Appellate decisions, verdicts, and notable settlements from California courts.
The New Mexico Supreme Court's June 8 decision holds that the Medical Malpractice Act's $500,000 per-occurrence cap applies to a qualified…
Federal Judge Charles Breyer presided over split bellwether outcomes in Uber Sexual Assault MDL No. 3090: an $8.5 million Arizona verdict i…
The Second Department's April 22 decision in Hosan v. Patel grants partial summary judgment on liability to an e-bike rider struck by a veh…
A unanimous Michigan Court of Appeals panel affirmed a $20.6 million verdict for a pedestrian struck while snow-blowing his driveway, holdi…
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on March 25, 2026, returned a $6 million verdict in K.G.M. v. Meta and Google, the first social-media pro…
Division Eight of the Second District affirmed summary judgment for Long Beach in a published opinion that maps how California public-entit…
Johnson & Johnson confirmed in early 2026 it will not appeal the Third Circuit's LTL bankruptcy dismissal, unblocking MDL-2738 and its 67,3…
The New Jersey Supreme Court's May 6, 2026 unanimous decision in Murray v. Punina holds that future medical expenses falling within the $25…
Section 6147 is the single piece of statutory housekeeping that protects the contingency fee on every California PI matter. A retainer that…
Pattern analysis of California personal injury verdict trends through the first half of 2026 — soft-tissue floor moving upward, catastrophi…
Fifteen years on, Howell still shapes how every California PI past-medicals number gets calculated. Here is what the case actually held, ho…
Pebley is the case that kept California's lien-medicine market alive after Howell. Here is what the 2018 Court of Appeal actually held abou…