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Torts, Deron R. Hicks
Torts, Deron R. Hicks
Mercer Law Review
In Music v. Steamco, Inc., the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a restaurant in a slip and fall action. The action was filed by a patron of the restaurant who suffered injuries when she fell down a set of stairs while exiting the restaurant. Plaintiff, after having lunch with her friends at defendant's restaurant, prepared to leave the restaurant by way of the same stairs she used to enter the restaurant. As she stood at the top of the stairs, plaintiff noticed water on the steps; however, the steps …
Government Corruption And The Right Of Access To Courts, Una A. Kim
Government Corruption And The Right Of Access To Courts, Una A. Kim
Michigan Law Review
This Note addresses the question left unanswered in Harbury: whether these denial of access-to-courts cases, which Justice Souter termed "backward-looking" access claims, are valid exercises of a constitutional right. Backward-looking access claims such as Harbury's differ from traditional denial of access-to-courts claims in that their aim is not to remove impediments to bringing causes of action in the future. Rather, backward-looking access claims allege that a suit that could have been filed in the past was not brought or was not litigated effectively, because access to the courts was at that time denied or obstructed by government officials. …
Doing Good, Doing Well, Howard M. Erichson
Doing Good, Doing Well, Howard M. Erichson
Vanderbilt Law Review
On the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education,' it is fitting that we should take account not only of what has become of school desegregation but also of the heroic public interest lawyer figure embodied by Thurgood Marshall. For his role as "the chief litigator for the civil rights movement," Marshall is widely regarded as a preeminent role model for public interest lawyers. Descriptions of Marshall's career as a public interest advocate emphasize not only his ability to "use the legal system as a tool for social change," but also his personal sacrifice as a lawyer who persevered …
The Role Of Opt-Outs And Objectors In Class Action Litigation: Theoretical And Empirical Issues, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey Miller
The Role Of Opt-Outs And Objectors In Class Action Litigation: Theoretical And Empirical Issues, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey Miller
Vanderbilt Law Review
We study 236 cases in which we could ascertain quantitative in- formation about the number of objectors, 159 cases with quantitative information about the number of opt-outs, 205 cases with both the size of the class and the number of objectors, and 143 cases with both the size of the class and the number of opt-outs. Opt-outs from class participation and objections to class action resolution are rare: on average, less than 1 percent of class members opt-out, and about 1 percent of class members object to class-wide settlements. Opt-out-rates and objectorrates can be partly explained by observable factors in …
The Inevitability Of Aggregate Settlement: An Institutional Account Of American Tort Law, Samuel Issacharoff, John F. Witt
The Inevitability Of Aggregate Settlement: An Institutional Account Of American Tort Law, Samuel Issacharoff, John F. Witt
Vanderbilt Law Review
For the past decade or so, important aspects of American tort law have sought to reaffirm tort's ostensible commitment to individualized justice. In the courts, "the elephantine mass of asbestos cases"' has produced a reaffirmation of what Justice Souter in Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corporation called the "day-in-court ideal": "our deep- rooted historic tradition that everyone should have his own day in court." The academy, in turn, appears to be in the midst of a sustained revival of the closely related idea that tort law consists in the reciprocal relationship between plaintiff and defendant, in which the bipolarity of the dispute …
Public Nuisance Claims Against Gun Sellers: New Insights And Challenges, Jean Macchiaroli Eggen, John G. Culhane
Public Nuisance Claims Against Gun Sellers: New Insights And Challenges, Jean Macchiaroli Eggen, John G. Culhane
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Gun violence continues unabated. Regulation of these deadly instruments is woefully inadequate, and legislatures are compounding the problem by barring or restricting access to the courts for the death and injuries that guns cause. In short, Congress and state legislators have repeatedly acquiesced to the demands of the gun lobby.
During the past several years, cities have struck back by filing public nuisance claims against those gun sellers whose practices pose a risk to the public's health and safety. After a slow start, public nuisance claims have recently gained traction in state appellate courts, which are increasingly coming to realize …
The Muddled Duty To Disclose Under Rule 10b-5, Donald C. Langevoort, G. Mitu Gulati
The Muddled Duty To Disclose Under Rule 10b-5, Donald C. Langevoort, G. Mitu Gulati
Vanderbilt Law Review
Because the federal securities laws are, at heart, about disclosure, the question of whether and when there is a duty to disclose is often the central question in any given case. Certainly, the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has broad powers to compel disclosures by issuers and certain others and has crafted a mandatory disclosure regime that creates many explicit duties. For a variety of reasons, however, this explicit regime falls short of a comprehensive answer to the duty question. For some sixty years now, the hardest duty questions have been addressed under the rubric of fraud, mainly under Rule …
Scienter, Causation, And Harm In Freedom Of Expression Analysis: The Right Hand Side Of The Constitutional Calculus, Wilson Huhn
Scienter, Causation, And Harm In Freedom Of Expression Analysis: The Right Hand Side Of The Constitutional Calculus, Wilson Huhn
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Does Plaintiff Exclusion Have A Role To Play In Twenty-First Century Negligence Litigation?, Giuseppe A. Ippolito
Does Plaintiff Exclusion Have A Role To Play In Twenty-First Century Negligence Litigation?, Giuseppe A. Ippolito
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
No abstract provided.
This Land Is Your Land (Our Right To The Environment), Victor B. Flatt
This Land Is Your Land (Our Right To The Environment), Victor B. Flatt
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Childhood Vaccinations And Autism: Does The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act Leave Parents Of Children With Autism Out In The Cold With Nowhere To Go?, Katherine Marie Bulfer
Childhood Vaccinations And Autism: Does The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act Leave Parents Of Children With Autism Out In The Cold With Nowhere To Go?, Katherine Marie Bulfer
Campbell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Secret Police And The Mysterious Case Of The Missing Tort Claims, Marc L. Miller, Ronald F. Wright
Secret Police And The Mysterious Case Of The Missing Tort Claims, Marc L. Miller, Ronald F. Wright
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Dangerous Allure Of The Issue Class Action, Laura J. Hines
The Dangerous Allure Of The Issue Class Action, Laura J. Hines
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Soldiers Of Semipalatinsk: Seeking A Theory And Forum For Legal Remedy, Anne Miers Kammer
Soldiers Of Semipalatinsk: Seeking A Theory And Forum For Legal Remedy, Anne Miers Kammer
San Diego International Law Journal
This Comment will address the unique dilemma of individuals in Kazakhstan whose health has been compromised by the former Soviet Union's 40-year period of nuclear testing on what is now Kazakhstan soil. The principal legal analysis of this Comment will focus on the availability of remedies (in the form of monetary damages available through legal resolution) to the citizens and/or state of Kazakhstan, and potential judicial forums in which to seek those remedies. Particular attention will be paid to the comparative likelihood of successful remedial legal action if pursued by a private class of Kazakhstan citizens versus action pursued by …
Why Don't Doctors & Lawyers (Strangers In The Night) Get Their Act Together?, Frances H. Miller
Why Don't Doctors & Lawyers (Strangers In The Night) Get Their Act Together?, Frances H. Miller
Michigan Law Review
Health care in America is an expensive, complicated, inefficient, tangled mess - everybody says so. Patients decry its complexity, health care executives bemoan its lack of coherence, physicians plead for universal coverage to simplify their lives so they can just get on with taking care of patients, and everyone complains about health care costs. The best health care in the world is theoretically available here, but we deliver and pay for it in some of the world's worst ways. Occam's razor ("Among competing hypotheses, favor the simplest one") is of little help here. There are no simple hypotheses - everything …
Hubbard V. Greeson: Indiana's Misapplication Of The Tort Sections Of The Restatement (Second) Of Conflict Of Laws, David A. Moore
Hubbard V. Greeson: Indiana's Misapplication Of The Tort Sections Of The Restatement (Second) Of Conflict Of Laws, David A. Moore
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Qualified Immunity After Hope V. Pelzer: Is "Clearly Established" Any More Clear?, Leah Chavis
Qualified Immunity After Hope V. Pelzer: Is "Clearly Established" Any More Clear?, Leah Chavis
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
"The Insiders" For Gambling Lawsuits: Are The Games "Fair" And Will Casinos And Gambling Facilities Be Easy Targets For Blueprints For Rico And Other Causes Of Action?, John Warren Kindt
"The Insiders" For Gambling Lawsuits: Are The Games "Fair" And Will Casinos And Gambling Facilities Be Easy Targets For Blueprints For Rico And Other Causes Of Action?, John Warren Kindt
Mercer Law Review
As the insider Jeffrey Wigand came forward to rattle the U.S. tobacco industry, insiders within the U.S. and Australian gambling establishments began to go public as the twenty-first century began. By 2002 government officials, scholars, and social activists who were experts on the gambling industry believed that some of the next big industry lawsuits would be targeted at gambling facilities. Gambling opponents argued that casinos and gambling facilities fueled gambling addiction and pursued players who had gambling addiction problems, even after those players complained to the gambling facility and asked to be banned. Casino owners maintained that their industry was …
Whoa, Slow Down! Applying The Constitutional Brakes To Accelerated Punitive Damages Awards, J. Kaz Espy
Whoa, Slow Down! Applying The Constitutional Brakes To Accelerated Punitive Damages Awards, J. Kaz Espy
Mercer Law Review
In State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Campbell, the United States Supreme Court held that a $145 million punitive damages award violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when compensatory damages are merely $1 million. This decision was neither the first of its kind, nor unexpected, considering the Court's trend in recent years. Nonetheless, the Court has not always been so aggressive in its application of the Due Process Clause to punitive damages awards.
Beyond "Unlimiting" Shareholder Liability: Vicarious Tort Liability For Corporate Officers, Timothy P. Glynn
Beyond "Unlimiting" Shareholder Liability: Vicarious Tort Liability For Corporate Officers, Timothy P. Glynn
Vanderbilt Law Review
Debate continues to rage over limited shareholder liability and the social costs it imposes.' While proposals flourish for imposing liability on shareholders to reduce these costs, little attention has been devoted to a more promising solution: vicarious tort liability for high- ranking corporate officers. Limited shareholder liability produces benefits, but it also inflicts costs, including encouraging excessively risky corporate activity. These costs are most pronounced in the tort context because potential tort victims rarely can protect themselves by monitoring corporate activities or bargaining with corporate actors. Commentators disagree on limited shareholder liability's net impact on social utility and what, if …
The Increasing Acceptance Of The Restatement (Third) Risk Utility Analysis In Design Defect Claims, Cami Perkins
The Increasing Acceptance Of The Restatement (Third) Risk Utility Analysis In Design Defect Claims, Cami Perkins
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Are Private Automobile Insurance Companies Replacing Workers’ Compensation Coverage When The Employee/Insured Is Injured In The Course And Scope Of Employment By A Third-Party Tortfeasor?: Rubin V. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Micah Echols
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “Multiple sources for recovery are available for an employee who is physically injured by a third-party tortfeasor in the course and scope of employment. This is especially true when the physical injury triggers coverage under a health insurance policy or other type of insurance policy for medical benefits. First, assuming that the employer participates in workers’ compensation insurance, the employee is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits for medical expenses. Second, the employee can also recover payments for medical benefits from the third-party tortfeasor in a common-law negligence lawsuit. Third, the employee, who in this context would be considered …
Why Fear The Fungus? Why Toxic Mold Is And Is Not The Next Big Toxic Tort, Elizabeth L. Perry
Why Fear The Fungus? Why Toxic Mold Is And Is Not The Next Big Toxic Tort, Elizabeth L. Perry
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Case Note: Tort Law—Shades Of Gray: The Sophisticated Intermediary Defense Is Now Available For Minnesota Industrial Failure To Warn Actions—Gray V. Badger Mining Corp., Kerri Nelson
William Mitchell Law Review
This Note briefly examines the context of Minnesota failure to warn claims against industrial suppliers. It describes the various defenses Gray has made available, particularly the sophisticated intermediary and bulk supplier doctrines. The Note also reviews the various jurisdictional incarnations of the sophisticated intermediary defense, and analyzes the doctrine’s application in Gray. Additionally, the Note attempts to predict Gray’s future, recommending that the sophisticated intermediary defense not be expanded beyond the employment context, and suggesting that the Gray defenses, viewed as a cohesive whole, will quickly get rid of weaker claims while permitting valid claims to go forward. Finally, the …
Getting To The Bottom Of Tort Reform, Suzanne Blaz
Getting To The Bottom Of Tort Reform, Suzanne Blaz
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
Lessons For The Hague: Internet Jurisdiction In Contract And Tort Cases In The European Community And The United States, 23 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 1 (2004), Moritz Keller
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
With the increasing use of the Internet, all on-line users, web site owners, e-commerce companies and consumers alike, feel the need to be able to rely on clear standards for a potential contract or tort lawsuit following the Internet presence that could lead to multinational litigation. This goal could be achieved if the negotiations of the Hague Convention on international jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters succeed in harmonizing the rules of the different legal systems around the globe, or at least create a minimum standard for legal cases which would benefit greatly e-commerce and …
This One's For The Children: The Time Has Come To Hold Guardians Ad Litem Responsible For Negligent Injury And Death To Their Charges, Inga Laurent
Cleveland State Law Review
Absolute immunity has historic justifications but it also represents one of the major failures of the modem child welfare system. Attorneys who act as guardians are granted absolute immunity, which serves as a shield that excuses them from being accountable for the consequences of their actions. Without presentation of a defense, all the parties involved are left to speculate as to whether the guardian adequately performed the necessary duties to protect the child. Immunity also perpetuates maintenance of the status quo rather than moving toward improved systems of care and accountability. Section II of this note provides an overview of …
The Boundary Of Personal Jurisdiction: The "Effects Test" And The Protection Of Crazy Horse's Name, 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 381 (2004), Scott Fruehwald
The Boundary Of Personal Jurisdiction: The "Effects Test" And The Protection Of Crazy Horse's Name, 38 J. Marshall L. Rev. 381 (2004), Scott Fruehwald
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Avid Sportsman And The Scope For Self-Protection: When Exculpatory Clauses Should Be Enforced, Robert Heidt
The Avid Sportsman And The Scope For Self-Protection: When Exculpatory Clauses Should Be Enforced, Robert Heidt
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. V. Campbell: Refining Bmw Of North America, Inc. V. Gore And Further Restricting Punitive Damages, Bridget E. Leonard
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. V. Campbell: Refining Bmw Of North America, Inc. V. Gore And Further Restricting Punitive Damages, Bridget E. Leonard
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.