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18 Jun 2007, 10:09 pm
Bill Childs has more, as does Eric Turkewitz, who observes that no law firm is named in the ad, and proposes a course of action: Figuring out which law firms have hired the spammer should be easy for an enterprising citizen-journalist, simply by filling out the form at the website that TortsProf linked to and waiting to see who calls or emails in response. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 2:34 am
As we've covered at TortsProfs, Twitter libel suits are fairly common these days. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 10:55 pm
(New York Legal Update);A judge pays off bet with beer (Sentencing Law and Policy);Blawg Review #139 celebrates Human Rights Day at De Novo;Health Wonk Review is up at HealthBlawg;In Massachusetts, the duty of a doctor has now been extended beyond the patient, to those the patient might injure while on the drugs prescribed by the doctor (TortsProf);Hospital systems should be designed to anticipate human error (NY Emergency Medicine);The Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial gets analyzed… [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 3:46 pm
[WSJ Law Blog (and farewell to Peter Lattman)] In the category of gambits we're sympathetic to, but are unlikely to succeed: East Texas burger restaurant tries mandatory-arbitration-by-posted-window-notice [TortsProf] Mikal Watts puff piece [Corpus Christi Caller-Times] [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 5:56 am
[Charleston City Paper, with links to complaints, via Sheila Scheuerman, TortsProf] On the erosion of the old “firefighters’ rule” which prevented rescuers from suing over injuries sustained in the course of their rescues, see our tag on the subject. [read post]
8 Aug 2007, 7:54 am
According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (via TortsProf) the award "recognizes law professors who are committed to the advancement of justice, scholarship and the legal profession in the fields of tort and insurance law. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 2:55 am
And the Routledge Encyclopedia of Libertarianism includes Jessica Flanigan on libertarianism and medicine; If treatment deviating from the standard of care is the standard for malpractice, then some patients in pursuit of unconventional therapy choose it, and the law of waivers and of assumption of risk should respect their autonomy [Nadia Sawicki via TortsProf] About the Washington Post’s big opioid-legislation exposé, a few questions [Robert VerBruggen] Tags:… [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 8:48 am
Check out TortsProf's list of the top ten recent tort/product liability law review articles. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 8:48 am
Check out TortsProf's list of the top ten recent tort/product liability law review articles. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 2:18 pm
Discovery can be brutal; A new trailer for Hot Coffee (which I discussed last year when it went to the Sundance Film Festival); Most clients aren’t like this, but some can be pretty dumb; Taco Bell and the art of self-defense; And TortsProf has the Personal Injury Law Round-Up. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 9:05 pm
Harris, you embarrass: “recreational burning of wood is unethical and should be illegal” [Sam Harris from 2012] Harrisburg Patriot-News series on flood insurance [TortsProf, R Street Institute on recent bill] Kansas, Louisiana, and Indiana named top states on property rights freedoms [Mercatus] Tweet Tags: endangered species, environment, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, oil industry, OklahomaEnvironmental roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of… [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 6:56 am
[TortsProf] A contrarian opinion on Judge Sam Kent. [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 2:35 pm
TortsProf Blog called it a "heck of a waiver," but after a quick scan of all 22 single-spaced pages over at The Smoking Gun, I'd classify it as the mother of all waivers. [read post]
18 Jun 2007, 4:04 am
At TortsProf, in the comments section, an individual from The Legal Advocate, whose name appeared on the spam mail, says a spammer hijacked their name. [read post]
21 Jul 2007, 12:08 am
Scheuerman, also at TortsProf, brings us a report that Avandia side effects have tripled (See also Pharmalot); This comes at the same time that Avandia's maker, GlaxoSmithKline, is sending out threat letters to attorneys who are advertising for clients (Pharmalot); (See also TortsProf on Avandia spam and my post on the potential ethical issues involved);David P. [read post]
21 May 2009, 11:40 pm
Jonathon Turley has been a leading critic of the so-called Feres Doctrine that grants that immunity.Chris Robinette, one of the TortsProfs, has an article out on apologies from doctors after mistakes. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 10:15 pm
It was therefore unnecessary to reach the other issues.]John Day gives some statistics from Tennessee on medical malpractice suits, settlements and more, in the context of why further tort "reform" is not necessary;Ron Miller discusses how non-economic damage caps may be considered discriminatory toward women;Justinian Lane at TortDeform follows the Texas story of tort "reform," to find out who benefited, and who didn't;At TortsProf, guest blogger Chris Robinette… [read post]
11 May 2012, 4:30 am
Check out this tribute to friend of the blog Bill Childs, founder of the TortsProf blog, who is leaving academia for private practice. [read post]
24 Oct 2010, 12:58 pm
; New York’s Scott Greenfield goes looking for signs of intelligent life on Twitter; The latest personal injury round-up from TortsProf; and Blawg Review #286 was hosted by Sir Piercie Shafton. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 4:23 am
Chamber] “Failure to Warn Suit Filed Against Tanning Salon” [AboutLawsuits via TortsProf; melanoma, Pennsylvania] NYC: “Politically Tied Lawyers Win Jobs Handling Foreclosures in the City” [NYT] Beldar tells a war story about the nature of de novo review, in the Prop 8 context; “Viacom’s Sumner Redstone: The Mogul Named ‘Sue! [read post]
