Showing posts with label Intentional torts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Intentional torts. Show all posts
Friday, May 23, 2025

Illinois Supreme Court declines to recognize a claim for interference with the parent-child relationship

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Last Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court published an opinion in a case called Hulsh v. Hulsh in which it declined to recognize a cause of ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

ALI adopts Restatement Third on Intentional torts to persons

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Last week, at the ALI's Annual Meeting, the membership approved the Restatement (Third) of Torts:  Intentional Torts to Persons.  The AL...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Interesting case in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding false imprisonment

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Suppose a person is charged of and convicted of a crime he or she did not commit and is later exonerated.  Should that person have a claim f...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Third Circuit: US is immune from liability for intentional conduct by TSA officers because they are not "law enforcement officers" under the FTCA

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As you probably know, the Federal Torts Claims Act retains immunity in a number of very specific circumstances.  Thus, according to the Act,...
Saturday, November 4, 2017

Utah nurse who was unjustifiably arrested for refusing to comply with illegal order by police officer agrees to $500,000 settlement

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You probably remember the story from a few months ago involving a police officer who arrested a nurse after she refused to draw blood from a...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Do you remember Katko v Briney (the spring gun case)? Here is the lawyer who represented the defendant!

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Way back when you took Torts, your probably read a case discussing whether a property owner can "defend" property from trespassers...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Charlie Sheen’s Ex-Fiancée Sues Over Sheen’s Failure to Disclose HIV Status; does she have a case?

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Charlie Sheen’s ex-fiancée sues over Sheen’s failure to disclose HIV status.  Does she have a case?  Two articles discuss the issues here a...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Illinois Supreme Court holds proximate cause applies to intentional tort claims, which precludes claim for death caused by suicide but contradicts itself in the process

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Back in April I wrote a comment on an oral argument before the Illinois Supreme Court in an interesting case that asked the court to recogn...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Illinois Supreme Court considers whether to recognize a cause of action for wrongful death as a result of intentional infliction of emotional distress when the decedent commits suicide

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About two weeks ago, the Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an interesting case that asks the court to recognize a cause of acti...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Podcast on Georgia case regarding parents liability for negligence in handling child's use of social media

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A few days ago, I reported on a recent case in which the Georgia Appellate Court held that parents could be held liable for failing to super...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Wall Street Journal mistakenly reports that Georgia Court held parents can be liable for conduct of their children

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Last week, the Wall Street Journal law blog published a story titled " Parents May Be Liable for What Their Kids Post on Facebook, Cou...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Video quiz: Battery on the football field?

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Players in a contact sport consent to, or assume the risks of, the inherent risks of the game and its customs.  Intentional conduct outside ...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Teenager charged with battery for kissing girl's hand without consent

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For those of you who think that law professors' hypos have no basis in reality, here is a story from yesterday's headlines.  As repo...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Lawsuit claims $40 million in damages for injuries caused by police in Ferguson, Missouri

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CNN is reporting that last Thursday five individuals arrested recently in Ferguson, Missouri, filed a lawsuit against Ferguson Police Chief...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Magistrate reprimanded for kissing clerk

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Here is a quiz for my students, from the pages of today's Legal Profession blog: At the conclusion of a session of bond court, respond...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Supreme Court decides Milbrook v. US, recognizing cause of action against the federal government

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About two months ago I commented on a case now before the US Supreme Court called Milbrook v. US in which the Court was asked to consider w...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

US Supreme Court decides Levin v. US

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Yesterday, the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in Levin v. United States in which the court had been asked to decide whether a civili...
Monday, January 21, 2013

US Supreme Court to decide case on sovereign immunity for battery claims by medical personnel

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Last week, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Levin v. United States , in which the court has been asked to decide whether a civi...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

NFL refs, illegal hits and torts

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If you are a football fan you know that the NFL referees have been locked out and the league is using substitutes and that there is a huge c...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Police forget about teens left in van locked for fourteen hours

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Prof. Jonathan Turley is reporting today that Police in Fort Lee, New Jersey are accused of locking a group of teens in a police van without...