Nightly Brief

Your Monday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including the U.S. Supreme Court revived negligence claims in a case where a fisherman was killed as state utility workers attempted to raise a downed power line in the Tennessee River; More than 704 cases of measles have been reported in the U.S. so far this year; Spain’s Socialist party claimed an election victory as the conservative electorate was split by the rise of a new far-right political force, and more.

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National

1.) The U.S. Supreme Court revived negligence claims Monday in a case where a fisherman was killed as state utility workers attempted to raise a downed power line in the Tennessee River.

2.) Across 22 states, more than 704 cases of measles have been reported so far this year, U.S. health officials said Monday.

3.) Following up former Vice President Joe Biden’s entrance into the 2020 Democratic primary as an instant frontrunner, Senator Bernie Sanders made an appeal to union voters Monday with a policy announcement that put his platform in sharp relief.

4.) Attorney Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges accusing him of stealing millions of dollars from his clients, lying on income tax returns and deceiving investigators during bankruptcy proceedings.

Regional

5.) Jurors heard closing arguments Monday in the murder trial of a former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Australian woman, with one defense attorney calling the incident a tragedy but not a crime.

6.) A jury verdict in March finding Monsanto liable for not warning a California man of the cancer risks from its herbicide Roundup means the way forward in multidistrict litigation just got a lot more complex.

International

7.) In an election fought largely over questions of national identity and Catalonia’s secessionist drive, Spain’s Socialist party claimed victory on Sunday as the conservative electorate was split by the rise of a new far-right political force.

8.) Until recently scientists thought the world’s oceans were our ally in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions, but a new study published Monday in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests otherwise.

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