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15 Apr 2011, 4:44 am
This bill would essentially make “negligence in the ER legal” in North Carolina, too… Bill Precluding Punitives for Undocumented Immigrants (TortsProf): That’s right, in AZ there seems to be no difference between acting negligently and deliberately hurting someone, so long as the person you pick on doesn’t have the right papers. [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 6:07 am
My New York Daily News opinion piece stirred up a whole lot of discussion: at Megan McArdle/The Atlantic, Hans Bader/CEI, Mike Riggs/Daily Caller “TheDC Morning”, Outside the Beltway, Radley Balko, AllahPundit/Hot Air, Never Yet Melted, Modeled Behavior, Above the Law, Twitter mentions, John Hayward/Human Events, Jammie Wearing Fool, Andrew Stuttaford/NRO “Corner”, Amy Alkon, Chris Robinette/TortsProf, Ira Stoll/Future of Capitalism, and my own write-up at Cato at… [read post]
14 Jun 2007, 5:50 am
In a 26-page Health Care policy statement issued today, buried on page 13, is this bit (hat tip to TortsProf):Stop Frivolous Lawsuits: To discourage frivolous suits, Edwards will require lawyers to have an expert testify that actual malpractice has occurred before bringing a suit. [read post]
31 Jul 2009, 6:11 am
Hans Pope investigates;Bill Childs has extensive Personal Injury Law Round-Up at TortsProf. [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 2:56 pm
Bill Childs (TortsProf, dealing with a great deal of PI, as well as more)Profs. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 7:50 am
The family of a dead man -- who it turns out wasn't quite dead yet -- wants to sue the medical examiner; As tort "reform" comes up in the debate over the health care bill -- along with screams of excess litigation and frivolous suits -- a reminder from Public Citizen that the actual data on tort trials is that they have decreased in number over the years; Scott Greenfield shreds New York's new drunk-driver law; The Personal Injury Law Round-Up is up at TortsProf; and… [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 4:30 am
Robinette at the TortsProf blog discussing a word we had never heard before: toxicogenomics. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 10:59 am
Part IV illustrates how the quest for predictability requires information on other similar cases that cannot be given to juries, and how the premium now placed on predictable damages awards makes it difficult, if not impossible, for juries to arrive at constitutional verdicts.Hat tip: TortsProf Blog. [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 4:02 pm
Embodiment of evil TV host Nancy Grace has been sued by the parents of Melinda Duckett, the mother of a missing boy. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 12:53 pm
Eli Lilly has submitted a letter to Judge Weinstein regarding the upcoming hearing (scheduled for Tuesday). [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 5:46 pm
I notice Stephanie at The Tortellini has (I think a little tongue-in-cheek) credited me with enlighten[ing] me about the dangers of amusement parks (as if I didn't already suspect that those places were sort of a problem!) [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 3:46 am
I have next to no interest in making this blog election-related, and so I won't, but will occasionally direct your attention to things like this post, which makes an effort, albeit a limited one, to give a sense of where... [read post]
31 Mar 2007, 1:00 pm
The Commercial Appeal has an editorial endorsing what it sees as a middle ground -- prefiling certification, but no caps.... [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 4:20 am
The National Review has an opinion piece evaluating Fred Thompson's potential presidential candidacy as it relates to modifications to the tort system. [read post]
2 Jul 2007, 3:58 pm
So: How, if at all, will the commutation of Scooter Libby's prison term affect the civil suit brought against Libby (and others) by Valerie Plame? [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 4:09 am
The U.S. [read post]
3 Dec 2007, 11:29 am
We got our first significant snow here in western Massachusetts last night. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 8:44 am
The NTSB's investigation into the Minnesota bridge collapse has evidently concluded that it was caused by a design flaw, not due to a lack of maintenance or the like. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 2:09 am
Mary J. [read post]
31 Aug 2006, 9:08 am
This is part of the series of guest posts about what should be taught in Torts. [read post]
