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9 Sep 2011, 2:30 pm
In a written statement, Charles Siegel, a partner at the Dallas plaintiffs’ firm Waters & Kraus LLP, disputes that point, saying, “there is no windfall of money available to mesothelioma claimants, and plaintiffs cannot and do not ‘game the system’ such that solvent tort defendants pay the liability shares of bankrupt companies. [read post]
14 Apr 2021, 6:00 am
The Tort Claimants Committee has proposed to settle child sex abuse claims against the Boy Scouts for $103 billion. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 9:21 am
Tort reform advocates have long pushed for ways to make it harder for Florida personal injury claimants to be compensated for losses caused by negligence. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 3:00 am
This is one of a series of posts that will excerpt sections from the third edition of my book, Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 6:27 am
It has since been received by the Senate and read twice in the Committee on Judiciary. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 7:22 am
For example, at the end of last month, a tort reform bill—which would place a nationwide limit of $250,000 on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases resulting from federally-funded healthcare and limit the fees which plaintiffs’ attorneys can receive—cleared a key House committee vote. [read post]
22 May 2013, 7:10 pm
Quick note for our readers who follow asbestos mass tort issues: the House Judiciary Committee decided in a 17–14 party-line vote this week to reject various proposed amendments to the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2013 (H.R. 982). [read post]
26 Jul 2022, 5:01 am
The claimant submitted that he was a victim of Israeli state conduct, which fell within the legal definition of a number of torts, and that Israeli invocation of the “resident of enemy territory” immunity was invalid because of the unconstitutionality of the 2012 legal amendment. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 6:59 am
That means both regulation and tort remedies. [read post]
20 Apr 2022, 4:00 am
The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey announced yesterday:The Diocese ... and the Official Committee of Tort Claimant Creditors ... which represents the interests of approximately 300 survivors of sexual abuse, have reached a settlement which will provide for the establishment of a substantial trust to compensate survivors of sexual abuse within the Diocese. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 12:22 am
Also known as the disclaimer statute, the Executive Committee will examine whether it should require a policyholder or claimant show prejudice when an insurer's disclaimer is late, but otherwise valid. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 3:00 am
This is one of a series of posts that will excerpt sections from the third edition of my book, Day on Torts: Leading Tennessee Tort Cases. [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 8:00 am
Chronis filed a written complaint with the health center’s grievance committee, requesting $332 for the expenses that she incurred because of the pap smear injury. [read post]
22 Oct 2011, 5:45 pm
Secondly, at 3.40pm what appears to be a “claimants’ group” of Hugh Tomlinson QC, Gideon Benaim and Alasdair Pepper. [read post]
11 Apr 2023, 8:45 pm
An ad hoc committee of talc claimants (most of the members of the Official Committee from LTL 1.0) weighed in with an informational brief that blasted the bankruptcy filing as being in bad faith and premised on what is, without hyperbole, the largest fraudulent transfer in history, weighing in a jaw-dropping $52.6 billion. [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 7:51 am
(Until the Committee report is filed, this language is unofficial). [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 12:31 am
Under current law this is where there has been “a real and substantial tort”. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 4:50 am
Today's post was shared by Legal Newsline and comes from legalnewsline.comFitzgeraldBut then came Fitzgerald’s 50-page May 20 memorandum opinion in which the Delaware-based jurist estimated the liabilities of Specialty Products Holding Corp. and Bondex International to be in the neighborhood of $1.1 billion, many millions of dollars higher than what the debtors contended the true figure to be.An expert working for the bankrupt companies – they are referred to as ‘debtors’ in… [read post]
28 Feb 2010, 7:31 am
A Statutory Tort? [read post]
1 Jan 2008, 11:17 pm
The ubiquitous "cash now" advertising structured settlement factoring transactions target the tort victims who are most vulnerable and in a financial pinch. [read post]
