Monday, August 24, 2015

GM ignition switch defects tied to 124 deaths, 275 injuries

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Attorney Kenneth Feinberg’s office has completed its review of all 4,000-plus compensation claims related to General Motors’ faulty ignition...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Tony Stewart Sued For Wrongful Death By Family Of Kevin Ward, Jr.

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You may remember a race car accident last year in which a driver got out of his car and started walking on the racetrack yelling at the driv...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

GM Settlement Fund Offers $1 Million Each in 124 Ingition Switch Death Claims

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Details here .

Jury finds for the defendant Kansas City Royals in the case for injury caused by mascot

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Long time readers of this blog might remember the case filed against the Kansas City Royals seeking compensation for an injury caused by a ...

Illinois Court of Appeals decides case against drug manufacturer which could be the next big case to reach the Supreme Court on the issue of preemption

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Readers of the blog will remember that I have been following the debate and the cases on preemption of claims against manufacturers of gener...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Fiat Chrysler Hit With Record $105 Million Fine For Safety Defects

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Federal regulators are fining Fiat Chrysler $105 million for failing to acknowledge and address safety defects in a timely fashion. The civ...

Court upholds constitutionality of Florida statute that authorizes defendants' lawyers in medical malpractice cases to communicate directly with the plaintiffs' doctors without having to inform the plaintiffs or their lawyers

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As reported in the TortsProf blog, In 2013, the Florida legislature passed a med mal reform requiring claimants filing lawsuits to sign f...

Please help a friend of mine with her research

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My colleague Prof. Cynthia Bond is working on a article and she needs your help.  Here is her request: I am working on an article this su...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Florida Intermediate Appellate Court Rules Med Mal Cap Unconstitutional

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The TortsProf Blog is reporting that "[r]elying on the Florida Supreme Court's ruling that a cap on emotional distress damages in ...
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...