The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a legal malpractice suit after finding that the lower court improperly dismissed it for lack of expert witness support despite the plaintiff’s insistence that her claim could be proved without any experts.

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In the case of a man who lost his lower leg after being injured by a stump grinder rented from Home Depot, a federal judge rejected summary judgment motions arguing that Home Depot, as a lessor, is immune from claims under New Jersey’s Products Liability Act and that the plaintiff spoliated evidence.

A federal appeals court has thrown out a class action settlement between freelance writers and online publishers and databases that archived the writers’ work without pay, saying that the pact approved by the lower court did not represent the interests of all class members.

The Georgia Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s finding that online travel companies that book hotel rooms via the Internet must pay hotel taxes on the room rates they charge their customers, not the lower rates they pay to the hotels.