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Full-Text Articles in Law
Contract Remedies Need Not Undercompensate Aspiring Parents When Cryopreserved Reproductive Material Is Lost Or Destroyed: Recovery Of Consequential Damages For Emotional Disturbance When Breach Of Contract Results In The Lost Opportunity To Become Pregnant With One's Own Biological Child, Joseph M. Hnylka
Journal of Law and Health
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has doubled over the past decade. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is the most prevalent form of ART. During IVF, a woman’s eggs are extracted, fertilized in a laboratory setting, and then implanted in the uterus. Many IVF procedures use eggs or sperm that were stored using a process called cryopreservation. A recent survey reported that cryopreservation consultations increased exponentially during the coronavirus pandemic, rising as much as 60 percent. It is estimated that more than one million embryos are stored in cryopreservation …
Contracting Out Liability For Negligent Pre-Contractual Misrepresentation, Daniele Bertolini
Contracting Out Liability For Negligent Pre-Contractual Misrepresentation, Daniele Bertolini
Dalhousie Law Journal
This article examines the extent to which entire agreement clauses (EACs) and non-reliance clauses (NRCs) are enforceable to preclude actions for negligent pre-contractual misrepresentations. It is argued that courts could improve legal certainty and contractual fairness by adopting two distinct legal rules to be applied, respectively, to contracts between sophisticated parties and in adhesion contracts. First, it is suggested that in contracts between sophisticated parties only specific contractual barriers to actions should provide a complete defence against negligent misrepresentation claims. Under this rule, the exclusionary effect of EACs and NRCs would be achieved only if an express term of the …
The "Art" Of Future Life: Rethinking Personal Injury Law For The Negligent Deprivation Of A Patient's Right To Procreation In The Age Of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Erika N. Auger
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Taking Note Of Notary Employees: Employer Liability For Notary Employee Misconduct, Nancy Perkins Spyke
Taking Note Of Notary Employees: Employer Liability For Notary Employee Misconduct, Nancy Perkins Spyke
Maine Law Review
The law of agency governs the relations between principals, agents, and third persons. A portion of that body of law deals with the liabilities that arise when an agent causes harm to a third party. Situations in which negligent employees cause harm to their employers' customers are ripe for the application of standard agency principles. Those principles dictate that the employer will be liable for the tort of an employee if the tort is committed in the scope of employment. The Restatement (Second) of Agency and case law provide many illustrations. If an employer directs an employee to perform a …
The Macpherson-Henningsen Puzzle, Victor P. Goldberg
The Macpherson-Henningsen Puzzle, Victor P. Goldberg
Faculty Scholarship
In the landmark case of MacPherson v. Buick, an automobile company was held liable for negligence notwithstanding a lack of privity with the injured driver. Four decades later, in Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, the court held unconscionable the standard automobile company warranty which limited its responsibility to repair and replacement, even in a case involving physical injury. This suggests a puzzle: if it were so easy for firms to contract out of liability, did MacPherson accomplish anything?
Lewis V. Clarke, Summer L. Carmack
Lewis V. Clarke, Summer L. Carmack
Public Land & Resources Law Review
One manner in which Indian tribes exercise their inherent sovereignty is by asserting sovereign immunity. In Lewis v. Clarke, the Court decided that the sovereign immunity extended to instrumentalities of tribes did not further extend to tribal employees acting within the scope of their employment. The Court acknowledged the concerns of the lower court, namely, the possibility of setting a precedent allowing future plaintiffs to sidestep a tribe’s sovereign immunity by suing a tribal employee in his individual capacity. However, the Supreme Court ultimately felt that the immunity of tribal employees should not exceed the immunity extended to state …
Privity's Shadow: Exculpatory Terms In Extended Forms Of Private Ordering, Mark P. Gergen
Privity's Shadow: Exculpatory Terms In Extended Forms Of Private Ordering, Mark P. Gergen
Florida State University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Product Liability Law In Japan: An Introduction To A Developing Area Of Law, Younghee Jin Ottley, Bruce L. Ottley
Product Liability Law In Japan: An Introduction To A Developing Area Of Law, Younghee Jin Ottley, Bruce L. Ottley
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Are You Free To Contract Away Your Right To Bring A Negligence Claim?, Scott J. Burnham
Are You Free To Contract Away Your Right To Bring A Negligence Claim?, Scott J. Burnham
Chicago-Kent Law Review
This article explores the enforceability of the exculpatory clause—a contract term in which one party agrees to give up the right to bring a negligence claim against the other party. A spectrum of views on whether a contract containing such a clause is aberrant or not is presented and analyzed, followed by the author’s view of the rubric by which the enforceability of the clause should be measured. The article concludes by deconstructing one contract in which the clause was found.
Contract Law And The Hand Formula, Daniel P. O'Gorman
Contract Law And The Hand Formula, Daniel P. O'Gorman
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
The Evolving Doctrine Of Union Liability For Health And Safety In The Workplace. Warning: Collective Bargaining Can Be Hazardous To Your Union's Health, Jeffrey S. Wohlner
The Evolving Doctrine Of Union Liability For Health And Safety In The Workplace. Warning: Collective Bargaining Can Be Hazardous To Your Union's Health, Jeffrey S. Wohlner
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
It's About Time, David Frisch
It's About Time, David Frisch
Law Faculty Publications
This Article critically evaluates the view widely held by courts that contract claims for lost leisure or personal time do not justify compensation. The thesis of this Article is that while the conventional judicial wisdom may be correct about some forms of nonpecuniary loss, it is entirely wrong regarding lost time. After setting aside assumptions, I show that traditional arguments against this form of recovery are deeply flawed Most importantly, I rely on the recognition of hedonic damages by forensic economists to debunk the myth that loss of time is no more than an everyday aspect of life not worthy …
Teaching Torts With Sports, Adam Epstein
Teaching Torts With Sports, Adam Epstein
Adam Epstein
The purpose of this paper is to offer a pedagogical road map for an alternative way to engage students when arriving at the torts portion of the business law or legal environment course. It is designed to encourage utilizing sports cases and sport-related videos when teaching torts which can be effective and energizing. My research demonstrates that the prominence of sports related tort cases and examples are much more apparent in the negligence and intentional tort categories than in products liability or strict liability. More specifically, an effective way to relate the concept of negligence in sports is in the …
Colpa E Legge Fra Oriente E Occidente, Pier Giuseppe Monateri
Colpa E Legge Fra Oriente E Occidente, Pier Giuseppe Monateri
Pier Giuseppe Monateri
The Fault and the Law between East and West. In this article Monateri traces an unpreviewed parallel between two absolutely western paradigms and two remarkably chinese thoughts. First a parallel between Carl Schmitt and Xun Zi when the latter writes that “The superior man is the source of the Law” Secondo economic analysis and Lao Zi theory of law a san emerging order not a predetermined one.
In (Partial) Defense Of Strict Liability In Contract, Robert E. Scott
In (Partial) Defense Of Strict Liability In Contract, Robert E. Scott
Michigan Law Review
Many scholars believe that notions of fault should and do pervade contract doctrine. Notwithstanding the normative and positive arguments in favor of a fault-based analysis of particular contract doctrines, I argue that contract liability is strict liability at its core. This core regime is based on two key prongs: (1) the promisor is liable to the promisee for breach, and that liability is unaffected by the promisor's exercise of due care or failure to take efficient precautions; and (2) the promisor's liability is unaffected by the fact that the promisee, prior to the breach, has failed to take cost-effective precautions …
The Role Of Fault In Contract Law: Unconscionability, Unexpected Circumstances, Interpretation, Mistake, And Nonperformance, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
The Role Of Fault In Contract Law: Unconscionability, Unexpected Circumstances, Interpretation, Mistake, And Nonperformance, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Michigan Law Review
It is often asserted that contract law is based on strict liability, not fault. This assertion is incorrect. Fault is a basic building block of contract law, and pervades the field. Some areas of contract law, such as unconscionability, are largely fault based. Other areas, such as interpretation, include sectors that are fault based in significant part. Still other areas, such as liability for nonperformance, superficially appear to rest on strict liability, but actually rest in significant part on the fault of breaking a promise without sufficient excuse. Contract law discriminates between two types of fault: the violation of strong …
Fault In Contract Law, Eric A. Posner
Fault In Contract Law, Eric A. Posner
Michigan Law Review
A promisor is strictly liable for breaching a contract, according to the standard account. However, a negligence-based system of contract law can be given an economic interpretation, and this Article shows that such a system is in some respects more attractive than the strict-liability system. This may explain why, as a brief discussion of cases shows, negligence ideas continue to play a role in contract decisions.
Green Building Claims: What Theories Will A Plaintiff Pursue, Who Has Exposure, And A Proposal For Risk Mitigation, Darren Prum, Stephen Del Percio
Green Building Claims: What Theories Will A Plaintiff Pursue, Who Has Exposure, And A Proposal For Risk Mitigation, Darren Prum, Stephen Del Percio
Darren A. Prum
No abstract provided.
When Is A Willful Breach "Willful"? The Link Between Definitions And Damages, Richard Craswell
When Is A Willful Breach "Willful"? The Link Between Definitions And Damages, Richard Craswell
Michigan Law Review
The existing literature on willful breach has not been able to define what should count as "willful." I argue here that any definition we adopt has implications for just how high damages should be raised in those cases where a breach qualifies as willful. As a result, both of these issues-the definition of "willful," and the measure of damages for willful breach-need to be considered simultaneously. Specifically, if a definition of "willful" excludes all breachers who behaved efficiently, then in theory we can raise the penalty on the remaining inefficient breachers to any arbitrarily high level ("throw the book at …
Labor And Employment Law, Thomas M. Winn Iii
Labor And Employment Law, Thomas M. Winn Iii
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Contract-Negligence As A Bar To Equitable Relief
Contract-Negligence As A Bar To Equitable Relief
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Negligence, Contract, And Architects' Liability For Economic Loss, Matthew S. Steffey
Negligence, Contract, And Architects' Liability For Economic Loss, Matthew S. Steffey
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Nursing Home Contracts: Is It Time For Bad Faith To Come Out Of Retirement?, Charles A. Lattanzi
Nursing Home Contracts: Is It Time For Bad Faith To Come Out Of Retirement?, Charles A. Lattanzi
Journal of Law and Health
For certain types of contracts, the remedy for the breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing has been found to lie in tort. Until the Supreme Court's ruling in Pilot Life Ins. Co. v. Dedeaux, courts were rapidly extending the application of the tort of bad faith breach of contract into areas beyond the traditionally accepted realm of insurance contracts. Most significant for the purposes of this note was the expansion into the area of health care services, specifically health maintenance organizations. Perhaps because of the chilling effect Pilot Life has had upon this form of …
Recovery For Pure Economic Loss In Tort: Another Look At Robins Dry Dock V. Flint, Victor P. Goldberg
Recovery For Pure Economic Loss In Tort: Another Look At Robins Dry Dock V. Flint, Victor P. Goldberg
Faculty Scholarship
In Robins Dry Dock and Repair Co. v. Flint, the Supreme Court laid down the general proposition that claims for pure economic loss are not recoverable in tort. Although courts have sometimes ignored or distinguished Robins, its holding is still a central feature of tort law. In a recent en bane decision regarding claims by those injured by a chemical spill in the Mississippi River, the Fifth Circuit engaged in an extensive debate over the continued vitality of Robins and concluded (despite five dissenters) that it remained good law.
The Robins rule is overbroad, lumping together a number of …
Computer Malpractice And Other Legal Problems Posed By Computer Vaporware, Ronald N. Weikers
Computer Malpractice And Other Legal Problems Posed By Computer Vaporware, Ronald N. Weikers
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Protection Of Shipowners’ Liability Under United States Law And Marine Insurance Practice, Izak Stephanus Fourie
Protection Of Shipowners’ Liability Under United States Law And Marine Insurance Practice, Izak Stephanus Fourie
LLM Theses and Essays
Shipowners are exposed to a variety of risks that are, to a large extent, unique to maritime business. Because of factors like the recent increase in the size and value of ships, increase in marine traffic, enactment of legislation imposing new liabilities, and the tendency of courts to make huge awards to personal injury and death claims, shipowners are exposed to potential losses or claims worth millions of dollars in the event of disaster. These heavy risks led to the establishment of the marine insurance industry, as well as the enactment of legislation that limits shipowners’ liability. This legislation was …
No Risk Allocation Need Apply: The Twisted Minnesota Law Of Indemnification, Daniel S. Kleinberger
No Risk Allocation Need Apply: The Twisted Minnesota Law Of Indemnification, Daniel S. Kleinberger
Faculty Scholarship
Minnesota's law on indemnification agreements is the most restrictive in the country. To provide a basis for understanding the law's restrictions, this Article begins with an analysis of the rationale and functions of indemnification agreements. The Article then reviews the hostility of both the common and statutory law to indemnification agreements and argues that opponents of indemnification have acted without convincing reasons or supporting evidence in substituting government rules for private decision-making.
Strict Liability For Chattel Leasing, Richard C. Ausness
Strict Liability For Chattel Leasing, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Leasing has become an increasingly popular substitute for outright purchases as a means of acquiring products for use. Few courts and commentators, however, have addressed the question of whether the principles of strict products liability which apply to sellers also apply to lessors. In this Article, Professor Ausness reviews the historical basis for imposing strict liability in tort on sellers and applies these rationales to five basic kinds of lease transactions. He concludes that strict liability should not apply when a product defect arises after the leased product is placed in the hands of the lessee (as contrasted with the …
Negligence, Economic Loss, And The U.C.C., David B. Gaebler
Negligence, Economic Loss, And The U.C.C., David B. Gaebler
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Recent Developments In Products Liability Law In Pennsylvania, Warren W. Faulk
Recent Developments In Products Liability Law In Pennsylvania, Warren W. Faulk
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.