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1 Oct 2020, 4:53 am
On Monday, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) was unconstitutional. [read post]
19 Jul 2021, 5:27 am
The New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the Appellate Division's overturn of a grant of summary judgment; the majority held that a licensed social worker owed a common law duty to the victim of a schizophrenic patient: In sum, Martinez treated... [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 5:48 am
Ken Abraham has posted to SSRN Police Liability Insurance after Repeal of Qualified Immunity, and Before. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 7:24 am
Jeff Helmreich, Ken Simons, and Ben Zipursky have published articles on defamation in the Journal of Free Speech Law. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 1:44 am
Hart Publishing is delighted to announce the publication of ‘Hepple and Matthews' Tort Law’ by David Howarth, Martin Matthews, Jonathan Morgan, Janet O'Sullivan and Stelios Tofaris Associate Editor Bob Hepple We are pleased to offer you 20% discount on the... [read post]
10 Mar 2016, 2:48 am
With a vote of 49-0, the Indiana Senate passed an increase in the med mal cap approved earlier by the House. [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 1:45 am
Kim Yuracko & Ronen Avraham have posted to SSRN Valuing Black Lives: A Constitutional Challenge to the Use of Race-Based Tables in Calculating Tort Damages. [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 5:56 am
The Alabama Supreme Court recently denied rehearing in Weeks v. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 7:22 am
Mark Geistfeld (NYU) has posted on SSRN Efficiency, Fairness, and the Economic Analysis of Tort Law. [read post]
7 May 2009, 4:52 am
A causation example many of us use in class is finding a dead person at the foot of a set of stairs. [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 2:00 am
New Suits MDL Panel considers consolidation of federal DuPuy hip replacement litigation; oral argument on motion scheduled for next Thursday, November 18th. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 4:47 am
WOSU, the public radio station in Columbus, Ohio, reports on the impact of Ohio's caps on non-economic damages passed 10 years ago. - SBS [read post]
27 Apr 2022, 11:51 am
A compromise among trial lawyers, medical groups, and lawmakers has been reached that will raise California's medical malpractice caps and avert a November ballot initiative. [read post]
23 Oct 2018, 2:11 am
From the Boston Globe's "Talking Points" earlier this month: New Jersey’s Supreme Court has dismissed more than 500 lawsuits against the maker of an acne drug that caused some patients to develop a gastrointestinal disease. [read post]
29 Jun 2023, 10:41 am
The Fourth Circuit joined the Third and Eighth Circuits in holding that TSA screeners are subject to suit pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act. [read post]
16 Apr 2017, 3:21 pm
At JOTWELL, Nora Engstrom reviews David Engel's The Myth of the Litigious Society: Why We Don't Sue. [read post]
19 Apr 2017, 1:12 am
I reported last week that the Iowa House passed a med mal bill with a general cap of $250,000 on non-economic damages, but an exception for cases of “substantial or permanent loss or impairment of bodily functions and substantial disfigurement. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 6:44 am
Because of the link between torts and insurance, many of you either teach Insurance or are interested in the subject. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 12:31 am
Two tort reform bills have been placed on the House calendar for this week: the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act and the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act. [read post]
12 Apr 2009, 7:43 am
On Friday, Nevada's Assembly Judiciary Committee approved a bill that allows victims of gross negligence to sue for unlimited pain and suffering damages. [read post]
