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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Comment on issues and unanswered questions related to autonomous cars
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I am sure you have heard by now about an Uber autonomous car killed a pedestrian in Arizona. The accident was called the first fatality cau...
Court holds coffee manufacturers must add a cancer warning label in California
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Smithsonian magazine is reporting that coffee companies in California may soon be required to display a warning label alerting customers to...
Kentucky enacts law to make it more difficult for plaintiffs to recover for black lung disease
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A measure signed into law in Kentucky this past week would prevent federally-certified radiologists from judging X-rays in state black lung ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Injured Spectator vs The Chicago Cubs; Will This Be the Case That Establishes a New Rule? -- UPDATED
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October 17, 2017 Readers of this blog probably saw the news that a baseball fan has sued the Chicago Cubs seeking compensation for the los...
Sunday, March 4, 2018
On the difficult to understand distinction between negligence and recklessness
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I have often argued that the distinction between negligence and recklessness is difficult to understand. True, on paper we can express a de...
Saturday, February 3, 2018
GM sued for accident caused by "self driving" vehicle
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GM has been testing autonomous vehicle technology on the streets of San Francisco since August 2017, putting the cars in purposefully challe...
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Miami Doctors Allow Man To Die Because Of “Do Not Resuscitate” Tattoo On Chest -- UPDATED
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Jonathan Turley recently wrote about an interesting case in which doctors at a Miami Hospital decided to stop providing help to a patient ...
Friday, January 12, 2018
Illinois state rep proposes "good samaritan" law to protect people who cause damages when trying to rescue dogs or cats
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Have you ever seen a dog locked inside a hot car and felt like breaking a window? An Illinois state legislator is proposing legal immunity...
North Dakota: Court refuses to apply damages cap in med mal case, declares it unconstitutional -- UPDATED
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In 1995, North Dakota passed a $500,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. I assume has been invoked and applied sin...
Court finds Amazon can't be responsible as "seller" in a product liability claim
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About Lawsuits.com is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that Amazon.com cannot be held liable for injuries caused by third party pro...
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