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24 Sep 2007, 4:33 am
Continuing their focus on tort law as recourse for private wrongs, John C.P. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 4:23 am
Richard Nagareda has authored a new book, "Mass Torts in a World of Settlement," which addresses the litigation-as-legislation phenomena. [read post]
23 Sep 2007, 6:00 am
Yeah, I'd tend to agree; finding a snake head in your green beans is yuck. [read post]
22 Sep 2007, 1:39 pm
MarketWatch has details, including an interesting intersection of respondeat superior with punitive damages law: In the court documents, Exxon Mobil argued the case hinges partly on whether punitive damages should be imposed under maritime law against a ship owner for... [read post]
21 Sep 2007, 4:41 pm
Via Perlmutter & Schuelke, a report that the motion to recuse four Texas Supreme Court justices was denied without argument or comment. [read post]
21 Sep 2007, 12:31 pm
Colorado Confidential has a detailed post about a recent case against Qwest Communictions for injuries to a lineman who was left a paraplegic after a utility pole collapsed. [read post]
21 Sep 2007, 3:46 am
Not so elsewhere as Walter Olson discusses at Overlawyered in the BP explosion case where attorney antics clearly soared over the line of legitimacy;TortsProf Bill Childs has a particularly interesting wrongful death case against U-Haul (though "interesting" is most likely not the word the bereaved family would use);In White Plains, New York, a man who served 16 years in prison for a killing he did not commit has brought suit in federal court against the police and medical… [read post]
21 Sep 2007, 3:36 am
Texas Lawyer has a story about a fascinating fight shaping up in Texas, all based on an article by David Anderson at the University of Texas School of Law (from whom I took Mass Media Law, by the way). [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 6:50 am
When we last left the Kentucky Kingdom accident in which a teenager's feet were severed while on a drop ride, a lawsuit had been filed and the state department of agriculture (which regulates amusement rides) was investigating. [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 4:02 am
Rebecca Huss (Valparaiso) recently posted a number of older articles relating to the place of companion animals in the law. [read post]
19 Sep 2007, 1:27 pm
Pharmalot has a first look, and the bill itself [big PDF]. [read post]
19 Sep 2007, 7:28 am
...and Consumerist is live-blogging it again. [read post]
19 Sep 2007, 6:14 am
It is indeed Talk Like a Pirate Day. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 10:51 pm
Tony Sebok's latest FindLaw column addresses the New Jersey Supreme Court's decertification of the Vioxx class action brought on behalf of unions and health plans against Merck. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 10:35 pm
The New York Times reports that 14 more families have settled their suits against the airlines arising out of the 9/11 tragedy. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 9:24 am
A Wisconsin camper is suing the makers of Brut cologne for failing to warn more precisely about the risks of fire from its product. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 7:34 pm
I've previously posted (here and here) a lawsuit brought by the family of Blackwater employees; today's news that Iraq has revoked Blackwater's license there made me check in on it status. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 10:55 am
The LA Times reports an interesting case brought against U-Haul by the survivors of a rental customer:When the parking brake [on the truck he rented] malfunctioned repeatedly, Demetrio T. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 9:27 am
Michael D. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 6:54 am
The NYT has a story today about industry seeking, rather than fighting, new regulation. [read post]
