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Legal pundits often debate the merits of arbitration versus litigation in State Court. Depending on the area of law, arbitration typically is the favored forum of resolution.

An employee who stepped outside for a smoke and to walk across the street for a sandwich on an unplanned break was entitled to workers compensation.

Sage case handling and consistent results are a common thread cited in the announcement of each individual elevated to senior counsel at WSHB.

Over two decades have passed since California's groundbreaking right to repair statutory scheme better known as SB 800 went into effect.

Friends: The Reboot. The Sopranos prequel. Britney Spears. Pop culture from the early 2000s has made a comeback. Is mold litigation, which got its start in the same era, also on its way back?...

After appealing the trial court's grant of summary judgment, a hospital manager will get her day in court. In Crabtree v. Jefferson Healthcare, the Court of Appeals (Div. 3)...

After decades of debate, the reform of medical malpractice claims in California is finally coming to fruition. Legislators and interested parties on both sides of the MICRA debate...

Although surety companies are generally not liable for tort damages to a third party, Washington's legislature has carved out a limited exception for the setting up and sitting of mobile homes.

The Arizona Supreme Court reversed a decision from the Arizona Court of Appeals by finding that a night club's duty to the public did not end when an overserved and intoxicated patron safely arrived home, but decided to go out and drive again.

California Business and Professions Code 7031 is a provision prone to drawn out court battles with confusing fact patterns. In the recent case of Panterra GP, Inc. v. Superior Court, 74 Cal. App. 5th 697...

The cracking of fireworks, beating of drums, clanging of cymbals, shouting of people, everywhere … what occasion would cause such a conglomeration of people in the heart of Chinatown?

Big changes may be on the horizon for Florida statute of repose for construction claims. Florida SB 2022-736 proposes to amend Fla. Stat. §95.11(3)(c) to eliminate the distinction

The Illinois Supreme Court recently upheld a trial's court's decision to not include a pattern jury instruction on the loss of chance doctrine as well as nonpattern jury instructions on informed consent.

Alicia Ramirez contracted mesothelioma when she was exposed to a toxic substance over fifty years ago.

An employee who brought suit against his employer for multiple Labor Code violations was not held to the provisions of an arbitration agreement as several terms were skewed in favor of the employer.

Defense attorneys and their clients have long held concerns that unethical plaintiff attorneys are toeing the line or even completely crossing it by paying off treating physicians to provide the best diagnosis or treatment recommendation not only for the patient.

A trial court that granted defendant's motion to compel arbitration has jurisdiction to lift the stay where a plaintiff demonstrates financial inability to pay arbitrations costs.