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31 Oct 2007, 5:14 am
Also from the NYT, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation has approved a bill that would expand the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission: The bill would increase the maximum penalties for safety violations and make it... [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 1:34 pm
In a decision released last week, the Oregon Supreme Court has set a presumptive 4 to 1 ratio for punitive damages in economic injury cases: "[A]s a very general rule of thumb, the federal constitution prohibits any punitive damages award... [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 6:01 am
In an article yesterday, Forbes reports on "The Worst Places to Get Sued in America. [read post]
14 Oct 2008, 11:06 am
Two conferences of possible interest to readers: 1. [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 9:10 am
So posts Ed Silverman. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 4:37 am
I am heading to Cincinnati with the Western New England team for the Rendigs National Products Liability Moot Court competition, so I haven't had a chance to get posts together. [read post]
15 Jan 2007, 3:55 pm
At least one report (AP) indicates that a nurse called into the radio station to warn them that the water-drinking contest was dangerous. [read post]
19 Jun 2007, 3:50 am
Another interesting Times piece about Chinese-made defective products, this time focusing on toys. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 6:41 am
...and the Consumerist is live-blogging it. [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 4:11 am
It's not exactly shocking news that testing incoming hospital patients for the "superbug" version of staph could be highly effective, but the article is interesting nonetheless to hear one explanation as to why that's not become the standard of care.... [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 6:56 am
A former Mitsubishi president was convicted in Japan of professional malpractice relating to a death in a head-on collision and a long-term systematic coverup of defects. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 10:04 am
The lawsuit for defamation, IIED, and so on against various posters on the AutoAdmit forums continues, with one of the pseudonymous defendants ("AK47"), who declared that people named Jill and another common name "should be raped," seeking to quash a... [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 7:54 am
Locally we have had several instances of people allegedly finding foreign objects in their food. [read post]
24 Jun 2008, 12:53 pm
Beck & Herrmann have a thorough summary of Breen v. [read post]
9 Sep 2008, 11:13 am
The Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument for Wednesday, December 3rd in Philip Morris v. [read post]
18 Oct 2008, 12:55 pm
Eric Johnson (North Dakota), who is guestblogging at Prawfs, posted here about supplementing traditional appellate opinions with a first-person narrative of real cases in his Torts course. [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]
9 Oct 2024, 5:21 am
Greg Keating has posted to SSRN Pouring New Wine into Old Skins: The Case of Self-Driving Cars. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 4:24 am
Doug Rendleman has posted to SSRN The Triumph of Equity Revisited: The Stages of Equitable Discretion. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 6:30 am
Utah is considering upping the standard of proof for plaintiffs in malpractice claims against emergency medical providers to clear and convincing evidence. [read post]
