Saturday, December 28, 2019

More than 100 families of fallen members of the military sue defense contractors alleging they funded the Taliban, which resulted in the deaths of their relatives

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In a very interesting development, NPR is reporting that more than 100 families are suing several major defense contractors alleging they m...
Monday, December 23, 2019

Senate approves Defense Authorization Bill which includes provision to provide compensation to military personnel injured by negligence of military doctors

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In Feres v US , the US Supreme Court expanded the interpretation of one of the exception to the Federal Torts Claims Act resulting in a ban ...

Arizona Appeals Court suggests it is time to starting thinking of suicide as any other intervening cause

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As in many other jurisdictions, a decedent's conduct in committing suicide is considered a superseding cause, presumably based on the no...
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Auto accidents no longer the leading cause of traumatic brain injury deaths in the US

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This is a truly sad and alarming bit of news: According to researchers with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suici...
Friday, November 22, 2019

News about vaping products keep piling up

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Here are a few bits of news related to vaping: The American Medical Association has called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarett...

Another sports story: Mary Cain's claims against Alberto Salazar and Nike

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Yesterday I wrote about the possibility of supporting a claim related to a fight on the football field.  Today I want to point out another s...

Can Mason Rudolph (Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback) support a claim for battery against Myles Garrett?

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If you are a football fan, and maybe even if you are not, you probably heard about or saw the video of a fight at the end of the game betwe...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

California sues JUUL Labs

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California and the city of Los Angeles sued e-cigarette maker Juul Labs on Monday, claiming the company caused a public health crisis by tar...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

More news on vaping: Trump flip flops on regulation of vaping products

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At some point earlier this fall, President Trump announced he was going to look into ways to keep vaping products away from teenagers and e...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Supreme Court denies cert in case against gun manufacturer related to Sandy Hook school shooting

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This is the big news of the week in the world of Torts.   Back in March, I reported that the Connecticut Supreme Court cleared the way f...