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29 May 2012, 1:48 am
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17 Jul 2012, 2:47 am
An Oregon mother filed suit last week against the singer Justin Bieber for hearing loss allegedly caused by the "frenzy of screams" that Bieber incited in his young fans at his 2010 Portland concert. [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]
17 Jul 2017, 6:32 am
Citing a story at Law.com, Byron Stier at Mass Tort Profs notes that Judge Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York has been on the bench for over 50 years. [read post]
4 Jun 2025, 7:21 am
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6 Jun 2025, 8:25 am
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Mexico failed to plausibly allege that gun manufacturers aided and abetted gun dealers' unlawful sales of firearms to Mexican traffickers. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 8:04 am
The LexisNexis list is on the whole worth reviewing because it includes many quality blogs that get overlooked by the ABA Journal’s shorter and narrower list (in terms of torts blogs), including TortsProf Blog, Tort Talk, Day on Torts, and The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog. [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 Nov 2007, 5:52 pm
TortsProf Blog has the Complaint. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 10:54 pm
Scheuerman from TortsProf gives us the latest obesity lawsuit, but it might not be quite what you think;Howard Erichson from MassTorts reports that it was a good week for the paint industry as two state high courts knocked out lead paint nuisance claims;Sometimes judges turn into litigants. [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]
29 Nov 2007, 9:18 pm
More links: Paul Kiel, TPM Muckraker (indictment "devastating... it doesn't look good for Scruggs"); Legal Schnauzer (defender of Paul Minor distinguishes the two cases); WSJ interview with Judge Lackey (sub-only) and editorial (free link), Rossmiller Friday morning post (certain details in indictment suggest that a conspiracy insider, possibly Balducci, may have cooperated with prosecutors)(& welcome Instapundit, Point of Law, TortsProf, Adler @ Volokh, Open Market,… [read post]
5 Jun 2019, 4:21 am
Citing media coverage, Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, filed a motion to move consolidated pelvic mesh cases outside of Philadelphia and the five counties surrounding it. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 2:35 am
In a case of first impression at the circuit level, the Third Circuit ruled that TSA screeners are not law enforcement officers under the Federal Tort Claims Act; claims related to their conduct are barred by sovereign immunity: In a... [read post]
