At law school, we learned about "proximate cause," one of the few valuable concepts you can take from three years of drudgery. It's about who and what caused the injury and who pays for it. The ...

The Washington Court of Appeals held that when the facts are undisputed, proximate cause is an issue of law to be decided by the court. The plaintiff alleged his former attorney failed to send him a ...

In Jena Lhotsky v. Guy Sutcliffe, No. 2024-CA-1521-MR (Ky. Ct. App. Oct. 17, 2025), a recently published opinion, the Kentucky Court of Appeals proposed a substantial change to how courts across the ...

In this article, Laura B. Dowgin and Thomas J. Maroney discuss the 'Burlington Insurance v. NYC Transit Authority' case and how case law regarding the duty to defend has been affected since the ...

Jeffrey S. Lichtman and Richard A. Menchini, partners at O'Hare Parnagian, review personal injury decisions that provide valuable guidance to the practitioner tasked with developing a strategy in ...

As I posted here, the March 4 oral argument in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos appeared to go well for S&W and not well for Mexico. Mexico's lawsuit seeks to hold America's federally ...

The March 4 oral argument in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos appeared to go very well for S&W and not well for Mexico. Mexico's lawsuit seeks to hold America's federally-licensed ...