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$63 Million Jury Award for a Man Who Developed Cancer
Toxic tort cases where plaintiffs’ injuries arose decades ago are notoriously difficult to prove and win.
Arrest of Stanford student journalist covering barricaded pro-Palestinian protest gets pushback
Bayer AG was ordered to pay $857 million to former students and parent volunteers at a Seattle-area school who blamed exposure to the company’s hazardous chemicals at the facility for causing brain damage and other ailments.
Bayer Hit With $857 Million Verdict on Toxic Monsanto Chemicals
Bayer AG was ordered to pay $857 million to former students and parent volunteers at a Seattle-area school who blamed exposure to the company’s hazardous chemicals at the facility for causing brain damage and other ailments.
Supporters of Tort Reform in Iowa Accused of Manufacturing a Crisis
Billionaire Charles Koch’s political network won a major state legislative victory last year when Iowa passed a bill that limits damages in medical malpractice lawsuits.
Jury returns $63M verdict after finding Chevron covered up toxic pit on California land
A newly filed lawsuit claims an insurance company engineered a record-setting medical malpractice judgment in Iowa to spur state legislators into passing tort-reform legislation.
Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Mitch Carter’s Inspirational Journey
A newly filed lawsuit claims an insurance company engineered a record-setting medical malpractice judgment in Iowa to spur state legislators into passing tort-reform legislation.
Lawsuit claims insurer conned Iowa lawmakers into passing tort reform
A newly filed lawsuit claims an insurance company engineered a record-setting medical malpractice judgment in Iowa to spur state legislators into passing tort-reform legislation.
Family sues MercyOne for negligence in heart patient death
Photo Credit: Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal file Excerpt from Nick Hytrek's Sioux City Journal Article SIOUX CITY — The family of a Le Mars, Iowa, man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Sioux City hospital, alleging staff members gave him a lethal dosage of...
$275M Verdict Against Monsanto In Latest PCB Exposure Trial in Washington State School
Excerpts from David Siegel's Courtroom View Network's Article here: https://blog.cvn.com/jury-hits-monsanto-with-275m-verdict-in-latest-trial-over-pcb-exposure-in-washington-state-school A Washington State court jury returned a $275 million verdict last week in the...
Nicholas Rowley Named Daily Journal Top 100 Lawyers 2022
Family of Transit Worker Who Died In Mass Shooting Files Suit
News Links for this Case SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - Family of VTA mass shooting victim files lawsuit saying authorities failed to protect workers SAN JOSE SPOTLIGHT - San Jose VTA faces lawsuit from family of shooting victim En Español: San Jose VTA enfrenta...
In The News: Increasing Medical Malpractice Caps In California
May 9, 2022 - Featuring Nick Rowley's contributions for increasing medical malpractice limits in California. LA Times: Column: Everyone wins in compromise to increase malpractice payouts — especially victims LA Times: California’s malpractice payouts would...
Los Angeles hospital sued for racism in death of Black mother
Above Photo: Charles Johnson, right, is surrounded by his legal team Chris Dolan, left, in blue, Courtney Rowley, center, and Nick Rowley, second from right, during a press conference announcing a lawsuit outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in...
ELAWVATE Podcast: Nick and Courtney Rowley
Season 2 / Episode 1: Damages Evolving with David Ball, Artemis Malekpour, Nick and Courtney Rowley We are kicking off Season 2 of the Elawvate podcast with a bang! In our first episode, Ben and Rahul host four of the country’s most respected trial lawyers and trial...
Legal Beagle Podcast: Nick and Courtney Rowley
Nick Rowley, Courtney Rowley and Daniel Bidegaray join Jonathan to talk about Loss of Consortium. Loss of consortium is a standalone claim for damages brought by the spouse (and sometimes children) of an individual who been injured or killed as a result of a...
Lawsuit: Dubuque school district’s negligence resulted in sex assault
Watch Benjamin Novotny's Television Interview on KWWL: Link to KWWL Page (or click image above) From the Telegraph Herald (Page A2) on Sunday 1/23/22:BY ALLIE HINGA allie.hinga@thmedia.com / Jan 23, 2022 Television Coverage of this case at ABC's KCRG ...
TL4J On CVN’s Top 10 Most Impressive Plaintiff Verdicts of 2021
#8 - Castillo v. Davignon $9.5m award over child’s crosswalk death beats out $1.2m settlement offer Plaintiff attorneys: Nicholas Rowley (pictured), Benjamin Novotny - Trial Lawyers For Justice, Charlotte Glinka, Karen Zahka - Keches Law Group Link to video of the...
Nick Rowley Interviewed About The Destiny Reyes Case
Nick Rowley, trial lawyer for little Destiny Reyes, speaks on camera about Destiny Reyes, a young girl who was injured in a car accident, and how he and his trial team stepped…
Trial Lawyers for Justice Settles Record $3.5 Million Case Against State of Iowa
Trial Lawyer Nick Rowley, partner at Carpenter, Zuckerman, & Rowley and founder of Trial Lawyers for Justice, his partners at Trial Lawyers for Justice, Dominic Pechota and Matt Reilly
Hospital shutoff oxygen leading to death
It had been a rough week, but David Hackley's family was looking forward to finally bringing him home. Hackley, 77, was admitted on Jan. 2, 2020, to Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital in West Union for pneumonia. A retired longtime West Union police chief, Hackley...
Nation State of Play Podcast featuring Nicholas Rowley on California’s Regressive Malpractice Damages Cap
The complete settlement is more than $9.5 million in the case of the late Zoe Rosenthal, a popular teacher with The Literacy Project.
Holyoke woman’s family wins $9.5M judgment in crosswalk death
The complete settlement is more than $9.5 million in the case of the late Zoe Rosenthal, a popular teacher with The Literacy Project.
Courtney Rowley 2020 CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year Nominee
Trial Lawyer Courtney Rowley has been nominated for the 2020 CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.
Family files lawsuit against University of Iowa after 18-year-old
The mother of Cedar Rapids’ Gerald Michael Belz, an 18-year-old University of Iowa student who froze to death during a polar vortex in January 2019, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university on Wednesday.