National Law Journal | Analysis|News
By Brad Kutner | January 6, 2023
"We're now a player at the table to help influence the judicial decision making," said Graza's attorney Mark Zaid.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Brad Hoylman | December 22, 2022
Every other state, save for New York and Alabama, has already reformed their wrongful death statutes. The governor should seize this historic opportunity to rectify generations of injustice by signing the Grieving Families Act into law.
By Emily Cousins | December 1, 2022
"In the present case, no activity or occurrence relevant to the plaintiffs' strict products liability claim against the defendant took place in Connecticut," the opinion said.
By Brian Lee | July 7, 2022
A main sponsor of the bill said New York law currently shortchanges survivors by taking into account only economic losses. Business leaders however warned it would drive up liability insurance premiums.
By ALM Staff | June 10, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By Andrew Denney | June 7, 2022
In recent legislative sessions, proposals like the Grieving Families Act generally never made it past committee for full votes by either chamber.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Eric M. Kraus and William P. Keefer | May 9, 2022
A recent decision out of the Ninth Circuit has held that the PREP Act does not provide federal courts jurisdiction over nursing home wrongful death claims. However, "the unique crisis presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lack of clear information, resources, treatment options and guidance from public health authorities that was available at the time, may provide some help to nursing homes defending their care and treatment of residents in their charge."
By Brian Lee | May 3, 2022
The bill, dubbed the "Grieving Families Act," would modernize a New York law enacted in the mid-19th century and include close family members such as domestic partners, as well as address a "harsh anomaly."
Daily Business Review | Analysis
By Michael A. Mora | April 25, 2022
Morris J. Eisen, the surviving spouse of an Engle Progeny victim, once ran one of the largest personal injury law firms in the country. But the perception of Eisen's downfall on the jury became a liability for plaintiff counsel's monetary recovery for the widower.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 7, 2022
Matt Leckman, a partner at Littlepage Booth Leckman, represents the wife of a pilot allegedly sickened from toxic cabin air, which is caused when engine fumes seep into the cabin. Trial begins on April 18 in Chicago.
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