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3 Dec 2012, 1:03 am
A shout out to the torts-related blogs in the ABA's 6th annual "Blawg 100": Abnormal Use - "an unreasonably dangerous products liability blog dedicated to the discussion of federal and state products liability litigation" by the attorneys at Gallivan, White... [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 12:14 am
In 1995, North Dakota passed a $500,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. [read post]
27 Jan 2018, 4:40 am
In case you could not join is in San Diego earlier this month, the podcast from the Torts Section's meeting is here: https://soundcloud.com/aals-2/torts-and-compensation-systems/s-qQHGP? [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 5:03 am
In a case out of Palm Beach County, a woman who had repeatedly been told to stay off the premises was shot in the leg at a common area of an apartment complex. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 3:54 am
According to the bill history, the Texas Senate passed SB 39 (pdf) last Monday. [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 4:01 am
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a debate on whether liability damages caps should be a part of health reform. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 7:46 am
In 2008, the Tennessee legislature passed a law requiring a third-party certification from a doctor or nurse that a claim has some merit and notice 60 days prior to filing suit. [read post]
11 Jul 2012, 2:53 am
John Culhane (Widener) has a piece in Slate advising Penn State how to handle the civil aspects of the Sandusky scandal based on an analogy to the BP oil spill. [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 1:10 am
I missed this earlier, but on Tuesday, the federal med mal bill in the House was (at least temporarily) derailed by Republican opposition that the bill disrespected federalism and invaded the province of the states. [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 1:34 am
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a Pennsylvania-focused story on 3-D printing. [read post]
15 Jun 2016, 12:54 am
I'm teaching Products Liability this summer. [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 4:34 am
The Parr family in Texas won a $3M verdict alleging they were sickened by fumes from natural gas wells. [read post]
2 Mar 2017, 2:31 am
Last month, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that a substance abuse treatment facility was not responsible for an assault perpetrated by one of its former residents, shortly after he left the facility: According to the court’s written opinion,... [read post]
20 Mar 2023, 7:02 am
At JOTWELL, Donal Nolan reviews Paula Giliker's Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World. [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 9:27 am
Ken Abraham and Ted White have published, with UVa Press, Tort Law and the Construction of Change: Studies in the Inevitability of History: The book argues that two versions of history–one grounded in the application of previous legal rules and... [read post]
11 Jul 2016, 3:03 am
Take-home exposure cases, in which a worker brought home a toxic substance like asbestos on his or her clothes and sickened a spouse, are being expanded in New Jersey. [read post]
1 Jun 2021, 6:04 am
Judge Guido Calabresi, who was instrumental in creating the law and economics movement in tort scholarship, has taught his final Torts class at Yale. [read post]
11 Aug 2022, 4:10 pm
In late June, a Texas jury found Spectrum liable for the death of one of its customers. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 2:54 am
Grace Giesel has posted to SSRN A New Look at Contract Mistake Doctrine and Personal Injury Releases. [read post]
27 Jun 2022, 9:53 am
Kowsar Yousefi, Bernard Black, & David Hyman have posted to SSRN Paid Medical Malpractice Claims: How Strongly Does the Past Predict the Future?. [read post]
