Sunday, May 31, 2009

Most interesting stories this week

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It's Friday, which means it's time for the lists of the most interesting stories for this week. For the TortProf Blog's list go ...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Tort reform in Oklahoma is now official

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A couple of weeks ago I posted an update (and some criticism) on efforts to pass a tort reform bill in Oklahoma (see here ). Today, TortsPro...

Another comment on Pres. Obama's memo on preemption

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Consumer rights group Public Citizen has published a comment on Pres. Obama's recent memo on preemption here.
Friday, May 22, 2009

More on Pres. Obama's memo on preemption

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Two days ago, I posted a note on a new memo issued by President Obama in which he makes clear his desire to step away from the Bush administ...

Most interesting stories this week

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It's Friday, which means it's time for the lists of the most interesting stories for this week. For the TortProf Blog's list go ...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

Bill to Partially Overrule Feres Doctrine Approved by House Judiciary Subcommittee

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I have posted numerous notes on issues related to claims by armed forces service members (see here ). Of particular interest are the links ...

Pres. Obama's memo on preemption

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Yesterday I posted a note on a new memo issued by President Obama in which he makes clear his desire to step away from the Bush administrati...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

New York court gets assumption of the risk wrong, again.

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Some time ago, I argued that an appellate court in New York got it all wrong when applying the concept of "assumption of the risk...

Obama attempts to depart from Bush's administration views on pre-emption

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UPI.com is reporting today that President Obama has distributed a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies in which he ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Contributory negligence; and then there were three?

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I believe there are only four states that still apply the old common law rule of contributory negligence according to which a negligent plai...