Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether the state's cap on non-economic damages in med mal cases is unconstitutional

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The TortsProf blog is reporting that the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case on appeal from a decision of the state...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

Iowa Supreme Court finds that proof of exoneration is not necessarily required for a convicted defendant to sue for legal malpractice

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In a many jurisdictions, a convicted criminal defendant who wants to recover for malpractice against his or her former lawyer has to obtain ...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Ky. Lawmakers Didn't Consult Federal Experts About Limiting Black Lung Claims

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A few days ago I reported that the Legislature in Kentucky had approved a measure to prevent federally-certified radiologists from judging ...
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 ...