United States: Personal Injury

Commercial and residential construction projects expose property owners and general contractors to significant risks arising from personal injury, property damage and construction defect claims. Contract documents can help allocate those risks to the responsible parties, while insurance can protect against losses that cannot be avoided or fully transferred. Common risk management tools include contractual indemnity, prevailing-party attorneys’ fees provisions, insurance requirements and early alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clauses.

Georgia slip-and-fall cases hinge on evidence preserved immediately after an incident, not injury severity. This analysis examines the four critical categories of proof that determine whether premises...

New York's 2026 legislative amendments fundamentally alter motor vehicle litigation by introducing modified comparative fault principles, eliminating the 90/180-day serious injury category, and redefining when liability is established for prejudgment interest purposes. These coordinated reforms to the CPLR and Insurance Law create significant implications for how fault is allocated and when plaintiffs can recover damages in automobile accident cases.

The Texas Business Court's Fourth Division recently addressed fundamental questions about shareholder standing and conversion claims in the context of a dissolving business partnership. When two co-owners of physical therapy clinics and related real estate entities could not agree on separation terms, their dispute raised critical procedural issues about who can sue for corporate injuries and what pleading standards apply under Rule 91a motions to dismiss.

Brower reinforces two strong early defenses against class actions targeting OTC product labeling and marketing. First, plaintiffs alleging product contamination must plead product-specific testing...

Zurbriggen underscores that plaintiffs alleging injury from consumer products must present reliable expert causation evidence and signals courts’ resistance to the use of equitable doctrines like res ipsa loquitur to substitute for proof of defect, exposure, and causation.

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer with beach trips, barbecues, and time with family. It’s also one of the busiest travel times in New Jersey. Roads leading to the Jersey Shore fill up, traffic backs up on the Parkway and Turnpike, and millions of drivers are trying to get where they need to go at the same time, which can make it one of the most dangerous weekends of the year to be on the road.

The food and beverage industry faces a new wave of litigation modeled after Big Tobacco cases, with plaintiffs alleging that ultra-processed foods cause chronic diseases like diabetes and liver disease. A landmark Pennsylvania ruling dismissed the first major case due to insufficient causation evidence, but coordinated lawsuits across multiple jurisdictions and a government action in California signal that this legal battle is just beginning.

The Louisiana Legislature has enacted Act 932 (formerly House Bill 1162), which became law this week without the Governor's signature pursuant to the Louisiana Constitution...