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16 Jul 2014, 3:40 am
David Hyman (Illinois) and Charles Silver (Texas) have posted to SSRN Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Justice-Talk and the Future of Medical Malpractice Litigation. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 2:11 am
An Ohio woman is suing an Illinois sperm bank for sending sperm from a black donor, when she asked for sperm from a white donor. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 11:36 pm
I've got a couple more days until the exams roll in for grading, so I'm off to Brooklyn for the weekend. [read post]
26 May 2009, 4:00 am
Sunday's NY Times had an interesting article on libel tourism - plaintiffs with little connection to Britain who bring libel lawsuits against American authors in London courts using Britain's friendlier libel laws. [read post]
16 Jun 2009, 4:48 am
As of August 1, 2009, Pace Environmental Law Review (PELR) will use a new Peer Review process to select articles for publication. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 6:32 am
Francois-Xavier Licari sent the following announcement: Legal Maxims in the 21st Century – Law in Books or Law in Action? [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 2:26 am
The University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, has a current opening for a tenure track Associate or Full Professor of Law. [read post]
7 Aug 2024, 7:39 am
Andrew Roberts and Megan Richardson have posted to SSRN Privacy, Punishment and Private Law. [read post]
1 Aug 2024, 7:07 am
At JOTWELL, I review Greg Keating's excellent book, Reasonableness and Risk. [read post]
19 Aug 2024, 4:49 am
The California Supreme Court held that in a negligent infliction of emotional distress case, the plaintiff need not be aware of the defendant’s role in causing the family member’s physical injury at the time the injury occurs: Downey v. [read post]
4 Oct 2024, 11:15 am
Richard Boldt & Don Gifford have posted to SSRN Interference with the Democratic Process as Public Nuisance. [read post]
18 Sep 2024, 6:58 am
At JOTWELL, Ellie Bublick reviews Anita Bernstein's Renewing Products Liability with Semen. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 3:51 am
If this pattern keeps up, patients might actually feel better informed, and more tolerant when errors occur, causing a decrease in medical malpractice cases.Tony Sebok at FindLaw has the second half of his series on reopening the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund for the thousands of relief workers who were injured in the aftermath;Brian Wolfman at Public Citizen's Consumer Law and Policy blog discusses a danger I had not previously heard of: 15-20 million lightweight stoves installed in… [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 7:38 am
But in the same issue I also found a front page story on the post-game analysis of the defense verdict in the Weis med-mal trial, so the link is good for two stories;We're used to seeing punitive damage awards decreased, but here a judge has increased them with respect to a telephone lineman being left a paraplegic after an accident (TortsProf Bill Childs);If you took the case on contingency, you only get paid at the end. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 6:49 am
You won't see the mere repetition of someone else's thoughts coming off his keyboard.Real Lawyers Have Blogs - Kevin O'Keefe has provided plenty of tips on blogging, and should be required reading for anyone who wants to do it well;New York Attorney Malpractice Blog - Andrew Bluestone's blog covers cases from all over, and is great reading for examples of how lawyers get themselves in trouble, and serves as a constant reminder on protecting oneself;TortsProf - Bill… [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]
4 Oct 2009, 8:14 am
For example, Ted Frank at Overlawyered discusses the issues surrounding tax deductions for punitive damage payments here and law school professors Edward Cheng (Brooklyn) and Albert Yoon (Toronto) discuss their unpredictability at TortsProf Blog here. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 6:33 am
He made pre-trial rulings on the damages phase for the remaining 16 claims -- which will precede the liability phase in hopes of encouraging settlements -- according to this New York Times report;Colin Miller makes his Personal Injury Law Round-Up debut with a post at EvidenceProf regarding the suit against Lindsey Lohan, and the admissibility of a police report (I also note that under New York law the result he suggests would likely be different) (via TortsProf):Last week a jury returned… [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 12:00 pm
TortsProf Blog 40. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 2:25 pm
But that initial call is how it all starts.Other posts on the subject:Medical Malpractice - Vetting the CaseMedical Malpractice EconomicsMedical Malpractice - A PrimerNo, Your Medical Malpractice Case Will NOT Settle FastAddendum 3/19/08 -- From TortsProf Sheila B. [read post]
