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Decedent’s personal injury settlement did not become wrongful death proceeds after his death.

Day on Torts

Before his death, decedent filed suit for personal injury and loss of consortium in West Virginia. The Court explained: Here, Decedent brought suit in West Virginia for personal injury and loss of consortium. M2021-00081-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Dismissal was therefore affirmed.

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RICO injury, federal jurisdiction, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt

SCOTUSBlog

The district court held that Horn lacked RICO standing because he sued for economic injuries from loss of earnings that were derived from his personal injury (exposure to THC). If granted, it should make for an interesting argument. We’ll know more soon. Until next time! New Relists Medical Marijuana, Inc. Florida and Moore v.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. Plaintiffs brought a personal injury action against the retailer.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

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Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. Plaintiffs brought a personal injury action against the retailer.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

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Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. Plaintiffs brought a personal injury action against the retailer.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

Oh yea, he was reportedly not wearing a mask outside of Trump’s Virginia gold course but he was wearing an inflatable Trump inner tube. Thanksgiving means one thing for personal injury lawyers: food poisoning. In yet another arrest that seemed to capture this bizarre holiday, Raymond Deskins, 61, of Sterling, Va.

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