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10 Mar 2017, 1:14 pm
Bruce Kaufman at Bloomberg has this piece: House Approves Sweeping Class Action Overhaul Legislation. [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 1:44 am
A woman who implied a mother got drunk and caused the death of her child has settled a defamation case for $500,000. 10 News has the story, quoting Mike Green. [read post]
6 Mar 2017, 2:04 pm
Both the House and Senate have passed a med mal review panel bill, and it is on its way to Governor Matt Bevin. [read post]
6 Mar 2017, 2:29 am
Attorneys representing the families of the children slain at Sandy Hook attempted to fit their allegations within an the negligent entrustment exception to the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 8:23 am
The third of three in Bruce Kaufman's series on federal tort reform is here: Trump Seen as Supportive of Business-Backed Litigation Bills [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 1:42 am
The House Judiciary Committee, by an 18-17 margin, approved legislation capping damages in medical malpractice cases. [read post]
2 Mar 2017, 2:31 am
Last month, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that a substance abuse treatment facility was not responsible for an assault perpetrated by one of its former residents, shortly after he left the facility: According to the court’s written opinion,... [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 12:10 am
Bruce Kaufman at Bloomberg has a 3-part series on federal litigation reform 2017. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 12:09 pm
By a 66-30 vote, the House passed an amended proposal to put on the ballot a state constitutional amendment to cap non-economic and punitive damages in some lawsuits. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 3:36 am
The Arkansas legislature is considering a proposed constitutional amendment that would go to voters in November 2018. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 4:42 am
Saul Levmore & Frank Fagan have posted to SSRN Semi-Confidential Settlements in Civil, Criminal, and Sexual Assault Cases. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 3:25 am
The jurisdictions wrestle with the line between battery and negligence, especially negligence based on informed consent. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 2:45 am
The Southeast Missourian has a summary of all the reforms pushed in Missouri this year. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 3:57 am
The Arkansas Senate voted 21-10 to send a proposed constitutional amendment involving damage caps to the House for further consideration. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 1:54 am
A bill to create med mal panels has, once again, been introduced in Kentucky: The bill states that unless all parties involved agree to go directly to court, the complaint should be reviewed by an independent panel before it can... [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 12:51 pm
Yesterday an Arkansas Senate committee voted to advance a constitutional amendment involving damage caps to the full Senate. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 6:18 am
At JOTWELL, Tony Sebok reviews Ken Abraham & Ted White's The Transformation of the Civil Trial and the Emergence of American Tort Law. [read post]
13 Feb 2017, 2:56 am
Marc Ginsberg has posted to SSRN Does Evidence of Common Insurance Demonstrate Relevant Expert Witness Bias in Medical Negligence Litigation?. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 1:10 am
You may recall that last fall the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down a tort reform ballot initiative. [read post]
9 Feb 2017, 1:33 pm
At JD Supra Business Advisor, Eric Wolff reviews a potential Justice Gorsuch's effect on products cases. [read post]
