Friday, June 30, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit finds that TSA screeners are subject to liability under the Federal Torts Claims Act

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 As reported in the TortsProf blog:  The Fourth Circuit has now joined the Third and Eighth Circuits in holding that TSA screeners are subje...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

OpenAI Sued For Defamation Over Statements Created by ChatGPT

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It has finally happened: someone has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI over an AI “hallucination” (i.e., confidently spewing out something that is b...
Thursday, June 1, 2023

Federal Court denies motion to dismiss, allowing claim for emotional distress based on pre-impact terror to move forward

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As reported in Day on Torts : A federal judge in Chicago has agreed to allow a jury to consider whether airplane crash victims experience pr...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

More coverage of Tort reform in Florida

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I recently posted a note about Tort Reform in Florida.  See here . The TortsProf blog has more coverage and links here .
Sunday, May 21, 2023

Illinois considers eliminating ban on punitive damages in death cases

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I have never been able to figure out the public policy reasons behind the principle of Illinois law that holds that the right to seek puniti...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Florida overhauls litigation rules to adopt "tort reform" to make it more difficult for plaintiffs to recover for injuries

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Last week, in a closed-door ceremony shut out to reporters, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law one of the most sweeping tort refo...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

New York Governor Vetoes Bill to Expand Wrongful Death Lawsuit Benefits

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 New York Governor Vetoes Bill to Expand Wrongful Death Lawsuit Benefits. Read the story here .
Sunday, November 27, 2022

Golf and how not to plead a defamation claim -- UPDATED

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August 26, 202 2 Long time readers of this blog know that over the years I have posted many stories about golf related torts.  Go here and ...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

California Governor Signs Bill Raising Medical Negligence Caps

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A few weeks ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 35 into law, which received unanimous support for raising the California med...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

New study in California concludes what we knew already: placing caps on damages in malpractice cases does not reduce malpractice

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 As California seeks to pass new legislation that would increase the amount victims can recover for pain and suffering in medical malpractic...