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19 Dec 2007, 3:42 am
Depositions have evidently begun in the case against Six Flags for the injuries caused on its Superman: Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom (in which a girl's feet were severed). [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 9:18 am
CNN is reporting a series of allegations about the victims of the Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo. [read post]
4 Dec 2008, 12:21 am
Reuters has the story. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 2:00 am
Monday's guest blogger is John Oberdiek. [read post]
28 Aug 2010, 2:12 am
In Simpkins v. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 10:12 am
Only 6 states (HI, MS, NM, NC, SD, and UT) continue to recognize the cause of action of alienation of affection between spouses, but North Carolina is the undisputed champion in terms of volume. [read post]
25 Oct 2017, 3:34 am
Bob Rabin has posted to SSRN Dov Fox on Reproductive Negligence: A Commentary. [read post]
12 Oct 2023, 3:13 pm
Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky has posted to SSRN Cheap Speech and the Gordian Knot of Defamation Reform. [read post]
28 Jun 2007, 5:47 am
The NYT has continued to follow the Chinese poison toothpaste story and today reports that it was distributed much more broadly than previously indicated:After federal health officials discovered last month that tainted Chinese toothpaste had entered the United States, they... [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 10:35 pm
The New York Times reports that 14 more families have settled their suits against the airlines arising out of the 9/11 tragedy. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 4:05 am
The NY Times has coverage. [read post]
17 Nov 2007, 4:48 am
I posted on the justification for the heart balm torts yesterday. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 4:00 am
Yesterday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution ran two op-eds on Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue's proposal to impose a loser-pays rule and limit liability for drug companies (prior posts here and here). [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 3:56 am
Jeffrey Young at the Hill reports that President Obama has scheduled a health reform summit for next week:"Everybody here understands a lot of the tradeoffs involved in health care and that there are no perfect solutions, but in the sound-bite... [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 12:38 am
The 3rd Circuit ruled that defective sperm from a sperm bank cannot form the basis for a products liability suit. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 2:00 am
From Andrew Dickinson at the University of Sydney comes news of Santa's legal troubles: On December 14, 2011, the London Civil Court of Appeal in Ducasse v Melbry Events held that Santa and/or one of his Elves had been negligent... [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 2:05 am
Cathy Sharkey (NYU) has posted to SSRN Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages: Theory, Empirics, and Doctrine. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 2:09 am
Alex Long (Tennessee) has posted to SSRN Lawyers Intentionally Inflicting Emotional Distress. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 3:35 am
Gawker presents a somehow-not-fictional air gun with the air pressure gauge in what might be called...not an ideal location. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 3:00 am
On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that Texas's cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases is not an unconstitutional taking of private property. [read post]
