Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Med Mal statistics and other information

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The Center for Justice and Democracy has just published its most recent update to the Medical Malpractice briefing book with all the latest ...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Supreme Court Holds Foreign Corporations Cannot Be Held Liable Under Alien Tort Statute

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Long time readers of this blog know I have followed the cases on the Alien Tort Statute for some time.  For my posts on this topic, go here ...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Complaint filed against Southwest for emotional distress caused by failed engine

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At least one passenger has already filed a lawsuit over the mental trauma suffered on a Southwest flight that made an emergency landing earl...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Massachusetts and California rule universities have a limited duty to help students because of special relationship

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As readers of this blog know, the general common law did not recognize a duty to help or to control the conduct of others.  However, over ti...
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 ...