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Tort Law Implications Of Compelled Physician Speech, Nadia N. Sawicki
Tort Law Implications Of Compelled Physician Speech, Nadia N. Sawicki
Indiana Law Journal
Abortion-specific informed consent laws in many states compel physicians to communicate state-mandated information that is arguably inaccurate, immaterial, and inconsistent with their professional obligations. These laws face ongoing First Amendment challenges as violations of the constitutional right against compelled speech. This Article argues that laws compelling physician speech also pose significant problems that should concern scholars of tort law.
State laws that impose tort liability on physicians who refuse to communicate a state-mandated message often do so by deviating from foundational principles of tort law. Not only do they change the substantive disclosure duties of physicians under informed consent law, …
A Better Interpretation Of The Wrongful Death Act, Dennis M. Doiron
A Better Interpretation Of The Wrongful Death Act, Dennis M. Doiron
Maine Law Review
A viable fetus is not a person under the wrongful death act, declared the Maine Law Court in a controversial decision in 1988. To reach this conclusion, the court employed one traditional and one new rule of statutory interpretation, and one traditional rule of law. The traditional rule of interpretation-that the wrongful death act is to be strictly construed because it is in derogation of the common law-dates from the earliest wrongful death cases heard by the court. The new rule of interpretation-that the death statute must be harmonized with the Maine Uniform Probate Code-derives from the enactment of the …
Assisted Suicide: A Tough Pill To Swallow, Mary Margaret Penrose
Assisted Suicide: A Tough Pill To Swallow, Mary Margaret Penrose
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Torts: Nealis V. Baird: The Oklahoma Supreme Court Extends Fetal Rights In Wrongful Death Suits But Leaves Important Questions Unanswered, Cory Hicks
Oklahoma Law Review
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Tort Suits For Injuries Sustained During Illegal Abortions: The Effects Of Judicial Bias, Gail D. Hollister
Tort Suits For Injuries Sustained During Illegal Abortions: The Effects Of Judicial Bias, Gail D. Hollister
Villanova Law Review
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After Farley V. Sartin: The Consequences Of Declaring A Nonviable Fetus A Person For The Purpose Of Wrongful Death, Stacie L. Lude
After Farley V. Sartin: The Consequences Of Declaring A Nonviable Fetus A Person For The Purpose Of Wrongful Death, Stacie L. Lude
West Virginia Law Review
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The Unborn Plaintiff, David A. Gordon
The Unborn Plaintiff, David A. Gordon
Michigan Law Review
It is almost twenty-five years since Professor Winfield's article "The Unborn Child" was published. The development of this area of the law during the past quarter century is probably summed up in the distinction between that title and the one to this article.