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23 Apr 2024, 7:40 am
Yesterday, a federal jury found that BNSF Railway is liable in the deaths of two Libby, MT residents and awarded their estates $4 million each. [read post]
29 Jan 2020, 2:42 am
Jean-Sébastien Borghetti & Simon Whittaker have published French Civil Liability in Comparative Perspective with Hart Publishing. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 5:23 am
A year ago, the Third Circuit held that Amazon was a seller for purposes of Pennsylvania products liability, even if the goods were owned by third parties. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 5:56 am
In just a few weeks time the American Law Institute’s annual meeting will consider Chapter 10 of the Restatement Third of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harms. [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 6:25 am
Attorneys on both sides believe that a plaintiff's Twitter posts affected the damages that she received in a car accident case in Georgia state court. [read post]
28 Aug 2019, 2:31 am
The European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL) and the Institute for European Tort Law of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Graz (ETL) cordially invite you to a conference on Fault-based and Strict Liability, which... [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 4:05 am
Jean-Sébastien Borghetti has posted to SSRN Taking EU Product Liability Law Seriously: How Can the Product Liability Directive Effectively Contribute to Consumer Protection?. [read post]
24 Feb 2021, 9:48 am
Last week, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that a grandparent in the zone of danger can recover emotional distress damages for the death of their grandchild. [read post]
15 Feb 2019, 8:56 am
After a multi-year saga in which ballot initiatives to amend the state constitution were struck down, new bills have been filed in Arkansas. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 5:39 am
Dear Colleagues, We hope this email finds you well. [read post]
30 Aug 2016, 2:50 am
From Richard Wright: In a recent post to the Tortprof discussion list, my long-time colleague, Ralph Brill, announced the imminent closing of that discussion group, which he initiated and managed for many years, due to his pending retirement and the... [read post]
31 Aug 2017, 3:24 am
Two large med mal death verdicts were just handed down in Detroit and Minneapolis. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 1:42 am
The House Judiciary Committee, by an 18-17 margin, approved legislation capping damages in medical malpractice cases. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 11:20 pm
At JOTWELL, Nora Engstrom has posted "The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself": How Physicians' Exaggerated Conception of Medical Malpractice Liability Has Become the Real Problem. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 3:55 pm
Two weeks ago, I reported that a bill to remove the $50K minimum to request a jury trial had passed a key committee vote in the House. [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 5:37 am
At JOTWELL Torts, Greg Keating reviews "Lost Life and Life Projects" by Sean Hannon Williams: Sean Hannon Williams’ Lost Life and Life Projects tackles “wrongful death damages from the perspective of individual justice accounts of tort law.” [read post]
14 Apr 2009, 4:11 am
Call for Articles, Essays, and Book Reviews: National Security and Constitutional Law Proposals due May 15, 2009 The editors of Pace Law Review invite proposals from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and professionals for contributions to a special issue on the relationship... [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 2:35 pm
On the Friday of the AALS Conference, at least one of the "Hot Topics" sessions will be of interest to torts profs: 10:30 am-12:15 pmNapoleon Ballroom, 3rd floor, Hilton New Orleans Riverside The Katrina Litigation: On the Front Edge of... [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 2:00 am
At the past meeting of the American Association of Law Schools, the Torts & Compensation Systems Section, chaired by John Goldberg, devoted its session to an examination of my academic writings on the law of tort. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 2:23 am
Reform, Legislation, Policy IL: Republican state legislator introduces a constitutional amendment which would allow the legislature to cap medical malpractice damages. [read post]
