Public Justice

Attorneys Who Held Lead Smelter Accountable for Poisoning Children Named 2012 Trial Lawyers of the Year

Four attorneys who won the largest jury verdict ever in Missouri by holding a major lead smelting operator accountable for poisoning children around its Herculaneum, Mo., plant has won the Public Justice Foundation’s 2012 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, one of the most prestigious…

Court Says National Bank Has to Keep Its Word to Car Buyer

  Rejects bank’s claim that federal law allows it to flout Maryland’s consumer protections In an important breakthrough for consumer rights, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., held on April 5 that the National Bank Act does not mean a national…

Court Finds Federal Government, Health Officials Negligent in Care of Injured Immigration Detainee

  A federal court in California Wednesday held the United States government liable for failing to give adequate medical care to a former immigration detainee whose small cut turned into a painful, gangrenous wound that threatened amputation of his leg. The court awarded $250,000 in…

Jury Finds City of Seattle Violated Constitutional Rights of WTO Protesters

TLPJ Turns 25 and Becomes ‘Public Justice

Public Justice Joins Suit against Guards at Infamous Prison

Public Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Alabama High Court’s Denial of Toxic Tort Claims

Federal Court Settlement Will Repay Hundreds of Maryland Insured Double-Billed by Their HMO

Hotels.Com Sued for Discrimination against Thousands of Disabled Travelers

Washington State Supreme Court Strikes Down Cingular’s Class Action Ban as ‘Unconscionable’