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16 Dec 2008, 12:17 pm
The American Tort Reform Association has released its annual "Judicial Hellholes" (pdf) ranking: West Virginia South Florida Cook County, Illinois Atlantic County, New Jersey Montgomery and Macon Counties, Alabama Los Angeles County, California Clark County, Nevada Rio Grande Valley and... [read post]
9 Sep 2022, 10:04 am
Many of us teach Vincent v. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 9:13 am
This Insurance Journal article describes some of the recent revelations in the investigation into the fatal ComAir plane disaster in Kentucky last August, and discusses them in the context of the airline's exposure for compensatory and punitive damages. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 4:31 pm
As one would expect, The Smoking Gun has the lawsuit against Entercom and its radio employees relating to the death of Jennifer Strange in the Hold Your Wee for a Wii contest. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 11:51 am
A presenter this morning mentioned this student Note [PDF] about the settlement of Oxycontin litigation in West Virginia, where, among many claims, the plaintiff asserted that improper marketing of the drug created a public nuisance. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 5:35 pm
Pharmalot notes the endowment by several drugmakers of a center to study pharmaceutical legal issues at Seton Hall Law School; NY PI Law Blog is skeptical of its claimed neutrality. [read post]
17 May 2007, 4:07 am
LegalNewsLine has an article addressing the recent punitives remand and suggesting that it may be part of a trend of remands based on vague instructions rather than concerns about the constitutionality of the size of the damages awarded. [read post]
24 May 2007, 9:19 am
Today's New York Times reports that the New York medical examiner has officially listed dust from the Twin Towers as a contributory cause of the death of a civil rights lawyer who was engulfed in clouds of dust as she... [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 7:36 pm
Via Point of Law, an LA Times story covers the California Supreme Court's ruling invalidating waivers in the case of gross negligence. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 4:59 pm
Deborah La Fetra [PDF], a principal attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, just finished up a week of guest posting at Point of Law, including a number of posts about liability for private landowners. [read post]
26 Oct 2006, 8:52 am
Ted Frank points out two more columns on the upcoming Williams case.... [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 9:47 am
A ways back, I posted a link to a YouTube video of Joe Jamail taking a deposition that got a bit out of hand. [read post]
11 Jul 2007, 5:32 am
A couple of regional updates perhaps of interest generally: Judge Ernest Murphy, who won $2 million in a libel claim against the Boston Herald (recently upheld by the SJC), has had ethics charges filed against him for allegedly trying to... [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 6:50 am
When we last left the Kentucky Kingdom accident in which a teenager's feet were severed while on a drop ride, a lawsuit had been filed and the state department of agriculture (which regulates amusement rides) was investigating. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 7:56 am
To begin, I would like to thank Bill and Sheila for the opportunity of posting here. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 4:37 pm
It took a bit longer than I expected, but my article, When the Bell Can't be Unrung: Document Leaks and Protective Orders in Mass Tort Litigation, is now out in The Review of Litigation (the article is not online there,... [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]
30 Dec 2019, 3:05 am
Steve Sugarman has posted to SSRN Justice Roger J. [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 7:50 am
There are a number of terrific practitioner blogs all over the country. [read post]
7 Sep 2006, 6:15 am
Definition of nuisance settlement? [read post]
