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10 Feb 2009, 3:48 am
Former "Sopranos" star Vincent Pastore is in trial in New York state court facing a tort suit by his former girlfriend for $5.5 million. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 9:45 am
A few years ago, the Florida Supreme Court threw out a $145 billion class verdict against various members of the tobacco industry. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 6:36 am
The Pump Handle has an overview. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 4:18 am
It's a lengthy and complicated story, but you might find it interesting: here (Goldacre's Bad Science blog, including a gazillion links to more coverage). [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 4:11 am
In a not-very-big surprise, the Second Circuit has agreed to review Judge Weinstein's class certification in the Zyprexa RICO decision. [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 5:45 am
Sheila mentioned them in the Roundup yesterday, and I want to highlight the Southwestern asbestos symposium articles over at Mass Torts Prof. [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 5:44 am
Over at New York Injury Cases Blog, John Hochfelder has an intriguing post demonstrating the variability of pain-and-suffering awards for hip and pelvis injuries. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 5:25 am
Here's this weeks news from the world of torts... [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 7:32 am
Often class action plaintiffs are paid in gift cards. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 5:27 am
Yesterday's NYT "Room for Debate" column included a section by George Fletcher (Columbia) on the role American law can play in prosecuting war crimes via the Alien Tort Claims Act. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 6:36 am
Details are at the Mass Tort Defense blog, which is (surprise!) [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 4:35 am
Among papers posted in the last 60 days, the top 10 papers for the SSRN Torts & Products Liability Journal are: 1. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 4:11 am
In his latest Findlaw column, Tony Sebok analyzes Judge Hellerstein's decision (pdf) dismissing claims by World Trade Center Properties against American Airlines for damage caused to WTC Tower Two. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 4:00 am
Yesterday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution ran two op-eds on Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue's proposal to impose a loser-pays rule and limit liability for drug companies (prior posts here and here). [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 7:09 am
One Alien Torts Claim suit and one Celebrex-related securities claim, both against Pfizer, were revived recently. [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 4:32 am
David Michaels (who will be presenting the Clason Lecture at Western New England College School of Law this Thursday at noon) will appear on WHMP's Bill Dwight Show in Northampton, Massachusetts, this morning at 9:15 or so. [read post]
1 Feb 2009, 1:02 pm
The AJC has details; essentially, the plaintiff was allegedly beaten by a group of Six Flags seasonal employees. [read post]
31 Jan 2009, 6:21 am
On Thursday, a tort reform bill was introduced in the South Carolina Senate. [read post]
30 Jan 2009, 8:31 am
Hat tip to the TortsProf Blog for posting yesterday on a new article by Frank Vandall, Catholic University Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2008) As the article abstract explains, the 2006 proposal by Senator Arlen Specter (R. [read post]
30 Jan 2009, 2:56 am
Reform, Legislation, Policy GAO criticizes FDA (TortsProf) FDA dissidents criticize FDA... [read post]
