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8 Apr 2015, 9:44 pm
"9th Tackles Duty to Warn in Model Mayhem Rape Case": Katherine Proctor of Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, "The 9th Circuit heard from both sides Wednesday in a case alleging liability of the Model Mayhem website after two of its users drugged and raped a woman by luring her to a bogus casting call. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 1:00 am by John Diekman
Practice point: Although a landowner has a duty to maintain its premises in a reasonably safe manner, there is no duty to protect or warn against an open and obvious condition which, as a matter of law, is not inherently dangerous.Student note: Generally, a wheel stop which is clearly visible presents no unreasonable risk of harm and, thus, is not inherently dangerous. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 6:38 am by Legal Profession
The law firm had attached to the process the following warning: "Be forewarned he's an ex-cop... [read post]
11 Mar 2016, 12:08 pm by ADeStefano
Although Welsbach had apparently worked on a traffic signal attached to a "leaning streetlight," the First Department held that Welsbach did not owe a duty to warn either the City or Power Optech of the condition of the streetlight, "as it was unrelated to the work for which [Welsbach] had contracted. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 4:30 am by Frances G. Zacher
April 19, 2011) [PDF], the Minnesota Court of Appeals considered how far a manufacturer's duty to warn extends in the context of piloting an aircraft. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 1:04 pm by Michael Heise
" The abstract follows:"The effect of state duty to warn laws inspired by Tarasoff v. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 8:34 pm by Lead Counsel
The plaintiffs' bar won two decisions in Washington state on whether equipment makers must warn about asbestos containing components used with their equipment or on their equipment even if they did not make the asbestos containing components.BRAATEN v. [read post]
16 Jan 2017, 7:11 am by MBettman
”) Merit Decision Duty to Warn If the danger posed by a product is generally known and recognized by the consumer, the manufacturer has no duty to warn of the danger. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 5:54 am by Brian A. Comer
Id.I will continue to post on when the duty to warn arises as I continue to research warnings law. [read post]
10 Feb 2013, 10:27 pm
In June 2012, Texas joined 35 other states in holding that a sufficient warning to a treating doctor (the "learned intermediary") satisfies a manufacturer's duty to warn in product liability cases involving medicine and medical devices. [read post]
5 May 2010, 5:24 am by Brian A. Comer
In such cases, the manufacturer and supplier has a duty to warn the user. [read post]
8 Jul 2013, 10:00 pm by Nietzer
Als Konsequenz der sich entwickelten Rechtsprechung zumindest betreffend einer „Duty to Warn“ hat das American Law Institute (ALI) im Rahmen des „Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 10 (a) (1998)“ (nachfolgend „Restatement“) zumindest diesem Punkt Rechnung getragen, indem es eine Haftung aufstellt für Fälle, in denen eine „vernünftige“ / „reasonable“ Person gewarnt hätte. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 12:52 pm
The Supreme Court of California unanimously adopts the "sophisticated user" defense to negate a manufacturer's duty to warn of a product's potential danger when the plaintiff has (or should have) advance knowledge of the product's inherent hazards: You can access at this link today's ruling from California's highest court. [read post]
4 Mar 2013, 2:00 am by tortsprof
An amicus brief by Pacific Legal Foundation alerted me to an interesting case in the Maryland appellate courts. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 9:00 pm by Adjunct LawProfs
The court held that neither had a duty to warn the therapist of the student's aggressive tendencies.... [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 4:40 am by tortsprof
At JD Supra, Chris Jones of Sands Anderson in Virginia discusses some of the considerations, which include the expansion of products liability into automobile accident cases and the potential need for a post-sale duty to warn in jurisdictions that have... [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 9:14 pm
Saying no to a liberal California precedent on the question of whether medical providers have a duty to warn others of patients' potential for violence. [read post]