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The Rise of Nuclear Verdicts for Jones Act Seamen: Transforming Maritime Personal Injury Litigation
Introduction The maritime industry, long governed by a unique set of laws and traditions, is facing a new and formidable challenge: the rise of “nuclear verdicts” in personal injury cases, particularly those involving Jones Act seamen. These outsized jury awards, typically defined as verdicts of $10 million or more, are reshaping the landscape of maritime…
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Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave, Counselor
[co-authors: Jean-Claude Mazzola, Adam Wiener, Richard Lerner] I am a longtime New York civil personal injury attorney. I thought that I had seen it all. Yet last year, while serving as a plaintiff’s trial attorney in a civil battery case, I had to call for testimony a friendly and key eyewitness, a grandmother, who had…
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Portland Jury Finds Packing Defendant Liable in Shipyard Mesothelioma Case and Awards $34M in Damages
In a recent case filed in Portland, OR, a 71-year-old man brought various claims against numerous defendants related to products liability, negligence, and failure to warn associated with asbestos-containing products after being diagnosed with biphasic pleural mesothelioma in 2023. The case, Richard D. Long v. 3M Company, et al., was pending in the Circuit Court…
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Sarkozy Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Seek Libyan Money and Sentenced to Prison
Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was found guilty of plotting to finance his 2007 election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
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Denmark Briefly Closes More Airports After Unexplained Drone Sightings
European governments are on alert after Russian incursions into NATO airspace, but the Danish authorities said they could not say who was behind the latest incidents.
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Trump Says He Won’t Allow Israel to Annex the West Bank
After more countries recognized a Palestinian state this week, President Trump said on Thursday that he would not permit Israel to take over the territory.
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Kashmir’s Apple Harvest Rots After Landslide Blocks Road
The Himalayan region supplies most of India’s apples. But when heavy rains left a major highway blocked for weeks, farmers couldn’t get them to markets.
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Israel Attacks Yemeni Capital, a Day After Houthi Drone Strike
The Israeli military said it was targeting sites linked to the Houthi militia, but a witness said a residential building was hit. A day earlier, a Houthi drone hit the Israeli city of Eilat.
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Kerry James Marshall on Making ‘the Paintings Nobody Else Is Making’
The artist’s blockbuster survey across nearly five decades at the Royal Academy of Art in London tackles Black history in all its complexity.
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How Coco Fusco’s Poetic Performances Reshaped Contemporary Art
The first U.S. survey of the Cuban American artist’s films, photographs and installations explore her critical take on political culture.
