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29 Feb 2008, 7:57 am
The TortsProf Blog reports today that the Virginia Supreme Court did the right thing (my words, not theirs) and found that tax-exempt doctor foundations are not immune from medical malpractice liability. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 6:38 am
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled earlier today that the University of Virginia does not have charitable immunity for medical malpractice cases. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 6:27 am
Cardozo is hosting a lecture entitled "The Vioxx Story: Mass Settlement Without Class Actions" on Tuesday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 6:26 am
The TortsProf Blog reports that state legislatures in Colorado and Oregon are considering increases to their caps on noneconomic damages. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 5:48 pm
I just have to say: look out TortsProf Blog - we're coming to get you! [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 2:14 pm
Minnesota Public Radio's News Cut blog summarizes the sad case, and litigation aftermath, of Amanda Jax: Where do we start with the sad case of Amanda Jax, the legal adult who drank herself to death on her birthday? [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 12:00 pm
TortsProf Blog 40. [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]
28 Feb 2008, 6:25 am
Jacob Nussim (Bar-Ilan University-Faculty of Law) has posted Distributive Aspects of Legal Standards on SSRN. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 4:39 am
I've been following the case related to Katie Lassiter, the young girl whose feet were severed while on the "Superman: Tower of Power" drop ride manufactured by Intamin for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. [read post]
27 Feb 2008, 5:41 am
The New York Times reports on a suit filed yesterday by the Alaska native village of Kivalina against 20 oil, electric, and coal companies. [read post]
27 Feb 2008, 5:30 am
The New York Times reports on the prosecution of a California doctor for allegedly hastening the death of a patient in order to retrieve his organs. [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 6:43 am
Yesterday's WSJ includes an editorial, "Lawsuit, Inc. [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 6:32 am
In his latest Findlaw column, Tony Sebok discusses the Riegel decision and how it may reveal the Court's approach to the remaining preemption cases on the Court's docket. [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 3:27 am
Ron Springs, a former Dallas Cowboy football player, is one of eleven named plaintiffs in a suit challenging Texas's 2003 damage caps, reports the AP via the NYT. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 11:11 am
Ted Frank was there and summarizes. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 9:26 am
With Ralph Nader's announcement yesterday that he is again running for president, I thought it might be a good time to link to a 1995 column he wrote on tort reform for Legal Times, reproduced on the 'Lectric Law Library... [read post]
24 Feb 2008, 6:07 am
So suggests the Washington Post story today, covering the imminent Supreme Court argument (ScotusWiki page is here). [read post]
23 Feb 2008, 6:20 am
The USSC's decision in Riegel v. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 8:21 am
Pharmalot has the editorial from Science. [read post]
