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7 Sep 2007, 3:59 am
Our HealthLawProf neighbors post today about two new studies relating to errors in hospitals, exploring the surprising findings that reducing resident hours did not seem to reduce errors. [read post]
7 Sep 2007, 3:56 am
You may have heard about the forthcoming CBS series Kid Nation, in which kids are dropped in an isolated location and videotaped while they form a society, etc. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 7:42 am
CNN has more on the settlement, tentatively reached between the plaintiffs and some of the multiple defendants. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 9:00 pm
American University has announced a series of events "seeking common ground on prescription drug safety. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 9:00 pm
(That's a lot of acronyms.) [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 2:36 pm
I believe I've posted once or twice about "popcorn lung," a horrific condition evidently caused by a product in artificial flavoring used in microwave popcorn. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 3:51 am
The National Law Journal has an essay by Aaron Twerski on the relevance of legal scholarship. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 3:38 am
LegalNewsline reports that the Ohio Supreme Court has authorized use of a public referendum on the validity of a bill that prevents public nuisance claims in products liability cases. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 3:55 am
The New York Times reports on the Katrina-insurance mess:Insurance companies may have paid out $11 billion to Louisianians in the two years since Hurricane Katrina, but they have also become a new villain in the tales people tell about the... [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 3:48 am
The New York Times reports that Judge Hellerstein has set a 9/24 trial date in the cases filed by victims' families (those who opted out of the compensation fund):Of the original 95 lawsuits on behalf of 96 victims, 53 cases... [read post]
3 Sep 2007, 3:34 am
Over at SplitCircuits Blog, A. [read post]
3 Sep 2007, 3:25 am
The Guardian (UK) reports that Corriere della Sera, Italy's highest appeal court, will hear an appeal this week by the German government over a lower court ruling in favor of Greek descendants of the 1944 massacre in the village of... [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 11:57 am
For your weekend reading pleasure: Bicycle Built for Brew. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 6:54 am
I'm not so good at math, but I'm pretty sure the Exxon Valdez punitive damages rulings have gone up and down the appellate chain about 400 times. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 6:05 am
" There's probably a good reason for that, being that the information is often unknown at the time the retainer is signed.With the papers abuzz over tainted products from China, Ann Brown (former Consumer Products Safety Commission chair) and Pamela Gilbert (former CPSC executive director) lets rip in a harsh Washington Post op-ed that discusses, in part, why we have so little oversight (via TortsProf);TortDeform's Kia Franklin goes to battle against an article in American… [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 5:01 am
Over a year ago, I posted (here and here) about a putative class action fraud and consumer protection claim brought against sunscreen manufacturers for the alleged failure to deal with UVA rays. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 4:04 am
A North Carolina InjuryBoard blog has more. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 10:26 am
So reports a Research Triangle paper (registration required). [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 3:46 am
The Boston Globe has the details, or, more accurately, has the lack of details on the financial part. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 7:47 am
No commercial endorsements here, but I observe that Tanga presently has "So Sue Me," the board game, available for $15.99. [read post]
