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25 Aug 2009, 4:42 am
Jonathan Turley reports that a Chicago woman who fell while walking on the floor near a dolphin tank is suing the zoo for "recklessly and willfully trained and encouraged the dolphins to throw water at the spectators in the stands,... [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 4:06 am
Two quick things about amusement parks: First, Wiggin & Dana attorney Erik Beard has started a blog about amusement park law generally, and today he's posted about why, in his view, the founding fathers would be glad that there are... [read post]
21 Feb 2007, 11:08 am
Surprise! [read post]
11 Jun 2007, 3:57 am
As reported in Newsday, the New York medical examiner has announced that the death of a seventeen-year-old track star on Staten Island was caused by high levels of methyl salicylate - an anti-inflammatory found in sports creams such as Bengay... [read post]
24 Nov 2007, 7:43 am
Speaking at an Iowa medical school on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney endorsed a federal cap on non-economic damages for medical malpractice. [read post]
25 Apr 2008, 6:35 am
Last night, I finished teaching my (two-semester) Torts class for the third year in a row. [read post]
16 Sep 2008, 10:05 am
In a recent opinion (pdf), the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia addressed a 21st century conversion claim: a former employee forwarded an allegedly proprietary email to his personal account, and then used the information to... [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 11:10 am
So asks William Ruskin over at Toxic Tort Litigation Blog. [read post]
20 Jan 2009, 3:59 am
Vaia Karapanou and Louis T. [read post]
7 Sep 2006, 6:15 am
Definition of nuisance settlement? [read post]
7 Nov 2006, 12:11 pm
I didn't notice this story yesterday, but it's a pretty big deal.In an order issued yesterday, November 6, the Supreme Court asked (read: required) the Solicitor General to express the views on the United States in an important preemption case... [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 12:40 pm
I hope you'll forgive an end-of-the-week bit of sentimentality. [read post]
19 Feb 2007, 4:22 am
Today is the anniversary of the fire at the Station Nightclub in Warwick, Rhode Island, that killed 100 people attending a Great White concert. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 8:28 am
Connecticut is considering statutory provisions requiring MySpace and similar sites to confirm ages and to obtain parental permission for kids under 18. [read post]
11 Jul 2007, 5:32 am
A couple of regional updates perhaps of interest generally: Judge Ernest Murphy, who won $2 million in a libel claim against the Boston Herald (recently upheld by the SJC), has had ethics charges filed against him for allegedly trying to... [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 6:11 am
Eric Turkewitz alerts us to a new blog, The Pop Tort. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 6:25 am
In keeping with Sheila's torts-and-pop-culture vein (see yesterday's "Peggy Sue Got Sued"), this post is about two of the biggest stars of 1970's sitcoms: Henry Winkler ("Happy Days") and John Ritter ("Three's Company"). [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 12:31 am
In this week's Writ column, Tony Sebok discusses the Second Circuit's recent decision in McLaughlin v. [read post]
5 May 2008, 4:08 am
Texans for Lawsuit Reform commissioned a study on the effects of the various reforms in that state over the past couple of decades. [read post]
29 May 2008, 7:45 am
I recently noticed that I have a pattern of checking the same blogs (both torts and general-interest law). [read post]
