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1 Mar 2018, 3:11 am
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has ruled that the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act insulates school districts from paying damages for injuries suffered by victims of bullying. [read post]
8 Sep 2009, 3:00 am
Matthew Heller at On Point Legal News reports on a new twist on an employer's vicarious liability for its employee's torts: Taking employment law into uncharted waters, a $645 million lawsuit alleges the operator of the Hard Rock resort in... [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 1:31 am
On October 10, the Court of Appeals of Georgia allowed a claim to go forward against the parents of a middle-school-aged child who created a fake Facebook page for a classmate and posted defamatory statements. [read post]
9 Oct 2014, 1:08 am
A Milwaukee County circuit judge held the state's $750,000 cap on pain and suffering did not apply to a $25.3M verdict, including $15M of pain and suffering to her and $1.5M to her husband, for a woman who lost all... [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 5:00 am
On Wednesday, a south Florida appellate court upheld as constitutional a $350,000 cap on pain and suffering in med mal cases in which a healthcare provider's offer to arbitrate was rejected and the plaintiff filed suit. [read post]
29 Aug 2019, 10:03 am
Back in July, I reported the Third Circuit had held that, under Pennsylvania law, for products liability purposes, Amazon is a seller of items appearing on its website, even if they are owned by third parties. [read post]
4 Mar 2016, 2:15 am
On Tuesday, a grand jury report was issued regarding the sexual molestation of hundreds of children over a 40-year period in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese. [read post]
25 May 2016, 1:06 am
Last month, I reported that Pennsylvania was debating bills to remove or extend the statute of limitations for sexual assault cases. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 2:00 am
As someone who has regularly taught, and written extensively, in both the fields of tort law and substantive criminal law, I thought I might suggest a few ways that criminal law doctrine and scholarship could helpfully inform tort law doctrine... [read post]
2 Dec 2022, 9:30 am
From the ALI website: In Dhital v. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 2:00 am
Judge Barbier has appointed fifteen lawyers to the plaintiffs' steering committee ("PSC") in In re Oil Spill: Brian H. [read post]
14 Sep 2017, 1:10 am
At Legally Speaking Ohio, Marianna Brown Bettman analyzes a case handed down by the Ohio Supreme Court last week. [read post]
24 Nov 2017, 3:51 pm
Two weeks ago, I reported that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was attempting to use surplus funds from a med mal insurer that was created by state law, but was not a part of state government. [read post]
30 Aug 2013, 1:19 am
The ABA Journal reports that the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court has held that a remote texter can be liable for injuries caused when the text-recipient has a car accident, but only if the texter knew that the... [read post]
15 May 2017, 2:06 am
Underscoring the importance of tort warnings. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 2:00 am
In an opinion filed on Monday, the South Carolina Supreme Court adopted the risk-utility test for design defect cases, rejecting use of a consumer expectations test. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 1:27 am
From an e-mail I received from Temple's Scott Burris: The Center for Health Law Practice and Policy (CHLPP) at Temple University is hiring a grant-funded, Injury Prevention Legal Research Associate to support the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s (PA DOH) Violence... [read post]
8 Apr 2019, 4:26 am
A 29-year-old Jewish man has filed a tort claim notice against Ocean County, New Jersey regarding alleged harassment he suffered while incarcerated. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 3:21 am
Like many states, Pennsylvania is facing a budget deficit. [read post]
3 May 2010, 2:00 am
As the academic year winds down, I usually rearrange the piles on my desk in an effort to mark the onset of another summer full of promise and unrealistic expectations. [read post]
