Bandele v. Rasier-NY: Uber's Independent Contractor Defense Fails in New York's Second Department
The Appellate Division reversed summary judgment for Uber in a rear-end crash case, holding that whether the driver was an independent cont…
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Jurisprudencia y acuerdos
Decisiones de apelación, veredictos y acuerdos destacados de los tribunales de California.
Wrongful-Death Standing in California: Who May Sue, When, and on What Theory
Standing is where more wrongful-death cases die than on the merits. California's statutory heir list is narrower than most intake sheets as…
The LTL Management Dismissals: What the Texas Two-Step's Failure Means for Mass Tort Plaintiffs
The Third Circuit's repeated dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy filings is one of the most consequential mass tort rulings of…
Baby Food MDL Daubert Ruling Reshapes Mass Tort Bellwether Strategy
Judge Corley's Oct. 15 order in MDL 3101 cut autism and ADHD causation claims after excluding five of six plaintiff experts, while IQ-loss…
Ford Motor Co. v. Montana: Specific Jurisdiction and the Serve-and-Sell Rule in Product Liability PI Cases
The Supreme Court's 2021 Ford Motor decisions rejected the manufacturer's argument that specific jurisdiction requires a causal link betwee…
Snyder v. Virginia Mason: Washington Presumes Prejudice When Defense Contacts Treating Physicians
The Washington Supreme Court's October 2026 ruling in Snyder v. Virginia Mason establishes that once a Loudon rule violation is found, prej…
Prop 51 at the Margins: Economic and Non-Economic Apportionment After B.B.
Forty years after Proposition 51, the economic/non-economic split still decides how much a single solvent defendant pays. Recent California…
Beyond MICRA: The Procedural Rulings That Decide Med-Mal Cases
The MICRA damages cap gets the attention, but most California med-mal cases live or die on procedure. Here is how CCP 364, the 90-day notic…
Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Uber Arbitration en Wrongful Death Suit
Illinois Supreme Court's September 24 Geller ruling blocks TNC arbitration overreach into wrongful death claims, while Florida's 4th DCA re…
Inside the 3M Earplug Settlement's Point-Value Matrix: Mass Tort Lessons
3M's $6 billion Combat Arms earplug settlement resolved roughly 260,000 military hearing-loss claims through a special-master-administered…
Loper Bright at Two Years: How the Death of Chevron Deference Is Reshaping Regulatory Evidence in PI Cases
The Supreme Court's 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo ended Chevron deference, and courts are now reviewing challenges…
The Byassee $603M Counterfeit Airbag Verdict: What It Teaches About Defective Replacement Parts Liability
A Broward County jury awarded $603 million against a Chinese airbag inflator manufacturer after a counterfeit replacement part killed a 22-…