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7 Nov 2014, 1:04 am by tortsprof
Maya Steinitz (Iowa) has posted to SSRN The Case for an International Court of Civil Justice. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 2:32 am by tortsprof
On October 23rd, Widener Law had the pleasure of hosting Benjamin Shmueli as he presented "Tort and Family Law: Civil Actions for Acts that are Valid According to Religious Family Law but Harm the Rights of Spouses. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 5:37 am by tortsprof
Wei Zhang (Singapore Management University) has posted to SSRN two pieces that provide a primer to Chinese tort law. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 2:05 am by tortsprof
Nora Engstrom, Bob Rabin & Michelle Mello (Stanford) published an op-ed in Tuesday's LA Times entitled "What Prop 46 Would Fix. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 1:57 am by tortsprof
On October 6th in Buffalo, Ken Feinberg was the keynote speaker at a conference on cutting-edge tort issues. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 2:05 am by tortsprof
Greg Keating discusses Mark Geistfeld's unique theory of compensation and tort law here. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 12:27 am by tortsprof
Proposition 46 on California’s November ballot takes three steps to improve patient safety. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 12:53 am by tortsprof
One of the biggest events in tort law this fall is Prop 46, the California ballot initiative over whether to raise the MICRA cap on non-economic damages in med mal cases (set in 1975 at $250,000 and not raised since).... [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 2:22 am by tortsprof
The AALS Torts & Compensation Systems Section Newsletter is available here: Download Torts_Newsletter_2014. [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 1:31 am by tortsprof
On October 10, the Court of Appeals of Georgia allowed a claim to go forward against the parents of a middle-school-aged child who created a fake Facebook page for a classmate and posted defamatory statements. [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 4:59 am by tortsprof
Francesco Parisi, Daniel Pi, Barbara Luppi, and Iole Fargnoli have posted to SSRN Deterrence of Wrongdoing in Ancient Law. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 1:24 am by tortsprof
A new study by the RAND Corporation has failed to find evidence of widespread defensive medicine. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 1:22 pm by tortsprof
Yesterday, a federal court in Charleston awarded the family of the former mayor of Cottageville, SC $97M for his shooting death at the hands of a police officer. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 1:39 am by tortsprof
In its "Shots" section, NPR has covered Prop 46, including the tragic story of Troy and Alana Pack. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 2:47 am by tortsprof
For the seventh straight year, med mal insurance premiums have dropped for 3 bellwether specialties: ob/gyn, internists, and general surgeons. [read post]
14 Oct 2014, 2:14 am by tortsprof
Keith Hylton (Boston University) has posted to SSRN Nuisance. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 2:15 am by tortsprof
In 2013, the Florida legislature passed a reform requiring claimants filing lawsuits to sign forms authorizing ex parte communications: In ex parte communications, for example, defense attorneys representing a doctor accused of malpractice could get personal health information about the... [read post]