Monday, July 8, 2024

If you are considering a new casebook for your course...

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 Carolina Academic Press recently published the second edition of Torts: A Modern Approach by Alex B. Long and Teri Dobbins Baxter. Its desc...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Study on the dangers of "energy drinks"

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 A few minutes after I posted the news that Panera would stop selling its "charged lemonade," I saw this story on the dangers of o...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

More commentary on the Alabama decision on wrongful death of frozen embryos

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 A few days ago I posted my comments on the Alabama case deciding a plaintiff could support a claim under the state's wrongful death act...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

More on the consequences of the Alabama case holding that embryos are "children" for purposes of a wrongful death case

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 Yesterday I posted a comment about a recent case in Alabama holding that plaintiffs had a valid cause of action for wrongful death based o...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’ for purposes of the state's wrongful death statutes -- UPDATED

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As you probably have heard by now, the Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that a group of in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients could sue ...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Follow up on the possible criminal liability of a parent

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 A few days ago I posted a comment on the ongoing prosecution of the mother of a child who engaged in a mass shooting at a school.  The cas...
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...