Weight loss surgery should change lives, not endanger them. In this month’s Trial News, SGB’s Sims Weymuller explains how Wernicke’s encephalopathy, a rare but preventable brain injury complication after bariatric surgeries, can open the door to medical malpractice claims.

A New Jersey Appellate Court has upheld a 2022 jury verdict awarding more than $1 million to 19 plaintiffs who sued an Atlantic City resort, FantaSea, over intentionally deceptive timeshare sales practices and violations of consumer protection laws.