A Texas court recently ruled that the state’s 15-year statute of repose barred a family’s product liability claim against Ford Motor Company for ... Read more
Employee’s Family Sues Walmart for Wrongful Death After Suicide
Is Walmart liable for an employee’s death? That’s going to be for the court to decide. In November 2019, Maryland Walmart employee Jacob Mace ... Read more
Top Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Awards in 2019
Medical malpractice is when a doctor or other medical professional negligently makes a mistake that results in injury or illness to a ... Read more
How Has the Pandemic Changed the Legal Industry?
From airlines to restaurants, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted just about every industry in the United States. More than a year after the ... Read more
Top 10 Weirdest Laws in Colorado
Coloradans have never been afraid to think outside of the box. After all, Colorado was the first state to issue a license plate and the only ... Read more
Peloton Treadmills Recalled After Child Death and 70+ Injuries
If you have to run for your life, there should at least be zombies chasing you, right? (Just kidding.) Fitness is more than a fad or trend — ... Read more
Arizona Court Decision Allows Workers’ Compensation for PTSD
A major legal breakthrough came in March 2021 for Arizona first responders suffering from PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental ... Read more
Tannerite Explosions and Your Legal Rights
Tannerite, which is typically used as an explosive target for firearms practice, has been making the news for all of the wrong reasons ... Read more
When Covid Infections Increased in 2020, So Did Traffic Fatalities
According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the leading cause of death in recent years for individuals between the age of 1 ... Read more
After 8 Years, MetLife Agrees to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit for $84 Million
MetLife is one of the largest insurance companies in the world, with roughly 90 million customers worldwide. The company offers life insurance, ... Read more
NCAA Football Concussion Lawsuit Filed in Macon, Georgia
Kerry Goode was a star running back at the University of Alabama who went on to play in the National Football League (NFL) for 4 seasons with the ... Read more
The 10 Strangest Laws in Indiana
The Internet is full of weird and unusual laws attributed to Indiana legislatures. For example, dozens of web pages claim that it’s unlawful for ... Read more
Construction Fatalities and Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Survivors
A few weeks ago, 56-year-old construction worker Luis Valasquez was on the jobsite at a developing apartment complex on Renaissance Place in ... Read more
Florida Passes Business Liability Shield Against COVID-19 Lawsuits
Under “normal” circumstances (“normal” being pre-pandemic), if a person or business caused you to be injured or become ill, you could file a ... Read more
Boston Scientific to Pay $4.9 Million to Tennessee to Settle Transvaginal Surgical Mesh Lawsuit
Boston Scientific, a Massachusetts-based global medical device company, agreed to pay $188.6 million spread across 47 states, including $4.9 ... Read more
Forensic Experts Question Investigation of Tiger Woods’ Car Crash
Tiger Woods, widely considered the greatest golfer of all time, recently suffered career-threatening injuries when he was involved in a ... Read more
Lane Splitting Will Soon Be Legal for Motorcyclists in Montana
On March 3, 2021, Montana became only the 3rd state to legalize lane splitting when Greg Gianforte signed Senate Bill 9 into law. The new law ... Read more
King Soopers Shooting: Can Employees Receive Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
On March 22, 2021, a 21-year-old gunman walked into a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, and killed 10 people. According to the ... Read more
Was Your Baby’s Crib Recalled or Issued a Safety Warning?
You're a parent even before your baby is born… especially when it comes to the parts of parenting that involve worrying about the what-ifs and ... Read more
The Emotional Toll of Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Car Accident
Serious car accidents can have a long-term impact on not only your physical health, but also your mental and emotional well-being. One of the ... Read more
The Real Story Behind McDonald’s Infamous Hot Coffee Case
The case of Stella Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants—more commonly known as the McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit—is often cited as a classic example ... Read more
3M Combat Arms Earplugs Lawsuit Overview and Update
Is it too late to receive damages as a result of wearing 3M Combat Arms earplugs? The 3M Company is currently facing thousands of lawsuits based ... Read more
Additional Mental Health Services Available to Veterans Under New Law
As a society, we owe so much to our veterans. Sometimes, a service member returns from combat with visible scars. Others return and seem “fine,” ... Read more
Top 20 Law School Rankings by Female Enrollment
Studies consistently show that female enrollment in law schools is important in the legal field. For this reason, the Enjuris team has made a ... Read more
How Indiana’s Occupational Disease Act Applies If You Contract COVID-19 at Work
As restrictions put in place in response to COVID-19 are gradually lifted, more and more Hoosiers will return to work. Though people in Indiana ... Read more
Indiana’s Small Claims Court System Gets a Big Update
On April 26, 2021, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law that increases the filing limit for small claims courts starting on July ... Read more
Will My Stimulus Check Affect Social Security & Workers’ Comp?
On January 15, 2020, a Washington state resident became the first person in the United States with a confirmed case of COVID-19. By the end of ... Read more
Tennessee Teen Wins $15.1 Million in Birth Injury Lawsuit
On January 10, 2005, Kelly Wilson headed to Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to give birth to her second child. In ... Read more
Ice Storm in Texas Leads to Massive Multi-Car Pileup
A 130-car pileup that stretched over a half-mile of ice-covered highway left 6 people dead and dozens injured in Fort Worth, Texas. The pileup ... Read more
Arizona Construction Worker Killed in Hit and Run
A “regular” work shift led to tragedy for one Maricopa County family. Frank Dorizio, age 55, was setting up a sign in a designated construction ... Read more
Who’s Liable When Students Are Injured Overseas?
The Rhode Island School of Design was recently ordered to pay $2.5 million to a student who was raped while participating in a study abroad ... Read more
Wrongful Death Lawsuits in the Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash
2020 was a year full of difficulties for so many people worldwide. Perhaps the first collective loss of the year was the day we received the ... Read more
Unsafe Baby Foods & Product Liability Lawsuits
Many popular baby foods contain arsenic, lead, and other toxic metals, according to a congressional report released on February 4, 2021. The ... Read more
Can I File a Lawsuit for Getting Hurt at a Sporting Event?
Even though it isn’t something you typically hear about on ESPN, professional team owners and operators of sports stadiums are routinely sued by ... Read more
Waco Recognizes the Growing Bicycle Accident Problem in Texas
Have you seen lone white bicycles showing up in your area? The city of Waco, Texas has a strong and vibrant cycling community, and some of them ... Read more
Should Employers Be Liable for COVID-19 Cases? We Asked Students...
The coronavirus pandemic has raised many unprecedented legal questions, particularly regarding an employer's liability if an employee or customer ... Read more
Georgia Food Processing Plant Accident Results in Worker Deaths & Injuries
On January 28, 2021, a liquid nitrogen leak occurred at a Gainesville, Georgia poultry plant. Liquid nitrogen is a hazardous material that can ... Read more
Court Approves $641 Million Toxic Tort Settlement in Flint Water Crisis
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan recently approved a $641 million settlement that will benefit thousands of ... Read more
Essay Contest Winner: Employer Responsibility To Protect Workers From Diseases
Each year since 2017, Enjuris has sponsored a privately-funded scholarship essay contest in which we give a prompt to college students. For ... Read more
West Virginia Chemical Plant Explosion: What if It Happened Near You?
Not long ago, we wrote about the August explosion in Beirut and what would transpire if it happened here. Fortunately, we’ve not seen a disaster ... Read more