Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Monday, January 19, 2026

Yet another lawsuit filed against ChatGPT for its alleged role in a user's suicide

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 Since August of last year I have seen several cases filed in different jurisdictions against AI platforms alleging in one way or another th...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Another lawsuit filed against makers of ChatGPT based on the AI platform's alleged role in a suicide

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 I recently posted a comment on a case filed by the parents of a minor suing the makers of ChatGPT alleging that the AI platform helped thei...
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

California expands the notion of "present at the scene" and "a contemporaneous sensory observance" of an accident for purposes of a claim for emotional distress of a bystander

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 You probably remember from law school the development of the law related to claims by bystanders for emotional distress at witnessing someo...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Federal Court denies motion to dismiss claim against Amazon for damages caused by product sold by a "third party seller" through Amazon's website

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Two years ago I reported that a California Appellate Court held that Amazon can be liable in products liability for products sold by other v...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

California Governor Signs Bill Raising Medical Negligence Caps

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A few weeks ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 35 into law, which received unanimous support for raising the California med...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

New study in California concludes what we knew already: placing caps on damages in malpractice cases does not reduce malpractice

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 As California seeks to pass new legislation that would increase the amount victims can recover for pain and suffering in medical malpractic...
Sunday, November 28, 2021

Oklahoma Supreme Court reverses judgment against opioid manufacturers in public nuisance case; but lower court in Ohio finds against pharmacies

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About three weeks ago, (on November 7) I posted a story about a decision in California dismissing a claim for public nuisance against severa...
Sunday, November 7, 2021

Judge recently issued a "tentative decision" against the plaintiffs in California case related to opioid crisis

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If you have been watching "Dopesick" on Hulu or "Goliath" on Amazon Primes, you might be disappointed to hear that this ...
Sunday, July 4, 2021

Texas Supreme Court holds that Amazon can not be held liable for injuries caused by products sold by others through Amazon

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Back in May I reported that a California Appellate Court held that Amazon can be liable in products liability for products sold by other ve...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

Trial related to destroyed frozen embryos raises interesting questions -- UPDATED again

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This story is updated below, at the end of the original post I just read a story on Courthouse News on a trial in which the plaintiffs are ...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

California Appellate Court finds that Amazon can be liable in products liability for products sold by other vendors through Amazon

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Last year I reported on a recently decided case in California finding that Amazon.com could be liable for products liability.  See here .  E...
Saturday, March 27, 2021

Texas to decide whether Amazon can be held liable in products liability claim caused by product sold by a third party on its website

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Back in August of last year, I reported that an appellate court in California found that Amazon.com could be sued for products liability for...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

California appellate court finds that Amazon can be sued for products liability

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In an important new decision, a California state appellate court recently held that Amazon is subject to product liability claims for defect...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

California sues JUUL Labs

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California and the city of Los Angeles sued e-cigarette maker Juul Labs on Monday, claiming the company caused a public health crisis by tar...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

California has adopted a statute banning use of race, gender, or ethnicity in the calculation of tort damages

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California has adopted a statute that prohibits the use of race, gender, and ethnicity in the calculation of lost earnings or impaired earni...
Saturday, July 6, 2019

Alaska reiterates its approach to bystander emotional distress claims, which is very different than the one used in most other jurisdictions

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As you probably know, back in 1968 the California Supreme Court created what has now become the majority approach to claims by people who su...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

California Supreme Court says defendants in products liability cases may use evidence of industry custom

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Strict products liability was born in California and many states still look to California law for guidance on products liability law issues....
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Massachusetts and California rule universities have a limited duty to help students because of special relationship

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As readers of this blog know, the general common law did not recognize a duty to help or to control the conduct of others.  However, over ti...
Saturday, March 31, 2018

Court holds coffee manufacturers must add a cancer warning label in California

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Smithsonian magazine is reporting that coffee companies in California may soon be required to display a warning label alerting customers to...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Article on whether universities have, or should have, a duty to protect students -- UPDATED

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Back in October I posted that a California appeals court issued an opinion (with one dissenting judge) reaffirming the generally accepted v...