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Malpractice By Veterinarians, Martin J. Strobel
Malpractice By Veterinarians, Martin J. Strobel
Cleveland State Law Review
The veterinarian's liability is measured by the same basic standards applicable to physicians and surgeons. In both fields the technical nature of the malpractice action creates special problems. To determine the issue of liability the jury must identify both the historical facts and the standard of care. Attempting to resolve issues of medical fact may be difficult for a lay jury; such resolution demanding as it does, not merely an appraisal of the witnesses' demeanor and character, but an evaluation of their stories in the context of the situation giving rise to the cause of action.
Some Bases For Remittitur In Personal Injury Cases, Robert Saxer
Some Bases For Remittitur In Personal Injury Cases, Robert Saxer
Cleveland State Law Review
In reviewing an award various factors before it can determine whether the award is so excessive that remittitur should be granted or a new trial ordered. Remittitur is justified when the award is based on computation errors, oversight or consideration of an improper element, or when, in view of the evidence, the judgment is excessive enough to indicate prejudice, passion, partiality or corruption on the part of the jury.
Damages For Injury To Feelings In Malicious Prosecution And Abuse Of Process, A. M. Witte
Damages For Injury To Feelings In Malicious Prosecution And Abuse Of Process, A. M. Witte
Cleveland State Law Review
The burden of this paper is the extent to which a plaintiff in a malicious prosecution action will be permitted to recover damages for the injury he has suffered to his feelings. Simply stated, there is no serious legal question presented by this broad topic. In a malicious prosecution action based on criminal proceedings the plaintiff may recover damages for his mental suffering (and for the harm to his reputation) and the great majority of jurisdictions permit these damages to be recovered without special pleading or proof-i.e., these elements are considered to be general damages.
How Much Detention Constitutes False Imprisonment, Nancy F. Halliday
How Much Detention Constitutes False Imprisonment, Nancy F. Halliday
Cleveland State Law Review
Any intentional unlawful confinement of an individual, without his consent, for any length of time, no matter how short in duration, constitutes false imprisonment. This statement, however, leaves unanswered the question of what constitutes a lawful confinement.
Traumatic Cancer, Theodore Dyke
Traumatic Cancer, Theodore Dyke
Cleveland State Law Review
The relationship of trauma to cancer may be of minimal import to the medical world; however, it is extremely important to the attorney from the point of view of compensation. The real problem is that no one knows what "causes"cancer. The present state of the medical art indicates that a given cancer may be caused by any of a number of factors, acting singly or jointly. Trauma is one of these factors, but the exac teffect of a single trauma in causing cancer is unknown. Medical experts will honestly differ in their opinions, because in fact they are frequently just …
Damages For Mental Suffering In Discrimination Cases, John E. Duda
Damages For Mental Suffering In Discrimination Cases, John E. Duda
Cleveland State Law Review
This article explores the legal basis for an award of damages for mental suffering caused by unlawful racial discrimination. It necessarily includes religious and nationality discrimination,since these three areas are intertwined in the law. For the most part, the legal principles are applicable alike to all three forms of discrimination. Mental suffering is treated as an element of compensatory damages on the theory that the purpose of such an award is to compensate the claimant for his loss and not necessarily to penalize the discriminator. Punishment enters the analysis only to the extent that the prevailing legal rules governing damage …
The Terror Neurosis, David I. Sindell
The Terror Neurosis, David I. Sindell
Cleveland State Law Review
In 1934, Strauss and Savitzky wrote a paper' in which they elaborated a particular syndrome known as a "terror neuro- sis," and stated that it was frequently found in such natural disasters as earthquakes, or in sea or military disasters, and mining catastrophes. Physical injuries in these cases, they said, may be slight or absent. For this reason, Strauss and Savitzky objected to the use of the term "traumatic neurosis" on the ground that the neurosis had no physical cause as such.
Horseplay By Employees, Michael Kaye
Horseplay By Employees, Michael Kaye
Cleveland State Law Review
The trend of authority is strongly in favor of eliminating the aggressor defense from Workmen's Compensation law. The instigator, like the victim or participant in horseplay, is now likely to be compensated for his injuries resulting from sportive acts. This is looked on by the law as a reasonable consequence of the natural conditions of employment rather than as a deviation. "Horseplay" is the colloquial term referring to sportive and playful acts often used legalistically to describe the conduct of employees who skylark or prank, doing injury to themselves or to others. Sportive conduct includes assaults with or without an …
Refusal Of Charter Of A Non-Profit Corporation, David A. Zeitzheim
Refusal Of Charter Of A Non-Profit Corporation, David A. Zeitzheim
Cleveland State Law Review
Every state has provisions relating to the formation of non- profit corporations. The procedure for forming a non-profit corporation is similar to that of organizing a corporation for profit. The purpose of this note is to summarize the reasons for which a non-profit corporate charter may be refused by a state.
Just Compensation For Real Estate Condemnation, Thomas L. Dettelbach
Just Compensation For Real Estate Condemnation, Thomas L. Dettelbach
Cleveland State Law Review
The purpose of the requirement of just compensation contained in the United States Constitution, where private property is taken for public use, is to place the financial losses caused through public improvements on the public rather than entirely upon those who happen to lie in the path of the project. Since the nation is proliferating with everexpanding highways and urban renewal programs, and these programs involve the exercise of the power eminent domain, controversies related to fair value for property taken are numerous. Relatively few cases in modern times reach the Supreme Court, but through previous decisions, affirmed or cited …
Judicial Notice Of Scientific Facts, Jon C. Kleri
Judicial Notice Of Scientific Facts, Jon C. Kleri
Cleveland State Law Review
The practical purpose of judicial notice is to dispense with the necessity of taking proof to establish a well known or accepted fact or proposition. However, courts are not bound to take judicial notice of matters of fact. Their acceptance or rejection is dependent upon the nature and scope of the subject matter as it relates to the issues in any given case in conjunction with the overall justice applicable to the matter. A court will not take judicial notice of a fact where there is doubt or uncertainty regarding its acceptance or notoriety.
John Locke And The Declaration Of Independence, Kenneth D. Stern
John Locke And The Declaration Of Independence, Kenneth D. Stern
Cleveland State Law Review
In an article published in the Journal of the American Bar Association in 1949, Dean Clarence Manion, then Dean of the College of Law of the University of Notre Dame, stated, "It is misleading to attribute the philosophy of the Declaration (of Independence) to the writings of John Locke." Dean Manion feels that Locke implies that the rights of minority groups and even of individuals are subordinated to the dictates of the majority. Manion concluded that Jefferson's philosophy contrasts sharply with the Lockian creed. A more thorough examination of Locke's writings, however, tends to lead to the opposite conclusion.
Book Review, Alfred W. Gans
Book Review, Alfred W. Gans
Cleveland State Law Review
Reviewing Philip J. Hermann, Better Settlements Through Leverage, Acqueduct Books, 1965
A Revolution In The Law Practice, F. William Mccalpin
A Revolution In The Law Practice, F. William Mccalpin
Cleveland State Law Review
When I was a boy, there was a popular abbreviated saying, "Comes the revolution," with the usually unsaid, but well understood additive, "Things will be different around here." My suggestion in this writing is that we may well be on the verge of a revolution in the practice of law, and that things may indeed "be different around here" in the practice.
A Neighborhood Law Office: The New Haven Project, Charles D. Gill
A Neighborhood Law Office: The New Haven Project, Charles D. Gill
Cleveland State Law Review
The first new step taken by the New Haven community was the establishment of free legal services for the poor in offices located within poverty stricken neighborhoods. The offices serve all persons residing within a particular geographic area who meet a financial eligibility standard. Our services are available in both civil and criminal matters. The only type of cases specifically excluded are personal injury plaintiff suits, where there is the possibility of a contingent fee arrangement.
The Solo Practitioner And The Poverty Program, Howard M. Rossen
The Solo Practitioner And The Poverty Program, Howard M. Rossen
Cleveland State Law Review
For economic reasons the young individual general practitioner must accept and handle practically all potential new business. He must expect to get, at first, repetitive legal matters that will constitute a large part of his early practice. And he must learn quickly how to handle a very demanding clientele. He will learn very quickly that solo practice is not the most lucrative type of law practice.
Solicitation By And For Attorneys, Richard R. Gygli, Gordon W. Larson
Solicitation By And For Attorneys, Richard R. Gygli, Gordon W. Larson
Cleveland State Law Review
The young attorney often may have time on his hands. He may be tempted to increase his following by advertising or by soliciting clients, but rules of the bar and statutes against solicitation prevent this. There are, of course, some forms of advertising open to all lawyers. National directories and law lists, such as the Martin dale-Hubbell Law Directory, theoretically published only for lawyers, not only advertise the attorney and his firm, but also list the names of any clients whom he wishes to give as representative of his practice and his specialties.
Motions In Limine, Tom H. Davis
Motions In Limine, Tom H. Davis
Cleveland State Law Review
Defendant's attorney in a tort or personal injury case can fumble, stumble and fall and win. A plaintiff's attorney can try his case perfectly and still lose. Since any charge of prejudicial tactics brought against the plaintiff usually will be more harmful than one brought against the defendant, it is the duty of the plaintiff's attorney to keep the case like "Caesar's wife," if he can.One of the best ways to accomplish this is through a motion in limine. For those who are not familiar with this practice, it is a motion, heard in advance of jury selection, which asks …
Crew Conduct As Unseaworthiness, James E. Saari
Crew Conduct As Unseaworthiness, James E. Saari
Cleveland State Law Review
It seems repugnant to all law that a shipowner should be held liable under the doctrine of unseaworthiness for occurrences which he has no reasonable way of preventing. The shipowner may be best protected by incorporating his knowledge of a crew member's dangerous propensities as an element of proof in assault cases based on unseaworthiness. Should general maritime law continue to offer legal barriers to shipowners, a seaman's workmen's compensation statute or a general re-draft of the Jones Act could enable the shipowner to set up stronger defense in an unseaworthiness action.
Municipal Liability For Failure To Provide Police And Fire Protection, Charles F. Reusch
Municipal Liability For Failure To Provide Police And Fire Protection, Charles F. Reusch
Cleveland State Law Review
A municipal corporation generally has no duty to provide fire and police protection, and is not liable in tort or contract to private persons for losses suffered therefrom, unless a statute specifically allows recovery. The underlying reasoning for this comes from (1) the concept of governmental tort immunity when municipalities are engaged in governmental functions (fire-fighting and giving police protection are almost universally held to be governmental functions) and (2) the common law notion that, absent any duty imposed by statute, the municipal corporation cannot be liable for mere inactivity on the part of public servants which results in damage, …
Injuries From Fright Without Contact, Larry Grean
Injuries From Fright Without Contact, Larry Grean
Cleveland State Law Review
Mental distress situations occur throughout the field of torts in cases ranging from assault and trespass to seduction, false arrest, slander, malicious prosecution, and others. They occur in intentional and unintentional situations, and in cases where there is willful and wanton negligence. There may be mental distress over one's own predicament or over fear for the safety of a third party. Physical injuries may or may not result from the mental distress and the element of "impact" (contemporaneous physical injury) becomes an additional factor to consider. However, when it comes to the question of recovery for either mental distress alone …
How F.E.L.A. Became Liability Without Fault, Gaspare A. Corso
How F.E.L.A. Became Liability Without Fault, Gaspare A. Corso
Cleveland State Law Review
The Federal Employers' Liability Act supersedes the common and statutory law of the states ("There is no federal common law"), and this is true regardless of where the action is brought. Under common law, the injured employee was faced with the burden of proof and obliged to overcome the defenses of contributory negligence, assumption of risk and the fellowservant rule. But it is apparent that Congress was dissatisfied with the common law approach to the master-servant relation-ship. The practical effect (at the very least) of the F.E.L.A. is to abolish many of the defenses available at common law to an …
Ohio's Local Government Fund, Lawrence J. Rich
Ohio's Local Government Fund, Lawrence J. Rich
Cleveland State Law Review
This paper will briefly explain the history of the Local Government Fund in Ohio, trace its changes, examine the statutes involved as well as the court decisions, explain the position of other states in their distribution of sales tax monies, and examine possible shortcomings and possible improvements in the present system of distribution.
Ohio's Long Arm Statute, Frederick E. J. Pizzedaz
Ohio's Long Arm Statute, Frederick E. J. Pizzedaz
Cleveland State Law Review
The 106th General Assembly of the Ohio Legislature, in response to the necessity of keeping abreast with modern society and the vastly increased mobility of its members, enacted into law Sections 2307.381 to 2307.385 inclusive, of the Ohio Revised Code. Collectively these sections are popularly known as the "long-arm" statute.The purpose of this note is to attempt to estimate the extent to which Ohio will utilize the statute, based on the experience of other states having case law on the subject, since there has been no litigation as yet under the statute in Ohio. Discussion is basically limited to the …
How To Handle An Anesthesia Injury Case, Albert Averbach
How To Handle An Anesthesia Injury Case, Albert Averbach
Cleveland State Law Review
The criteria of competence of the trial lawyer handling a medical malpractice case is, does he have at least as much if not more knowledge of the practice and procedure involved in the case than the defendant physician. In no place is this more true than in the field of anesthesiology. This is not, of course, to suggest that the attorney can compete with the physician in practical experience. But, it is to propose that many valid anesthesia malpractice cases result in nonsuits and that plaintiff's verdicts which are overturned on appeal are almost invariably lost due to insufficient evidence, …
Presentation Of Evidence In A "Whiplash" Or Cervical Sprain Case, Gibson B. Witherspoon
Presentation Of Evidence In A "Whiplash" Or Cervical Sprain Case, Gibson B. Witherspoon
Cleveland State Law Review
By 1963 claims paid by insurance companies for "whiplash" injuries amounted to more than thirty per cent of the total claims paid. It was natural that the insurance companies began a campaign to discredit "whiplash" claims. The industry has been most successful in convincing many judges and jurors that these injuries often are faked by those claiming them. Since the publication of several articles concerning these neck injuries, the insurance industry has adopted a very cynical approach to all "whiplash" injuries. No other injury in the history of American jurisprudence has been the subject of such unfavorable publicity.
How To Try A Personal Injury Case, James Dooley
How To Try A Personal Injury Case, James Dooley
Cleveland State Law Review
Proper presentation of a case in court is dependent upon proper preparation. Proper presentation means an intimate knowledge of the facts, the parties, possible witnesses, and, o fcourse, the governing legal principles. Indeed, proper preparation means far more than knowledge. It embraces true compre-hension. Before an advocate can present his client's cause or meet his adversary on equal terms, he himself must completely understand the problem. Clear expression of an idea is impossible without a clear understanding of it.
Blood Transfusions And Serum Hepatitis, Richard W. Dunn
Blood Transfusions And Serum Hepatitis, Richard W. Dunn
Cleveland State Law Review
Some definitive articles are available which succinctly state the problems and complications involved in the medical analysis and transfusion of blood. Similarly, general blood transfusion problems and the law applicable to each problem area (sensitization- mistyping-mislabeling-emergency situations-transmission of disease-risks-theories on liability) are represented in many works. One of the most troublesome of the transfusion-transmitted diseases is homologous serum hepatitis (HSH).
Should Courts Set Doctors' Fees, Russell J. Glorioso
Should Courts Set Doctors' Fees, Russell J. Glorioso
Cleveland State Law Review
Should courts set doctors' fees? This short query has interesting ramifications. Initially, the question seems to demand an unqualifiedly negative answer. It is adverse to our system of free enterprise. It is socialized medicine. It is unconstitutional. Responses like these can be heard not only from the medical profession but from the conservative members of the public as well. Modem legislation, in attempting to regulate an ever expanding population, is constantly moving towards more and more social control. Rephrase the initial question to read, "should courts regulate workmen's compensation or Medicare?" What then, would the same people answer? And, yet, …
Fireworks, Explosives, Guns, And Minors, George Braun
Fireworks, Explosives, Guns, And Minors, George Braun
Cleveland State Law Review
In most of the United States the laws governing the sale and use of fireworks, explosives and flammable decorations follow the form of control regulations recommended by the National Fire Prevention Association. These severely restrict the use of explosives and fireworks (with the exception of paper caps for toy guns) to adults. Ohio has led the trend by imposing safeguards more restrictive than most states and, by recent statutes together with decisions, imposing strict standards against manufacturers, sellers, keepers, users or other handlers of explosives and fireworks in attempts to effectively control the hazards presented by these products.