Friday, April 29, 2011

Possible attack on the Feres Doctrine before the US Supreme Court?

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Alan Crede of the Boston Personal Injury Blog is reporting ( here ) that the US Supreme Court may hear yet another case attacking the Feres ...

This week's top stories

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Go here for the TortsProf Blog's list of this week's top stories and here for the Abnormal Use blog's "Friday links....

Assumption of the risk at the ballpark?

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I have commented before on the fact that defendants usually can use the defense of assumption of the risk to avoid liability for injuries su...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

New England Journal of Medicine on Tort Reform

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Here is a link to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on medical malpractice tort reform. It concludes, among other things, ...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Pit bulls kill innocent bystander

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Prof. Jonathan Turley is reporting today on a tragic event in New Mexico, where a 48 year old woman, was mauled to death by four pit bulls. ...
Friday, April 22, 2011

This week's top stories

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Go here for the TortsProf Blog's list of this week's top stories and here for the Abnormal Use blog's "Friday links....
Thursday, April 21, 2011

More on the recent legal actions regarding the BP oil spill

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A couple of daya ago, I posted links to stories on claims against BP for damages caused by the Gulf oil spill. Today, Law.com, the New York ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Oil spill, one year later - Updated

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It's been a year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill, so here are a couple of links on interesting news: The To...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Medical errors may be more prevalent than previously thought

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According to new research published in the medical journal Health Affairs , medical mistakes may be 10 times more common than previously bel...

Comment on the recent jury verdict in favor of Toyota

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The Abnormal Use Blog has posted a short comment on the recently reported jury verdict in favor of Toyota in the first case to go to trial r...