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13 Sep 2013, 1:52 am by tortsprof
Nora Freeman Engstrom (Stanford) has posted to SSRN Re-Re Financing Civil Litigation: How Lawyer Lending Might Remake the American Litigation Landscape, Again. [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 1:12 am by tortsprof
Ken Simons (Boston University) has posted to SSRN Exploring the Relationship between Consent, Assumption of Risk, and Victim Negligence, a chapter in a forthcoming book edited by John Oberdiek. [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 3:50 am by tortsprof
Oklahoma legislators concluded a five-day special session on Monday. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 1:15 am by tortsprof
This is a great one for your class on causation: The ABA Journal reports that a man has sued Wal-Mart for negligence in training its employees on how to bag groceries, as well as the plastic bag manufacturer, for the... [read post]
9 Sep 2013, 1:44 am by tortsprof
The Los Angeles Times reports on a lawsuit filed against a hospital and anesthesiologist for breach of medical privacy and IIED. [read post]
6 Sep 2013, 6:08 am by tortsprof
Georgia's Senate is considering SB 141, a bill that would replace medical malpractice litigation with a compensation system. [read post]
5 Sep 2013, 3:42 am by tortsprof
Avihay Dorfman (Tel Aviv) has posted to SSRN Assumption of Risk, After All. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 3:38 am by tortsprof
Anne Bloom (Pacific-McGeorge) has posted to SSRN The Radiating Effect of Torts. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 5:48 am by tortsprof
Hart Publishing has just published "Iniuria and the Common Law," edited by Eric Descheemaeker and Helen Scott. [read post]
2 Sep 2013, 1:25 am by tortsprof
David Weinstein and Christoper Torres (Greenberg Traurig) have written an article surveying the use of Lone Pine orders, a case management tool used in mass tort cases. [read post]
30 Aug 2013, 1:19 am by tortsprof
The ABA Journal reports that the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court has held that a remote texter can be liable for injuries caused when the text-recipient has a car accident, but only if the texter knew that the... [read post]
29 Aug 2013, 5:34 pm by tortsprof
Yesterday thousands of former football players and their families reached a settlement with the NFL for $765M to fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation, medical research for retired NFL players and their families, and litigation expenses. [read post]
29 Aug 2013, 6:07 am by tortsprof
Yesterday I taught the first Torts class of the year. [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 3:36 am by tortsprof
Robert Rabin (Stanford) has posted to SSRN Reexamining the Pathways to Reduction in Tobacco-Related Disease. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 1:25 am by tortsprof
Seven men have reached settlements with Penn State over allegations of abuse by former coach, Jerry Sandusky. [read post]
26 Aug 2013, 1:26 am by tortsprof
Oxford University Press has published a new edition of English Private Law, edited by Andrew Burroughs. [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 1:11 am by tortsprof
Keith Hylton (Boston University) has posted to SSRN The Economics of the Restatement and the Common Law. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 1:55 am by tortsprof
The Oklahoman Speaker of the House has reportedly stated that "it will take 26 to 28 separate bills to reenact the lawsuit reform legislation of 2009. [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 4:32 am by tortsprof
Our friends at Mass Tort Litigation report that the tobacco companies have filed a cert petition in an Engle progeny case. - SBS [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 2:08 am by tortsprof
The Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform recently released International Comparisons of Litigation Costs: Europe, the United States and Canada. [read post]