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3 Mar 2009, 6:45 am
Jonathan Turley reports that a mother has filed a negligence suit against Chuck-E-Cheese for "allowing too many children into an 'enclosed tunnel' areas leading to a pile-up at the bottom of a slide. [read post]
3 Mar 2009, 5:39 am
In a story that touches on both criminal and civil cases (and notes the financial influence of civil cases), The Nation this week gives a preview of the upcoming Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's appeal of Paul Shanley, convicted a few... [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 6:58 am
In his Writ column, Tony Sebok (Cardozo) argues that the $8 million verdict in the Hess case will be struck down due to the unconstitutionality of the "mini-trial" concept approved by the Florida Supreme Court. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 6:23 am
Modern iteration of the fact pattern used regularly for discussing scope of consent in intentional torts: $6.75 million for undisclosed herpes. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 6:15 am
Tom Baker (Penn) and Timothy Lytton (Albany) have posted Allowing Patients to Waive the Right to Sue for Medical Malpractice: A Response to Thaler and Sunstein on SSRN. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 4:10 am
On this day in 1922, the Supreme Court upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing the right of women to vote. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 8:54 am
New York Personal Injury Cases Blog is providing us with some recent pain-and-suffering data points: Leg Fracture Verdicts for Pain and Suffering in New York Injury Cases Upheld on Appeal for $1,100,000 and $1,500,000 Leg Amputated After Drunk College Student... [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 8:13 am
Opening statements were made yesterday in the New Brunswick, NJ med mal trial of a dentist and oral surgeon. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 4:36 am
H.B. 1603 passed the Oklahoma House Judiciary Committee and now moves to the full House. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 8:53 am
The University of Montana's law and journalism schools are blogging the criminal case involving W.R. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 4:07 am
On Monday, the Oregon Senate passed a bill that would substantially increase public liability tort limits. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 3:56 am
Jeffrey Young at the Hill reports that President Obama has scheduled a health reform summit for next week:"Everybody here understands a lot of the tradeoffs involved in health care and that there are no perfect solutions, but in the sound-bite... [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 3:45 am
A jury recently awarded about $80,000 to a group of undocumented workers who sued an Arizona rancher for a variety of claims. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 3:35 am
A few years ago, a woman died after falling from an amusement ride on which the owner had allegedly bypassed the safety devices. [read post]
21 Feb 2009, 6:44 am
The upcoming March 2009 issue of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science is dedicated to a symposium covering class actions in about two dozen countries. [read post]
20 Feb 2009, 2:47 am
I am considering suing the snow if it returns. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 8:25 am
The family of a boy whose finger was crushed in a weightlifting accident at a high school in Virginia has sued the gym teacher. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 5:28 am
This is the question addressed by Jonathan Klick (Penn) and Cathy Sharkey (NYU Law) in their SSRN posting of the same name. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 6:27 pm
USA Today has the story; Philip Morris will appeal (press release), focusing on the use of the findings from the Engle class before it was decertified. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 5:25 am
In a ruling yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the New York City rule requiring chain restaurants to list calorie information on menus. [read post]
