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24 Jul 2020, 1:50 am
Jay Feinman has an opinion piece in WaPo: "Five Myths about Lawsuits. [read post]
22 Jul 2020, 1:51 pm
In 1975, California enacted MICRA, a law which, among other things, capped pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice cases at $250,000. [read post]
20 Jul 2020, 4:46 am
Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a call for papers for volume two of Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, edited by Paul Miller (Notre Dame) and John Oberdiek (Rutgers). [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 7:04 am
A Pennsylvania hospital has taken the "extraordinary step" of admitting fault as it settled cases stemming from the deaths of three premature babies. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 1:47 am
You may recall that back on March 19, I posted a link to Ron Miller reporting on the first COVID-19 lawsuit, arising out of the Grand Princess cruise ship. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 6:15 am
Cristina Tilley has posted to SSRN The Tort of Outrage and Some Objectivity about Subjectivity. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 6:08 am
Alexandra Lahav has posted to SSRN Chancy Causation in Tort. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 6:19 am
The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a non-driver in a DUI accident can be an "active" tortfeasor, and, thus, potentially liable for uncapped punitive damages. [read post]
9 Jul 2020, 1:09 am
Last month, I reported on a proposal by Deborah Ramirez to require police officers to carry liability insurance. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 6:46 am
Christopher French has posted to SSRN COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Loses: The Cases For and Against Coverage. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 2:39 am
A father has sued the owner of Hershey Park and the designer and builder of the Storm Runner roller coaster over an incident from June 2018. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 1:55 am
In the final hours of a special session in Louisiana, the legislature passed a tort reform bill that the Governor Edwards said he would sign. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 1:51 pm
On Wednesday, Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed a bill overhauling that state's punitive damages regime. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 5:23 am
A year ago, the Third Circuit held that Amazon was a seller for purposes of Pennsylvania products liability, even if the goods were owned by third parties. [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 6:17 am
On Friday, the Georgia Legislature adopted COVID-19 immunity for health care providers and businesses. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 3:26 am
Michael Wells has posted to SSRN Some Objections to Strict Liability for Constitutional Torts. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 5:45 am
Thomas Baker, Marc Edelman & John Holden have posted to SSRN College Football in the Time of COVID-19. [read post]
22 Jun 2020, 6:18 am
Aaron Twerski has posted to SSRN An Essay on the Quieting of Products Liability Law. [read post]
19 Jun 2020, 1:37 am
As the U.S. reopens from COVID-19 quarantine, it is no surprise that businesses are asking both workers and customers to sign waivers. [read post]
18 Jun 2020, 1:39 am
Rick Newman, Executive Director of the American Museum of Tort Law, interviews Deborah Ramirez about her proposal to require police officers to carry liability insurance. [read post]
