Sunday, March 30, 2014

Attempts in two sates to increase the amount of caps on damages

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In California, consumer advocates have filed over 800,000 signatures to place a voter initiative on the ballot in November 2014 to, among ot...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Illinois Appellate Court decides parents can recover extraordinary expenses in wrongful pregnancy action

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Last month, the Illinois Court of Appeals, First District, issued an opinion in an interesting case on the character of the compensation tha...

Connecticut does not find horses are inherently dangerous

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While Maryland is still discussing whether dogs are inherently dangerous (see here ), the Connecticut supreme court has issued a decision on...

Maryland legislature again considers bill regarding liability for dog attacks

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Two years ago I reported ( here ) that the Court of Appeals of Maryland issued an opinion  in a case called Tracey v. Solesky holding tha...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Is a cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty a torts claim?

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As you probably know, a cause of action against a lawyer for "breach of fiduciary duty" is different than a cause of action for ma...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

New study questions whether surgical checklist procedures reduce risks

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The use of surgical checklists has become a growing practice in many hospitals, and many have suggested their adoption as a way to reduce th...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Illinois Supreme Court interprets Good Samaritan Statute

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The Illinois Supreme Court announced today an interesting decision interpreting the state’s Good Samaritan Statute. The question for the co...

Comments on recent studies on the dangers of Tylenol

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The Five Thirty Eight blog has an interesting article criticizing recent studies on the possible dangers of taking Tylenol during pregnancy...

Auto industry problems: GM recalls over 3 million cars and admits to quality control failures while Toyota agrees to pay 1.2 billion dollars to avoid criminal prosecution

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This has been a bad week for the auto industry.  In a video message to GM employees, CEO Mary Barra admitted that the company’s quality con...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

Florida Supreme Court finds that damages caps in medical malpractice cases are unconstitutional

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In an opinion that refutes many of the myths usually cited by tort reformers in favor of imposing caps on damages, the Florida Supreme Court...