Friday, April 26, 2013

Max Kennerly on procedural changes that affect access to the courts

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It is Friday which means the TortsProf blog's guest blogger series is back.  Today's guest blogger is Max Kennerly, host of Ligitat...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Texas Supreme Court holds there is no cause of action for emotional distress based on death of pet

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As you may remember, I had been following a case before the Texas Supreme Court on whether the owners of a dog accidentally euthanized can s...

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 ...

Colorado Supreme Court refuses to decide case on whether to recognize a wrongful death case for the death of a fetus

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The Colorado Supreme Court has rejected a petition to review a case on whether to recognize a cause of action for the wrongful death of a fe...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

New comment on Kiobel: The United States Can’t Be the World’s Courthouse by Eric Posner

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Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, has written an essay on the Supreme Court's decision in Kiobel v Roya...
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...

Supreme Court decides Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, holding Alien Tort Statute can't be applied extraterritorially

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Long time readers of this blog probably remember that I have been following the decisions in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum closely for a...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Florida senate approves tort reform package

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Bad news for victims of medical malpractice in Florida.  The state senate just approved a tort reform package (SB 1792) that would make med...

New York Times on whether the court should dismiss the claims against the NFL

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As you probably know, more than 4,000 retired players are suing the National Football League for failing to protect players from chronic r...
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Possible ban on energy drink sales to minors?

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As you probably remember there has been a lot of discussion on the dangers of caffeinated drinks like Monster, Red Bull and others recently....