Friday, January 26, 2024

News reports that a case in Michigan will decide if parents can be criminally responsible for a child's actions are wrong

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 If you have been paying attention to the news, you may have heard that a criminal case is just underway in Michigan in which the mother of ...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Camp Lejeune Plaintiffs Seek Partial Summary Judgment on Issue of Cause in Fact

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 AboutLawsuits is reporting that the Plaintiffs pursuing Camp Lejeune injury lawsuits have filed a motion for partial summary judgment in th...
Sunday, January 21, 2024

Comment on the recent case on whether a suicide is an unforeseeable intervening event

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 A few days ago I reported ( here ) that the Illinois Appellate Court recently decided a case on whether a decedent’s conduct in committing ...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

IL Appellate Court Holds that Mental Health Providers Can Be Liable for the Suicide of Outpatient Mental Health Clients

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 The TortsProf Blog recently reported that the Illinois Appellate Court decided a case holding that a mental health professional can be lia...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Panera faces second wrongful death lawsuit related to its ‘Charged Lemonade’

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 About a week ago I reported that a recently filed lawsuit against Panera Bread Co. alleges it should be liable for the death of a young wom...

Federal Court denies motion to dismiss claim against Amazon for damages caused by product sold by a "third party seller" through Amazon's website

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Two years ago I reported that a California Appellate Court held that Amazon can be liable in products liability for products sold by other v...
Monday, December 4, 2023

Panera Bread Co sued for wrongful death allegedly caused by Panera's highly caffeinated lemonade

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December 4, 2023 Back in 2012-2013 there was a lot of discussion on possible claims for damages caused by "high energy" (read: hig...
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Teacher can sue school district system for injuries suffered when a 6 year old, first grade, student shot her

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In an important, and somewhat surprising, decision, a state judge has ruled that a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in Virginia ...
Friday, November 10, 2023

Passengers sue Alaska Airlines for emotional distress caused by off duty pilot's attempt to shut down an airplane's engines

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Three passengers who claimed to have suffered emotional distress as a result of a recent incident in an Alaska Airlines flight have filed a ...
Friday, October 27, 2023

Alex Jones must pay families of Sandy Hook shooting victims despite bankruptcy -- UPDATED

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October 21, 2023 If you have been following the news about the lawsuit filed by the surviving families of the Sandy Hook school shooting aga...