Monday, October 22, 2018

Supreme Court hears oral argument in asbestos case under maritime law

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A couple of weeks ago, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that raises basic principles of tort law as related to maritime j...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Interesting case in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding false imprisonment

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Suppose a person is charged of and convicted of a crime he or she did not commit and is later exonerated.  Should that person have a claim f...

Judge dismisses defamation suit against Trump

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By now you have probably heard that a U.S. District Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels against Donald Trump ba...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

California Supreme Court says defendants in products liability cases may use evidence of industry custom

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Strict products liability was born in California and many states still look to California law for guidance on products liability law issues....
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Kentucky Supreme Court hears oral arguments in case challenging med mal panel review procedure

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As reported in the TortsProf blog: Last year, Kentucky enacted a law requiring medical malpractice claimants to go through a panel procedure...
Friday, August 3, 2018

Comment on documentary "Bleeding Edge" and the medical device industry

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Netflix recently released a documentary called "The Bleeding Edge" which details many problems with medical devices today, with em...
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 ...