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2 Dec 2019, 1:41 am by tortsprof
Last week I reported a breakthrough in a dispute over extending the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania. [read post]
29 Nov 2019, 5:01 am by tortsprof
The University of Michigan Law School invites junior scholars to attend the 6th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will be held on April 17-18, 2020, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. [read post]
26 Nov 2019, 2:34 am by tortsprof
...is here: Download AALS Tort Section Newsletter November 2019 [read post]
25 Nov 2019, 2:28 am by tortsprof
At JOTWELL, John Goldberg reviews Eric Descheemaker's Rationalising Recovery for Emotional Harm in Tort Law, 134 L.Q. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 2:26 am by tortsprof
Markesinis's German Law of Torts Basil S Markesinis, John Bell and André Janssen Since its first appearance in 1986, this magisterial work has won uniform praise from many of the world’s leading comparatists. [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 4:17 am by tortsprof
For three years, the Pennsylvania legislature has been at odds over extending the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse. [read post]
19 Nov 2019, 12:55 am by tortsprof
Joshua Teitelbaum has posted to SSRN Computational Complexity and Tort Deterrence. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 2:21 am by tortsprof
Nora Engstrom has posted to SSRN The Lessons of Lone Pine. [read post]
16 Nov 2019, 9:15 am by tortsprof
Effective Instruction in Online and Hybrid Legal Education June 11—13, 2020 University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 2:07 am by tortsprof
Tim Lytton has responded to the USSC denying cert. in the case filed by plaintiff families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims against Remington, the manufacturer of the gun used by Adam Lanza in the attack. [read post]
14 Nov 2019, 12:55 am by tortsprof
Recently, I reported that California has banned the use of race, gender, and ethnicity in the calculation of tort damages. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 12:20 am by tortsprof
In March, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, 4-3, that plaintiff families from the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting could proceed to trial against Remington, the manufacturer of the Bushmaster AR-15 used in the attack. [read post]
11 Nov 2019, 2:24 am by tortsprof
In the wake of a $265M settlement for 8 deaths and hundreds of injuries in Philadelphia in 2015, Amtrak added a clause to its ticket purchases requiring arbitration. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 2:53 am by tortsprof
Eugene Volokh writes: Yes, a Georgia trial court held, and the jury awarded the neighbors $1.5 million, see https://www.mdjonline.com/news/cobb-jury-tells-abortion-doctor-to-pay-million-for-creating/article_f2719f5a-de46-11e9-b3de-8fab09664f5b.html . [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 4:15 am by tortsprof
Jurors deliberated for 6 hours before awarding $101M in damages to the family of a baby born with brain damage in Oak Park. [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 2:33 am by tortsprof
Nathan Oman has posted to SSRN Private Law and Local Custom. [read post]
4 Nov 2019, 2:57 am by tortsprof
In a 4-3 ruling, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that a 7-year statute of repose for medical malpractice, passed as part of a 2002 law designed to ease an alleged health care crisis, was unconstitutional. [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 4:07 am by tortsprof
Sir Geoffrey Palmer has posted to SSRN A Retrospective on the Woodhouse Report: The Vision, the Performance, and the Future. [read post]
30 Oct 2019, 2:02 am by tortsprof
At Notice & Comment, Bernard Bell has posted "Fortieth Anniversary: The Commerce Department’s Foray Into Re-Writing Products Liability Law," which describes the history of the Model Uniform Products Liability Act. [read post]