Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
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, 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...
Monday, June 8, 2015

Possible liability of parents for denying medical care to child due to religious reasons, and issues related to vaccines, ... again

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I have posted a number of comments on the possibility of imposing liability on parents when they cause an injury to a child when refusing t...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Update on the issue of vaccines

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I recently commented on whether there should a cause of action against the parents of a child who do not vaccinate their children.  See here...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Cause of action against parents and church for injuries caused by exorcism?

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A couple of days ago I posted a comment that touched, tangentially, on the possibility of imposing liability on parents when they cause an i...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Cause of action against parents who don't vaccinate their children?

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As I am sure you know, not too long ago there was an outbreak of measles in the US. Measles, as you probably also know, is one of the most c...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Parents arrested again for allowing child to die for religious reasons; should they be liable in tort?

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Back in 2009 I wrote a series of comments on whether we should recognize a cause of action against parents who allow their children to die ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Archdiocese of Chicago agrees to settle sexual abuse lawsuit for $3.2 million

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Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal George, and the Catholic Bishop of Chicago have agreed to settle a claim based on the sexual abuse of a min...
Friday, March 4, 2011

More on Snyder v Phelps

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The SCOTUS blog offers the following update: In an article for the Washington Post , Robert Barnes cites Justice Alito’s dissent in Snyder ...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

Update on comments about Snyder v Phelps

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As expected, the comments on Snyder v Phelps keep coming in. Go here for my previous post and here are a few new links: In the New York Ti...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Supreme Court decides Snyder v Phelps: Right to protest at funerals is protected by the First Amendment

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The Supreme Court announced today its decision in Snyder v Phelps. This is the case that asked whether the First Amendment allows the famil...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Should there be a cause of action when parents fail to seek medical help for religious reasons?

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At the beginning of the year, I posted some comments on the issue of whether there should be a cause of action for injuries to a child when ...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Cases vs the Vatican

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Here is a link to an article published today (online) by the National Law Journal on the recent cases against the Vatican related for damag...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Tort liability or religious rights?

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Elsewhere on this blog I have posted several comments on issues related to whether there should be liability for damages caused because of t...
Monday, February 9, 2009

Religious rights or torts liability?

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Last month I posted a comment on whether there should be a cause of action for injuries to a child when parents refuse medical services for ...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

Cause of action for injuries to child when parents refuse medical services for religious reasons?

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Marci Hamilton has published an interesting column in FindLaw.com called "A Roundup of 2008's Developments Relating to Harms Suffe...
Friday, December 5, 2008

Sixth Circuit holds The Vatican can be sued for sexual abuse

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In a landmark ruling yesterday, the Sixth Circuit concluded that the Vatican could be held liable for negligence in sexual-abuse cases filed...