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The Internet Of Bodies, Andrea M. Matwyshyn
The Internet Of Bodies, Andrea M. Matwyshyn
William & Mary Law Review
This Article introduces the ongoing progression of the Internet of Things (IoT) into the Internet of Bodies (IoB)—a network of human bodies whose integrity and functionality rely at least in part on the Internet and related technologies, such as artificial intelligence. IoB devices will evidence the same categories of legacy security flaws that have plagued IoT devices. However, unlike most IoT, IoB technologies will directly, physically harm human bodies—a set of harms courts, legislators, and regulators will deem worthy of legal redress. As such, IoB will herald the arrival of (some forms of) corporate software liability and a new legal …
Compensation At The Crossroads: Autonomous Vehicles & Alternative Victim Compensation Schemes, Tracy Hresko Pearl
Compensation At The Crossroads: Autonomous Vehicles & Alternative Victim Compensation Schemes, Tracy Hresko Pearl
William & Mary Law Review
Fully autonomous vehicles will become available to consumers within the next five to seven years. Experts predict that these vehicles will be drastically safer than their human-driven counterparts and will save thousands of lives each year in the United States alone. However, crashes will still occur, and when they do, they will raise unique and troubling issues about liability and fault that both negligence and products liability jurisprudence are not yet wellsuited to handle.
Whether the civil justice system can adjudicate autonomous vehicle crash cases fairly and efficiently impacts (a) whether manufacturers can afford to produce these vehicles or whether …
Accidents And Aggregates, Lee Anne Fennell
Accidents And Aggregates, Lee Anne Fennell
William & Mary Law Review
Tort law responds to discrete, harmful events—“accidents”—by converting unruly facts into a binary on/off judgment about liability. This operation, characteristic of much of law, resembles the “thresholding” process used to convert grayscale images to black and white. It embeds decisions about how to isolate and evaluate the sample of risk-related behavior connected to the accident. This Article focuses on the implicit but powerful role that aggregation—of behavior, precautions, and events—plays in the determination of liability. These aggregative choices determine how large a slice of an injurer’s conduct tort law will capture within its viewfinder, and how tight the causal connection …
Introductory Remarks: Explaining Tort Law, Michael S. Green
Introductory Remarks: Explaining Tort Law, Michael S. Green
William & Mary Law Review
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Outlaws And Outlier Doctrines: The Serious Misconduct Bar In Tort Law, Joseph H. King Jr.
Outlaws And Outlier Doctrines: The Serious Misconduct Bar In Tort Law, Joseph H. King Jr.
William & Mary Law Review
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Drowning In A Sea Of Contract: Application Of The Economic Loss Rule To Fraud And Negligent Misrepresentation Claims, R. Joseph Barton
Drowning In A Sea Of Contract: Application Of The Economic Loss Rule To Fraud And Negligent Misrepresentation Claims, R. Joseph Barton
William & Mary Law Review
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Reconceptualizing Federal Preemption Of Tort Claims As The Government Standards Defense, Lars Noah
Reconceptualizing Federal Preemption Of Tort Claims As The Government Standards Defense, Lars Noah
William & Mary Law Review
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Chapter 13'S Liberal Discharge Provisions And "Willful And Malicious" Tort Judgments: Creditor Classification As A Means Of Accounting For The Debtor's Egregious Action, Robert L. Miller
William & Mary Law Review
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Reconsidering Efficient Tort Rules For Personal Injury: The Case Of Single Activity Accidents, Jennifer H. Arlen
Reconsidering Efficient Tort Rules For Personal Injury: The Case Of Single Activity Accidents, Jennifer H. Arlen
William & Mary Law Review
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A Suggested Remedy For Toxic Injury: Class Actions, Epidemiology, And Economic Efficiency, Colin H. Buckley
A Suggested Remedy For Toxic Injury: Class Actions, Epidemiology, And Economic Efficiency, Colin H. Buckley
William & Mary Law Review
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Wrongful Life: A Modern Claim Which Conforms To The Traditional Tort Framework, Richard E. Wolff
Wrongful Life: A Modern Claim Which Conforms To The Traditional Tort Framework, Richard E. Wolff
William & Mary Law Review
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The Morality Of Strict Tort Liability, Jules L. Coleman
The Morality Of Strict Tort Liability, Jules L. Coleman
William & Mary Law Review
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Torts - Proximate Cause. Haft V. Lone Palm Hotel, __Cal. 3d __, 478 P.2d 465, 91 Cal. Rptr. 465 (1970), J. W. Montgomery Iii
Torts - Proximate Cause. Haft V. Lone Palm Hotel, __Cal. 3d __, 478 P.2d 465, 91 Cal. Rptr. 465 (1970), J. W. Montgomery Iii
William & Mary Law Review
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New Nations And The International Custom, S. Prakash Sinha
New Nations And The International Custom, S. Prakash Sinha
William & Mary Law Review
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Lex Loci Delicti And Babcock V. Jackson, R. Harvey Chappell Jr.
Lex Loci Delicti And Babcock V. Jackson, R. Harvey Chappell Jr.
William & Mary Law Review
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Book Review Of Legal Cause In The Law Of Torts, D. Barry Hill
Book Review Of Legal Cause In The Law Of Torts, D. Barry Hill
William & Mary Law Review
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Virginia Procedure: Parties To Litigation Involving Automobiles, Emeric Fischer
Virginia Procedure: Parties To Litigation Involving Automobiles, Emeric Fischer
William & Mary Law Review
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Some Needed Changes In The Tort Law Of Virginia, Dudley Warner Woodbridge
Some Needed Changes In The Tort Law Of Virginia, Dudley Warner Woodbridge
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
"The Defendant Is Insured", William A. Wray
"The Defendant Is Insured", William A. Wray
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.