Showing posts with label Duty to help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Duty to help. Show all posts
Sunday, December 19, 2021

Family members of student victim in the Michigan school shooting sue school district

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The family of Riley Franz, a student who was shot in the neck at Oxford High School last week, is suing the school district and school offic...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

Illinois approves sweeping criminal justice reforms that will have torts consquences

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Last week, the Illinois General Assembly adopted sweeping criminal justice reforms that include the elimination of cash bail and a requirem...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Torts and time travel

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Ever wonder how the notion of time travel, and the concepts of proximate cause and the (no) duty to help relate to each other?  Here is the ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Article on possible negligence claims and liability for mishandling of matters related to the coronavirus

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On March 9, 2020, a couple quarantined on the Grand Princess cruise ship, sued Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. after docking in Oakland, CA. This...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

Recent developments on whether colleges and universities have a duty to protect students from harm -- UPDATED

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August Last year I published an article on whether colleges or universities have a duty to protect students from harm ( available here ). ...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Lawsuit Blames Sorority Hazing for Athlete's Suicide

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I recently published a short article on two recent cases on whether universities have a "duty to help" students by preventing inju...
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 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...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Miami Doctors Allow Man To Die Because Of “Do Not Resuscitate” Tattoo On Chest -- UPDATED

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Jonathan Turley recently wrote about an interesting case in which doctors at a Miami Hospital decided to stop providing help to a patient ...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Illinois state rep proposes "good samaritan" law to protect people who cause damages when trying to rescue dogs or cats

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Have you ever seen a dog locked inside a hot car and felt like breaking a window? An Illinois state legislator is proposing legal immunity...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Should a school be liable if a student commits suicide?

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A student’s suicide at MIT has sparked a contentious legal battle before the Massachusetts’ supreme court over whether a university can be h...
Monday, December 4, 2017

Short article on fraternity houses and hazing

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Almost a year ago I reported that the Illinois Supreme Court had granted review on a case that asked whether the officers, pledge board mem...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Should a university and its professors be liable when a student commits suicide?

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An interesting case heading to the Massachusetts supreme court will explore whether schools can be held responsible when students take their...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

IL Supreme Court to decide whether fraternity should be liable for injuries to student sufferes injuries after becoming intoxicated at fraternity event

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Should the officers, pledge board members of a fraternity or the fraternity itself be liable for the death of a student who becomes intoxica...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Ohio Supreme Court clarifies the meaning of the state's Good Samaritan statute

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About two weeks ago, the Ohio Supreme Court issued an important opinion interpreting the state’s “Good Samaritan statute,” a phrase that, as...
Sunday, December 13, 2015

On the possible liability of parents who don't vaccinate their children, again

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Long time readers of this blog know I have posted a series of comments on whether there should a cause of action against parents who do not ...
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...

Washington Supreme Court to decide whether doctors have a duty to warn “all foreseeable victims” of potentially dangerous patients in their care

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Last month the Supreme Court of the State of Washington heard oral arguments in a case called Volk v. DeMeerleer which raises the issue of ...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

California court of appeals reaffirms view that universities do not have a duty to protect adult students from violent acts of other students

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A couple of weeks ago, a California appeals court issued an opinion (with one dissenting judge) reaffirming the generally accepted view that...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Follow up on story re vaccines

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Just to follow up on my posts regarding possible liability on parents who fail to vaccinate children, here are a few update on related issue...