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16 Nov 2007, 4:15 am
This one has it all: sex, class conflict (plumber versus multi-millionaire), and a protagonist named "Johnny Valentine. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 3:21 am
Brian Leiter has posted the most cited scholars in a number of fields, including Torts and Products Liability: 1. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 10:15 pm
It was therefore unnecessary to reach the other issues.]John Day gives some statistics from Tennessee on medical malpractice suits, settlements and more, in the context of why further tort "reform" is not necessary;Ron Miller discusses how non-economic damage caps may be considered discriminatory toward women;Justinian Lane at TortDeform follows the Texas story of tort "reform," to find out who benefited, and who didn't;At TortsProf, guest blogger Chris Robinette… [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 6:11 am
That's the argument summarized by Ron Miller (Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog) from Rebecca Korzec (Baltimore), Maryland Tort Damages: A Form of Sex-Based Discrimination 37 U. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 5:54 am
A member of my first Torts class (a great group!) [read post]
14 Nov 2007, 3:34 am
The Chicago Sun Times (via AP) reports that a Cook County Circuit Judge has struck down Illinois's caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. [read post]
14 Nov 2007, 3:19 am
The Washington Post reports that Yahoo! [read post]
14 Nov 2007, 12:06 am
At the time I wrote the other post, I wasn't sure if I had a subscription and if so, what the password might be, and while I was asking around my office to see if we have a subscription, a day or so passed, and then I saw the very same article linked and accessible at this post at William Childs' TortsProf Blog. [read post]
13 Nov 2007, 4:03 am
David Rossmiller (over at Insurance Coverage Law Blog) reports that the federal district court in Alabama has set November 20th for Dickie Scruggs's arraignment on contempt charges. [read post]
13 Nov 2007, 3:46 am
The Daily Business Review (via law.com) reports that the Florida Third District Court of Appeal has reversed a $60 million jury verdict against Ford involving a fatal rollover of an Explorer SUV: Ford appealed the verdict in June 2006 on... [read post]
13 Nov 2007, 3:23 am
Via Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, we learn of the frankly horrifying story of the dental patient injured when the dentist's drill goes a bit off course. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 11:51 am
In what will shock just about nobody, ABC News reports (via Wonkette, which has a fancy new editor) that many recalled toys are available on eBay and similar auction sites. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 9:51 am
The new issue of AAJ's Trial has a story (paid membership required) about the ongoing litigation against the trailer manufacturers who provided trailers for Katrina refugees: More than 500 Louisianans who have been living in trailers provided by the Federal... [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 9:47 am
USA Today has the story of a tort system brought this summer against the second-largest Ku Klux Klan group in America, the Imperial Klans of America. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 9:26 am
Kathryn Spier (Harvard) has posted to SSRN a new paper, "Product Safety, Buybacks and the Post-Sale Duty to Warn. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 4:25 am
The NYT has details, including the note that the manufacturer did not evidently inform the seller of the ingredient change, and also that the toxic (when metabolized) product costs about a third of the proper ingredient. [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 4:39 am
In Arizona, Sen. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 5:29 pm
Sure enough, as my dad suspected, the ingredient that metabolized into GHB has been confirmed as 1,4-butanediol. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 11:05 am
According to the NYT, Merck has agreed to a $4.85 billion settlement for 27,000 Vioxx lawsuits. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 8:17 am
A few months ago, I posted about the tragic death of a teenage girl at a festival in Wisconsin. [read post]
