The two lawsuits filed Wednesday are the first wrongful death claims brought in connection with the accident. Both were brought in Kentucky state court and are represented by attorneys from Clifford Law Offices out of Chicago, and the Louisville-based law firm Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers.
Wednesday's mistrial motion, filed by Walmart, Walgreens and CVS, cites the extraordinary length of jury deliberations and some of the notes sent by the jury, including one that asked for the sworn oath of jurors.
Mastick was six months pregnant when she got scheduled to appear on the show—in the nick of time before she was too far along to fly across the country from her home in Indiana.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared hesitant to allow a federal civil rights lawsuit from a Mississippi preacher convicted of violating a local ordinance for evangelizing outside a public amphitheater.
Any sale of the Pierre which would result in a termination of the proprietary leases would require appropriate disclosure and shareholder approval, the judge stated.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of the Northern District of California wrote that the court would not bar an attorney from a litigation role because they had previously worked with the client during the underlying transaction.
"When I see cases like this of outside counsel ... phoning it in, it's very concerning to me. And it makes me wonder, what else is being phoned in for using AI?” said Nick Tiger, an associate general counsel at the AI platform Pearl.com.
What impact could the first rule for multidistrict litigation, which became effective on Dec. 1, have on judges or lawyers? And find out who American Airlines turned to in lawsuits filed over this year's crash with a U.S. Army helicopter in Washington, D.C.
