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21 Aug 2008, 11:35 pm
Over at the Northwestern Colloquy, Richard Epstein has published The Case for Field Preemption of State Laws in Drug Cases. [read post]
8 Jan 2007, 5:05 am
The Baltimore Sun today has a good article addressing the risks and benefits of heartburn medications, but it's really a broader piece than that, discussing the balancing of drugs' risks and benefits more generally. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 4:24 am
Larry Solum recommends the following article posted June 2d on SSRN: Malpractice Payouts and Malpractice Insurance: Evidence from Texas Closed Claims, 1990-2003, by Charles Silver (Texas Austin), Kathryn Zeiler (Georgetown/NYU), Bernard S. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 5:58 am
Last week, Kip Viscusi posted on SSRN The Flawed Hedonic Damages Measure for Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Compensation. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 4:39 am
I've been following the case related to Katie Lassiter, the young girl whose feet were severed while on the "Superman: Tower of Power" drop ride manufactured by Intamin for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. [read post]
29 May 2008, 4:27 am
Sometime in the last week or so, we hit our 150,000th visitor (we're over 220,000 page views) since January 2006, when the blog was launched. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 11:41 am
On this day in history, prohibition ended as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 6:31 am
Relevant here only because Kumho Tires happened to be a party in an important expert testimony case, I nonetheless feel compelled to direct your attention to the company's announcement of scented tires.KUMHO Tire USA...December 21, 2006...announces the introduction of the... [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 6:40 am
The AP found dozens of prescription drugs in the drinking water supplies of various cities. [read post]
3 Jun 2008, 5:01 am
Professor Timothy Lytton (Albany) has published Holding Bishops Accountable: How Lawsuits Helped the Catholic Church Confront Clergy Sexual Abuse (Harvard University Press 2008), available here. [read post]
20 Aug 2008, 11:24 am
The Legal Intelligencer (via law.com) reports that the Third Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a class action against the manufacturer of Chicken-of-the-Sea brand tuna. [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 8:51 am
I was pulling these items together for a presentation I'm making in a couple of weeks, and figured they might be of more general interest. [read post]
7 May 2007, 4:26 pm
Interesting sounding new abstract up on SSRN about physician supply in Pennsylvania. [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 4:34 am
OnPoint has this complaint by a wife against her husband for his neligent operation of a hot air balloon: As the balloon with two passengers aboard took off, the vent ropes caught [the wife] by the ankle and hoisted her... [read post]