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6 Jul 2010, 2:00 am
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of an American Airlines passenger's false imprisonment suit after being stuck on an airplane for 9 1/2 hours. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 1:28 am
At a recent Casualty Actuarial Society meeting, John Mize, consulting actuary at Towers Watson, told the assembled actuaries that the Affordable Care Act could have a positive effect on medical malpractice. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 10:32 am
A suit over a burger, spat upon by an employee of Burger King, resulted in the Ninth Circuit certifying a question to the Washington Supreme Court. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 4:11 am
Louisiana has a $50,000 threshold for a jury trial. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 10:50 am
Plaintiffs have filed a master complaint in the MDL concerning the NFL concussion litigation. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 10:34 am
A recent article by Victor E. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 11:27 pm
The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that a pattern jury instruction in medical malpractice cases did not correctly state the law of Illinois. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 12:27 pm
I posted this before, but it was via a link to AALS and required a password. [read post]
3 Nov 2020, 3:16 am
The University of Michigan Law School invites junior scholars to attend the 7th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will take place virtually on April 16-17, 2021. [read post]
26 Oct 2021, 8:39 am
At JOTWELL Torts, Greg Keating reviews Nora Engstrom and Bob Rabin's Pursuing Public Health Through Litigation: Lessons from Tobacco and Opioids. [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 12:36 pm
ALI coverage of Southwestern's symposium is here. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 6:47 am
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21 Feb 2019, 9:28 am
At JOTWELL, Jenny Wriggins reviews Ronen Avraham & Kimberly Yuracko's Valuing Black Lives: A Constitutional Challenge to the Use of Race-Based Tables in Calculating Tort Damages. [read post]
2 Apr 2019, 4:16 am
Last month, New Jersey adopted a law banning certain waivers of rights in employment contracts, as well as non-disclosure provisions in employment contracts and settlement agreements. [read post]
13 Jan 2017, 1:59 am
Becker's Hospital Review provides a state-by-state comparison of malpractice suits and costs per 100,000 residents, in order from the largest amount (Louisiana at 44.1 suits per 100,000 residents) to the smallest (Hawaii at 4.9). [read post]
31 Mar 2017, 5:02 am
James Goudkamp and Donal Nolan have posted to SSRN Contributory Negligence on Appeal. [read post]
11 May 2017, 9:23 am
Summary: The Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law (Project) invites applications for a Research Fellow for 1 year beginning September 1, 2017. [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 2:29 am
In Florida last week, a jury hit RJ Reynolds with $14.7M in compensatory damages and $20M in punies for the death of an Air Force sergeant in another of the Engle progeny cases. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 7:52 am
The Missouri House passed a bill abolishing the collateral source rule. [read post]
20 Jun 2024, 6:53 am
Greg Keating has posted to SSRN a piece he presented at Southwestern law year, Is the Restatement of Design Defect a Defective Product?. [read post]
