Sunday, July 15, 2018

Third Circuit: US is immune from liability for intentional conduct by TSA officers because they are not "law enforcement officers" under the FTCA

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As you probably know, the Federal Torts Claims Act retains immunity in a number of very specific circumstances.  Thus, according to the Act,...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Parents who allowed child to die for religious reasons plead guilty

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A number of years ago, I posted a number of comments on the possibility of imposing civil liability on parents whose refusal to provide medi...
Sunday, July 1, 2018

Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds validity of cap on non-economic damages

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As the TortsProf blog recently reported , the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently held that the state's cap of $750,000 on non-economic dam...
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 ...