Publication Archive: General Negligence

An Erie County judge on Monday allowed a lawsuit filed by the estate of a woman who died in a nursing home in the early weeks of New York’s COVID-19 crisis to move ahead with its claims against the nursing home, rejecting the facility’s effort to invoke the COVID-19 immunity provisions granted and later repealed…Read the article

Ben Crump and Paul Napoli filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson on behalf of members of the National Council of Negro women. The complaint alleges that the company used specific marketing of talcum-based baby powder to Black women, despite links to ovarian cancers. DownloadRead the article

Napoli Shkolnik represents two former college football players who have sued the NCAA and the University of Pittsburgh, alleging the school knew about the dangers of head injuries and did nothing. The suits seek class action status for anyone who participated in Pitt’s football program dating to 1952. The complaint alleges six counts against Pitt…Read the article