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20 Jun 2013, 11:43 am
Today the Florida Supreme Court invalidates a contract between a doctor and patient, signed prior to treatment, which required arbitration and set a damages limit (of $250,000) lower than the damages cap set by the Florida legislature. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 2:15 am
In 2013, the Florida legislature passed a reform requiring claimants filing lawsuits to sign forms authorizing ex parte communications: In ex parte communications, for example, defense attorneys representing a doctor accused of malpractice could get personal health information about the... [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 2:30 am
On Friday, Canada's first law against "revenge porn," the non-consensual sharing of intimate images often by an ex-lover, went into effect in Manitoba. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 6:12 am
A bill has passed a key committee vote in the Louisiana House to remove the $50K minimum to request a jury trial. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 12:20 pm
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26 Jun 2023, 4:12 am
Barbara Steininger has posted to SSRN Art.4:201 Petl: Revisiting the Grey Areas between Fault and Strict Liability. [read post]
25 Jan 2022, 9:45 am
Ken Simons has posted his contribution to the Journal of Tort Law's "State of Tort Theory" symposium, Justifying and Categorizing Tort Doctrines: What Is the Optimal Level of Generality? [read post]
17 Apr 2011, 11:35 pm
In honor of opening day in Major League Baseball two weeks ago, I wanted to dedicate my post to the liability of stadiums for batted balls. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 4:44 am
SCOTUS Blog is hosting an on-line symposium on the Alien Tort Statute, and in particular the Court's decision in Kiobel v. [read post]
2 May 2018, 4:28 am
Chris Reinders Folmer, Pieter Desmet, and Willem H. [read post]
5 Feb 2019, 1:39 am
Zenon Zabinski & Bernard Black have posted to SSRN The Deterrent Effect of Tort Law: Evidence from Medical Malpractice Reform. [read post]
15 Oct 2015, 2:36 am
A Manhattan woman sued her then eight-year-old nephew for an enthusiastic hug that knocked her down and broke her wrist. [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 1:40 am
Ken Abraham & Ted White have posted to SSRN Torts Without Names, New Torts, and the Future of Liability for Intangible Harm. [read post]
4 Nov 2019, 2:57 am
In a 4-3 ruling, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that a 7-year statute of repose for medical malpractice, passed as part of a 2002 law designed to ease an alleged health care crisis, was unconstitutional. [read post]
8 Apr 2022, 6:37 am
At JOTWELL Torts, I review Ken Abraham and Ted White's Tort Law and the Construction of Change: Studies in the Inevitability of History. [read post]
19 Jul 2022, 12:05 pm
Texas Tech University School of Law anticipates filling two doctrinal faculty positions beginning with the 2023-24 academic year. [read post]
27 Aug 2022, 11:54 am
A Georgia jury awarded $24 million in compensatory and $1.7 billion in punitive damages to the sons of a couple killed when their Ford pickup truck rolled over. [read post]
12 Dec 2022, 9:14 am
Mark Geistfeld and John Witt have filed an amicus brief in Glacier Northwest v. [read post]
13 Dec 2022, 4:36 am
Cyndi Nance, Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, will receive the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award from the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 5:36 am
As the National Law Journal reports, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has agreed to a $1M settlement to reimburse at least 100 families for the costs of applied behavioral analysis treatment for their autistic children. - SBS [read post]
