Saturday, November 19, 2016

Podcast: Challenges of self driving cars

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The program Case in Point (Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted a new 20 minute podcast on " Challenges of Self-Driving Vehicl...
Friday, November 11, 2016

Utah Supreme Court holds a person can sue herself under wrongful death and survival stautes

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I recently read in the Legal Profession blog a summary of a recent decision out of the Utah Supreme Court with the oddest fact pattern I ha...
Friday, November 4, 2016

Hospital System allegedly tries to force possible patients to give up right to sue or they will be charged more for services; and residents may be forced to work longer hours

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NPR is reporting today that San Francisco area companies are complaining that Sutter Health is strong-arming them into a contract that woul...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Judge assigned to wrongful death case against Hilary Clinton steps aside and asks for case to be reassigned after allegations of forum shopping

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Back in August I reported that the parents of two Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya, filed a lawsuit Hillary Clinton for wrongful death, ...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

What are "non-economic damages" and why do tort reformers want to limit victims' ability to recover for them?

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A few days ago I reported that the Supreme Court of Arkansas eliminated a ballot initiative that would have drastically capped compensation...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Movement afoot to prevent a vote on Arkansas referendum that would cap attorney fees and damages in medical cases -- UPDATED

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September 3, 2016 :   The ABA Journal online is reporting that two lawsuits have been filed this week to block an Arkansas ballot referendu...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Update on the debate regarding possible liability for injuries caused by autonomous cars

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I have been following the debate regarding the development of so called "self driving cars" or "autonomous cars and the debat...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Ohio Supreme Court clarifies the meaning of the state's Good Samaritan statute

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About two weeks ago, the Ohio Supreme Court issued an important opinion interpreting the state’s “Good Samaritan statute,” a phrase that, as...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

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Friday, August 12, 2016

Podcast: Legal issues related to Pokemon Go

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Pokemon Go, the latest craze that has millions of people walking around using their phones to find and "capture" pocket monsters, ...