 2026 order denying Tesla's post-trial motions left the Benavides discovery template intact. Here is the reproducible…
Wheel-Detachment Recalls, Rideshare Agency Verdicts, and FMCSA Overhaul Hit Auto PI Bar
NHTSA issued 'Do Not Drive' orders for Volvo Trucks (Recall 26V350) and 644 Mack Trucks units (Recall 26V351) on June 8, 2026, for wheel lu…