Friday, February 10, 2017

Tort Reform efforts in Arkansas; bad news for victims

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As reported in the TortsProf blog : You may recall that last fall the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down a tort reform ballot initiative ....
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Med Mal quiz

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True or False: Medical malpractice cases represent less than 5 percent of all state tort cases. Medical malpractice insurance claims have d...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

New article on the effect of artificial intelligence on tort law; should we change the standard of care to what a reasonable computer (programmer) would have done under the circumstances?

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Ryan Abbott, professor of law and medicine, has written an article in which he discusses changes in technology and how they might affect tor...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Do you remember Katko v Briney (the spring gun case)? Here is the lawyer who represented the defendant!

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Way back when you took Torts, your probably read a case discussing whether a property owner can "defend" property from trespassers...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

Idaho Supreme Court holds criminal defendant does not have to show actual innocence in malpractice claim against former defense attorney

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Just about a year ago I reported ( here ) that the two most recent decisions on whether a convicted criminal defendant had to prove actual...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

IL Supreme Court to decide whether fraternity should be liable for injuries to student sufferes injuries after becoming intoxicated at fraternity event

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Should the officers, pledge board members of a fraternity or the fraternity itself be liable for the death of a student who becomes intoxica...
Monday, January 23, 2017

New study concludes what we knew already: "stronger" med mal laws do not result in better care

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A new study from Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine has concluded that stronger medical malpractice laws do not translate to be...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Alabama Supreme Court reaffirms ruling that recognized a cause of action for the wrongful death of a fetus before viability, adopting view that fetus is a "person" from moment of conception

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The Alabama Supreme Court recently unanimously reaffirmed its 2011 ruling that recognized a cause of action for the wrongful death of an em...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Connecticut rejects Restatement 3d- Products Liability

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In what some are calling the most important Connecticut tort-law decision in decades, last month the Connecticut Supreme Court declined to a...

Article on the proposed repeal of the ACA and the rights of injured patients to recover for injuries

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Joanne Doroshow. Executive Director or the Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School, has published a short article on the ...