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6 May 2013, 2:17 am by tortsprof
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino have appointed Ken Feinberg to run the One Fund Boston for victims of the Boston marathon bombing. [read post]
3 May 2013, 8:08 am by tortsprof
Diederich Healthcare has released the 2013 statistics for med mal payouts. [read post]
3 May 2013, 7:55 am by tortsprof
Sarah Swan (JSD Candidate, Columbia) has posted to SSRN Triangulating Rape. [read post]
2 May 2013, 7:33 am by tortsprof
Yesterday the Florida House passed a med mal reform bill that restricts experts testifying against a defendant doctor to the same specialty, not just the same field. [read post]
1 May 2013, 9:34 pm by tortsprof
A Philadelphia judge has held that a rule allowing venue over out-of-state doctors in any county in Pennsylvania is constitutional. [read post]
1 May 2013, 9:07 am by tortsprof
In Missouri, the Senate is debating whether to reinstate a cap on med mal damages after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled last year that a prior cap was unconstitutional. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 6:44 am by tortsprof
Because of the link between torts and insurance, many of you either teach Insurance or are interested in the subject. [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 2:32 am by tortsprof
When Chris invited me to write a guest post for TortsProf, I already knew what I was going to write about: how the courthouse doors were being increasingly closed on tort plaintiffs by way of procedural changes, to the point... [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 2:03 pm by tortsprof
Max Kennerly has successfully represented a wide variety of injured clients, from the parents of an 18-year-old who needlessly died during liposuction (a case that required a five week trial in 2008, resulting in a $20.5 million jury verdict, including... [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 9:35 am by tortsprof
At JOTWELL, Ben Zipursky (Fordham) reviews Nancy Moore's Intent and Consent in the Tort of Battery: Confusion and Controversy, 61 Am. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 7:14 am by tortsprof
The 2014 AALS Annual Meeting will feature a combined Torts and Compensation Systems and Insurance Sections presentation "On the Unavoidable Intersection of Torts and Insurance. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 7:06 am by tortsprof
Linda Mullenix (Texas) has posted to SSRN The Practice: Class Action Cacophony at the Supreme Court. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 2:10 am by tortsprof
Last Tuesday, April 16, 2013, Widener University School of Law, the Widener Law Journal, and the Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc. sponsored a day-long symposium, Perspectives on Mass Torts Litigation. [read post]
20 Apr 2013, 2:06 am by tortsprof
Journal of European Tort Law, vol 4 issue 1 (2013) (available here) Articles: Duncan Fairgrieve, Geraint Howells and Marcus Pilgerstorfer ‘The Product Liability Directive: Time to get Soft?’ [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 2:11 am by tortsprof
Keith Hylton (Boston University) reviews Laposata, Barnes, & Glantz's Tobacco Industry Influence on the American Law Institute's Restatements of Torts and Implications for Its Conflicts of Interest Policies over at JOTWELL. [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 8:21 am by tortsprof
By a 27-12 vote, the Florida Senate passed SB 1792, requiring an expert against a defendant doctor to be in the same specialty as the defendant, not just the same field. [read post]
11 Apr 2013, 7:24 am by tortsprof
The Florida Senate is set to vote today on a tort reform package (SB 1792) that would make med mal cases more difficult to pursue. [read post]