Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Panera Halts Sales of “Charged” Lemonade Drinks Following Lawsuits Claiming Caffeine Overdose Deaths -- UPDATED

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May 13, 2024   [Update at the end below] Last December  I reported on several lawsuits filed against Panera Bread Co. alleging it should be ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Alabama case in which state Supreme Court held frozen embryos are "children" for purposes of wrongful death settles and is dismissed

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 The lawsuit that led to a highly-publicized Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos in a lab count as “minor children,” was dismis...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Study on the dangers of "energy drinks"

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 A few minutes after I posted the news that Panera would stop selling its "charged lemonade," I saw this story on the dangers of o...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

More commentary on the Alabama decision on wrongful death of frozen embryos

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 A few days ago I posted my comments on the Alabama case deciding a plaintiff could support a claim under the state's wrongful death act...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

More on the consequences of the Alabama case holding that embryos are "children" for purposes of a wrongful death case

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 Yesterday I posted a comment about a recent case in Alabama holding that plaintiffs had a valid cause of action for wrongful death based o...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’ for purposes of the state's wrongful death statutes -- UPDATED

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As you probably have heard by now, the Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that a group of in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients could sue ...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Follow up on the possible criminal liability of a parent

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 A few days ago I posted a comment on the ongoing prosecution of the mother of a child who engaged in a mass shooting at a school.  The cas...
Friday, January 26, 2024

News reports that a case in Michigan will decide if parents can be criminally responsible for a child's actions are wrong

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 If you have been paying attention to the news, you may have heard that a criminal case is just underway in Michigan in which the mother of ...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Panera faces second wrongful death lawsuit related to its ‘Charged Lemonade’

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 About a week ago I reported that a recently filed lawsuit against Panera Bread Co. alleges it should be liable for the death of a young wom...
Monday, December 4, 2023

Panera Bread Co sued for wrongful death allegedly caused by Panera's highly caffeinated lemonade

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December 4, 2023 Back in 2012-2013 there was a lot of discussion on possible claims for damages caused by "high energy" (read: hig...
Monday, January 10, 2022

Strangely worded opinion in Indiana recognizes cause of action for emotional distress resulting from sexual abuse of a child, ... maybe?

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A few days ago, the TortProf Blog reported that "[t]he Indiana Supreme Court has extended negligent infliction of emotional distress....
Saturday, February 29, 2020

States Will Investigate Juul’s Marketing to Teens

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A coalition of 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted yout...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

Podcast on e-cigarettes, vaping claims, and regulation

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Yesterday I posted a note about a new case filed against the manufacturer of a popular e-cigarette product. Here is a link to a podcast o...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

New lawsuit filed arguing injuries caused by "vaping"

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An 18-year-old from Illinois has filed a product liability lawsuit against the makers of JUUL (a "vaping" device) arguing that the...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Utah Supreme Court holds that waivers signed by parents on behalf of children are not enforceable

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Earlier this month I reported that the the Kentucky Supreme Court recently found that for-profit companies can be liable for injuries to min...
Friday, July 5, 2019

Can a parent sign away a child's rights by signing a waiver of liability? Not in Kentucky (and many other states)

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Those of you who have children out there are familiar with this, which as a parent myself, I have seen and done lots of times!  Your child w...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Parents who allowed child to die for religious reasons plead guilty

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A number of years ago, I posted a number of comments on the possibility of imposing civil liability on parents whose refusal to provide medi...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Child has a claim for wrongful death even though father died before child was born

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The ABA Journal is reporting (with links to more information) that the Iowa Supreme Court has decided that a child whose father died before...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Utah Supreme Court Holds Children Under the Age of Five Cannot Be Liable for Negligence

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The Utah Supreme Court recently adopted a bright-line cutoff for liability for negligent children, setting the limit at 5 years old.  The ...
Friday, February 12, 2016

Maryland legislature to consider bill that would eliminate trial by jury in malpractice cases that result in injury to newborns

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According to the PopTort, Maryland, hospitals are pushing a bill that targets catastrophically-injured newborns. The legislation – which i...