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27 Oct 2008, 1:07 pm
According to a press release issued by TASER, although it was found 15% responsible for the death of a man tasered by police, the judge, on post-trial motions, vacated the jury's grant of punitive damages. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 4:18 am
It's a lengthy and complicated story, but you might find it interesting: here (Goldacre's Bad Science blog, including a gazillion links to more coverage). [read post]
21 Oct 2016, 3:43 am by tortsprof
In April, the Third Circuit ruled that the FAA does not preempt state law standards in aviation products liability; FAA standards do not eliminate the possibility of a design defect: The Appeals Court turned to a federal case, Abdullah v.... [read post]
21 Aug 2006, 3:17 am
A mostly anecdotal but interesting article in the Ft. [read post]
2 Nov 2006, 7:09 am
...and the SSRI plaintiffs' lawyers have evidently decided spam is a worthwhile way to find clients. [read post]
10 Nov 2006, 11:45 am
BP has settled the claim that was on the verge of going to trial relating to the tragedy at their Texas City refinery. [read post]
4 Jan 2007, 6:14 am
A new Torts prof contacted me asking if I'd ever posted about the relative merits of the many Torts casebooks, and I haven't. [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 11:22 am
The Supreme Court issued its opinion today in Osborn v. [read post]
16 Jun 2007, 3:36 am
Looks like plaintiffs' lawyers are pretty enthused about the Avandia possibilities. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 5:36 am
Morning Edition today had an interesting story on the civil litigation challenges facing the families of people injured by tainted milk in China. [read post]
18 Nov 2007, 9:00 am
Congratulations to Eric Turkewitz on his first anniversary doing his terrific NY Personal Injury Attorney Blog. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 6:25 am
Jacob Nussim (Bar-Ilan University-Faculty of Law) has posted Distributive Aspects of Legal Standards on SSRN. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 7:10 am
The NY Times today reports that nine FDA scientists who allege that they were forced to approve medical devices that they did not believe were save now contend that they have become the targets of a criminal investigation. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 11:25 pm by tortsprof
The Sixth Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations (“Obligations VI”) will be hosted by Western Law on July 18-20, 2012 (in 16 months’ time) in London, Ontario. [read post]
14 Dec 2006, 12:34 pm
There's an interesting torts subplot developing on Friday Night Lights. [read post]
10 May 2007, 4:59 am
In the Pipeline has a brief but interesting take on the Senate-passed bill that would change FDA oversight. [read post]