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Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on personal injury and negligence involving bodily harm, including medical malpractice issues. Coverage includes major litigation over medical negligence, patron safety, and accidents involving catastrophic injuries and death, as well as legislative and regulatory developments.
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Latest News in Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice
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June 25, 2025
Monsanto Stuck With $3.5M RoundUp Verdict After Appeal
A Pennsylvania appeals court Wednesday refused to wipe out a $3.5 million verdict against Monsanto for a cancer patient who blamed Roundup for her disease, saying Monsanto's trial evidence the weedkiller is EPA-approved and the company complied with industry standards "does not preclude the jury" from awarding punitive damages.
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June 25, 2025
Swiss Re Says Botched Representation Led To Inflated Deal
Swiss Re told an Illinois federal court Wednesday that counsel representing it in underlying actions related to a medical malpractice suit failed to adequately advise and defend the reinsurer, consequently forcing it into a large settlement even though its coverage had not yet been triggered.
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June 25, 2025
Late Conn. Doc's Estate To Defend Insemination Fraud Cases
The patients of a recently deceased Connecticut fertility doctor have asked a state court to substitute his estate as the defendant in their lawsuit, which claims the doctor secretly inseminated women with his own sperm in the 1980s.
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June 25, 2025
Feds Say Vet Failed To Back VA Malpractice Claim At Trial
The U.S. government is urging a Washington federal court to give it a win following a bench trial on a suit brought by a Navy veteran and former Department of Veterans Affairs nurse alleging that malpractice by her VA psychiatrist led to an episode in which she stabbed her mother with a knife.
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June 25, 2025
Company Can Be Sued For Drunk Worker's Crash, Panel Says
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday revived a suit accusing a construction company's employee of negligently causing an auto collision while drunk, saying it can be held liable despite the worker's contractual obligation not聽to drink and drive in the company car.

Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Suits accusing major companies of not taking proper safety precautions to ensure the health and safety of patrons
- Suits accusing major companies of negligence in car accident, slip-and-fall, and fatal injury cases
- Disputes over alleged acts of negligence or omission, including failure to diagnose an illness or injury and improper treatment
- Suits claiming a failure to properly warn a patient about known risks or side effects of a medication or medical procedure
- Disciplinary proceedings against health care providers
- Ethics violations
- Criminal charges for illegally prescribing opiates or otherwise compromising patient care
- Professional liability insurance coverage disputes
- REGULATION
- Tort reform measures, including lawsuit payout caps
- State and federal legislation involving patient care
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of personal injury and medical malpractice practices
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- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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