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Full-Text Articles in Law
Sufficiency Of The Evidence Does Not Meet Daubert Standards: A Critique Of The Green-Sanders Proposal, Aaron Twerski, Lior Sapir
Sufficiency Of The Evidence Does Not Meet Daubert Standards: A Critique Of The Green-Sanders Proposal, Aaron Twerski, Lior Sapir
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
From Privacy To Publicity: The Tort Of Appropriation In The Age Of Mass Consumption, Samantha Barbas
From Privacy To Publicity: The Tort Of Appropriation In The Age Of Mass Consumption, Samantha Barbas
Journal Articles
No abstract provided.
Causation In Tort Law: A Reconsideration, Keith N. Hylton
Causation In Tort Law: A Reconsideration, Keith N. Hylton
Faculty Scholarship
Causation is a source of confusion in tort theory, as well as a flash point for the debate between consequentialist and deontological legal theorists.1 Consequentialists argue that causation is generally determined by the policy grounds for negligence, not by a technical analysis of the facts.2 Conversely, deontologists reject the view that policy motives determine causation findings.
Causation has also generated different approaches within the consequentialist school. Some take an essentially forward- looking approach to formalizing causation analysis, finding causation analysis to be subsumed within the Hand Formula.4 Another approach within the consequentialist school closely examines the incentive …
Summary Of Lvmpd V. Yeghiazarian, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 81, Kelsey Bernstein
Summary Of Lvmpd V. Yeghiazarian, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 81, Kelsey Bernstein
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The Court decided four issues: (1) Whether a deceased’s blood alcohol content (BAC) may be submitted to show his comparative negligence in a wrongful death action; (2) whether a district court abuses its discretion by allowing an expert to testify based on an allegedly unreliable report; (3) whether a jury’s damages award should be reduced based on comparative negligence before or after imposing a statutory damage cap; and (4) whether awards for attorney fees may include charges for nonattorney staff.
Summary Of Otak Nev., Llc V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 53, Jason Wallace
Summary Of Otak Nev., Llc V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 53, Jason Wallace
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The Court was presented with two questions: “(1) If a defendant settles in good faith does NRS 17.245(1)(b) bar "de facto" claims for contribution and/or equitable indemnity?; and (2) Are the contractor's third-party claims in this matter considered "de facto" contribution and/or equitable indemnity claims that may be barred under NRS 17.245(1)(b)?”
Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. V. Bartlett And Its Implications, Brian Wolfman, Anne King
Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. V. Bartlett And Its Implications, Brian Wolfman, Anne King
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The authors state that the U.S. Supreme Court’s preemption ruling in Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, which generally shields generic drug manufacturers from state-law damages liability for design-defect claims, may also have broader implications for preemption jurisprudence. In this article they describe the Supreme Court’s decision in Mutual and evaluate how it may affect future products-liability litigation.
Part I provides an overview of the case’s factual background and of federal generic drug regulation, while Part II discusses the Court’s majority opinion and the dissents. Part III analyzes the implications of the decision, offering ideas on how plaintiffs injured by …
Duty In The Litigation-Investment Agreement: The Choice Between Tort And Contract Norms When The Deal Breaks Down, Anthony J. Sebok, W. Bradley Wendel
Duty In The Litigation-Investment Agreement: The Choice Between Tort And Contract Norms When The Deal Breaks Down, Anthony J. Sebok, W. Bradley Wendel
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Litigation investment, which is also known as “litigation finance” or “third party litigation finance,” has grown in importance in many common law and civilian legal systems and has come to the United States as well. While many questions remain about both legality and social desirability of litigation finance, this paper starts with the assumption that the practice will become widespread in the US and explores the obligations of the parties to the litigation finance contract.
The first part of the article uses an example to illustrate the risks imposed by one of the other party on the other which should …
"The Disorderly Conduct Of Words": Civil Liability For Injuries Caused By The Dissemination Of False Or Inaccurate Information, Richard C. Ausness
"The Disorderly Conduct Of Words": Civil Liability For Injuries Caused By The Dissemination Of False Or Inaccurate Information, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This Article is concerned with the potential liability of those who disseminate false or inaccurate information that causes physical injury or property damage to those who rely upon it. However, this Article will not address the question of whether those who advocate or depict violence or other antisocial activities should also be subject to liability. For the most part, such publications are considered to be a form of constitutionally protected speech, even when they directly cause physical harm to others. Although the issue of liability for the publication of factually inaccurate information is narrower in scope than liability for the …
When Courts Determine Fees In A System With A Loser Pays Norm: Fee Award Denials To Winning Plaintiffs And Defendants, Theodore Eisenberg, Talia Fisher, Issi Rosen-Zvi
When Courts Determine Fees In A System With A Loser Pays Norm: Fee Award Denials To Winning Plaintiffs And Defendants, Theodore Eisenberg, Talia Fisher, Issi Rosen-Zvi
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Under the English rule, the loser pays litigation costs whereas under the American rule, each party pays its own costs. Israel instead vests in its judges full discretion to assess fees and costs as the circumstances may require. Both the English and the American rules have been the subjects of scholarly criticism. Because little empirical information exists about how either rule functions in practice, an empirical study of judicial litigation cost award practices should be of general interest. This Article presents such a study in the context of Israel’s legal system. We report evidence that Israeli judges apply their discretion …
Distorted And Diminished Tort Claims For Women, Jamie Abrams
Distorted And Diminished Tort Claims For Women, Jamie Abrams
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Childbirth is distinctly characterized in tort law by the literal emergence of a potential putative plaintiff. This Article seeks to position the birthing woman — distinct from the pregnant woman or the parent — squarely within the negligence framework and, in doing so, to challenge prevailing assumptions dominating obstetric medical decision-making. The existence of two patients and two putative plaintiffs is unique to childbirth, yet largely unexamined in tort. This Article examines how the dominant focus on fetal harms in modern childbirth overshadows the birthing woman in tort and distorts the normative dualities of childbirth.
While theoretically childbirth falls within …
Summary Of Cucinotta V. Deloitte & Touche, Llp, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 35, Sean Africk
Summary Of Cucinotta V. Deloitte & Touche, Llp, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 35, Sean Africk
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
In an appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment in a defamation case, the Court considered whether information divulged by a registered accounting firm in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is subject to an absolute privilege.
Mining, Uranium, Bert Chapman
Mining, Uranium, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides an overview of uranium mining's role and influence in the American West with comparative information on uranium mining in foreign countries.
Adequately Representing Groups, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
Adequately Representing Groups, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
Scholarly Works
Adequate representation and preclusion depend on whether the courts treat a litigant as part of a group experiencing an aggregate harm or as a distinct person suffering individual injuries. And though a vast literature about adequate representation exists in the class-action context, it thins dramatically when contemplating other forms of group litigation, such as parens patriae actions and multidistrict litigation. As class actions have gradually fallen into disfavor and attorneys and commentators seek alternative means for resolving group harms, the relative clarity of Rule 23 wanes. How should courts evaluate adequate representation in parens patriae actions and in multidistrict litigation? …
How Long Is Forever This Time? The Broken Promise Of Bankruptcy Trusts, S. Todd Brown
How Long Is Forever This Time? The Broken Promise Of Bankruptcy Trusts, S. Todd Brown
Journal Articles
Bankruptcy trusts consistently fail to protect the interests of future claimants as contemplated by Section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Although this reality is generally understood, the extent of this failure has not been examined. And, as demonstrated in this study, the degree to which trusts are failing future victims is greater than commonly realized. More than two-thirds of the trusts that have completed their initial claims processing are paying new asbestos personal injury victims at or near historically low rates, and several others appear to be defunct or inactive. Nearly two-thirds of the trusts that remain active have reduced …
Negligence, Causation, And Incentives For Care, Keith N. Hylton, Haizhen Lin
Negligence, Causation, And Incentives For Care, Keith N. Hylton, Haizhen Lin
Faculty Scholarship
We present a new model of negligence and causation and examine the influence of the negligence test, in the presence of intervening causation, on the level of care. In this model, the injurer's decision to take care reduces the likelihood of an accident only in the event that some nondeterministic intervention occurs. The effects of the negligence test depend on the information available to the court, and the manner in which the test is implemented. The key effect of the negligence test, in the presence of intervening causation, is to induce actors to take into account the distribution of the …
Summary Of Egan V. Chambers, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 25, Oscar Peralta
Summary Of Egan V. Chambers, 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 25, Oscar Peralta
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The Court reexamined whether NRS 41A.071's affidavit-of-merit requirement applies to claims for professional negligence, which it had answered only a few years ago in Fierle v. Perez. The Court held that the plain and unambiguous language of NRS 41A.071 indicates that professional negligence actions are not subject to its affidavit-of-merit requirement, which applies only to medical or dental malpractice actions.
Understanding And Mitigating The Negative Impacts Of Product Recalls In The Global Supply Chain, Emily Carow
Understanding And Mitigating The Negative Impacts Of Product Recalls In The Global Supply Chain, Emily Carow
Honors Projects in Management
Product recalls can be detrimental to any company; the event can be costly and often causes a loss of company reputation, customer trust and loyalty, and sometimes a loss of customer lives. With the number of product recalls on the rise, the issue has become of utmost importance, and although government agencies are set in place to protect the customers, there is no such agency to act in the best interest of the company experiencing the recall (Sowinski, 2012). Therefore, understanding best practices for the prevention of, reaction to, and recovery from product recalls can be extremely beneficial to a …
Battle For Disclosure Tort, Jared A. Wilkerson
Battle For Disclosure Tort, Jared A. Wilkerson
W&M Law Student Publications
Legal scholars guided the creation and development of privacy torts, including what would become known as the disclosure tort, for about seventy-five years (1890-1965), a period in which most states came to recognize a common law or statutory right to privacy. Since then, scholarly attempts to curb or modify the tort have yielded little. This Article-beginning with the formalism-realism debate won by Brandeis, Pound, and Prosser and ending with modern experts--shows that notwithstanding enormous efforts by contemporary legal academics, would-be reformers of the disclosure tort have not budged it since Prosser's Restatement (Second). The Article presents both a lesson and …
Remedies: A Guide For The Perplexed, Doug Rendleman
Remedies: A Guide For The Perplexed, Doug Rendleman
Scholarly Articles
Remedies is one of a law student’s most practical courses. Remedies students and their professors learn to work with their eyes on the question at the end of litigation: what can the court do for the successful plaintiff? Remedies develops students’ professional identities and broadens their professional horizons by reorganizing their analysis of procedure, torts, contracts, and property around choosing and measuring relief - compensatory damages, punitive damages, an injunction, specific performance, disgorgement, and restitution. This article discusses the law-school course in Remedies - the content of the Remedies course, the Remedies classroom experience, and Remedies outside the classroom through …
Norfolk’S Flooding Adaptation Measures: Taking Lawful Precautions Or ‘Takings’ Lawsuits?, Emilie A. Whitehurst
Norfolk’S Flooding Adaptation Measures: Taking Lawful Precautions Or ‘Takings’ Lawsuits?, Emilie A. Whitehurst
Virginia Coastal Policy Center
No abstract provided.
Overview Of A City’S Tort Liability Duties To Maintain And Protect Local Government Services From Sea Level Rise: Poquoson Case Study, Alex Horning
Virginia Coastal Policy Center
No abstract provided.
The Virginia Supreme Court’S 2012 Livingston Case: Localities And The Risk Of “Takings” Claims For Failure To Properly Maintain Flood Control Structures, Daniel Doty, Chris Olcott
The Virginia Supreme Court’S 2012 Livingston Case: Localities And The Risk Of “Takings” Claims For Failure To Properly Maintain Flood Control Structures, Daniel Doty, Chris Olcott
Virginia Coastal Policy Center
No abstract provided.
“Takings” Liability For Vacating Roads In Flood-Prone Areas: Poquoson Case Study, Kelci Block
“Takings” Liability For Vacating Roads In Flood-Prone Areas: Poquoson Case Study, Kelci Block
Virginia Coastal Policy Center
No abstract provided.
Accidental Suicide Pacts And Creditor Collective Action Problems: The Mortgage Mess, The Deadweight Loss, And How To Get The Value Back, Robert C. Hockett
Accidental Suicide Pacts And Creditor Collective Action Problems: The Mortgage Mess, The Deadweight Loss, And How To Get The Value Back, Robert C. Hockett
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Sustained economic recovery will remain elusive in America, post-crash, until principal is reduced on some 10-13 million underwater home mortgage loans across the nation. Yet in the case of privately securitized loans, these write-downs are all but impossible to carry out on the requisite scale because bubble-era securitization contracts, which now effectively function as suicide pacts among bondholders, would require collective action by millions of geographically dispersed passive investors in order to authorize write-downs or sales out of securitization trusts. The solution, this article suggests, is for state and municipal governments to use their eminent domain powers to buy up …
Are Risks Wrong?, Anthony J. Sebok
Are Risks Wrong?, Anthony J. Sebok
Online Publications
In The Moral Significance of Risking, John Oberdiek offers a theory of why risk imposition is prima facie wrong. Oberdiek admits that his argument will only be persuasive if he applies it to risk imposition in its purest form (what he calls “risking”). Risking’s moral significance – if it has any – must be based on the imposition of the risk of harm, and not the harm itself. In other words, if risking is wrong, it shouldn’t matter in our evaluation of it that the risk of injury never ripened into an injury. Thus, second-order effects of risking on …
The Impact Of Medical Liability Standards On Regional Variations In Physician Behavior: Evidence From The Adoption Of National-Standard Rules, Michael Frakes
The Impact Of Medical Liability Standards On Regional Variations In Physician Behavior: Evidence From The Adoption Of National-Standard Rules, Michael Frakes
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
I explore the association between regional variations in physician behavior and the geographical scope of malpractice standards of care. I estimate a 30-50 percent reduction in the gap between state and national utilization rates of various treatments and diagnostic procedures following the adoption of a rule requiring physicians to follow national, as opposed to local, standards. These findings suggest that standardization in malpractice law may lead to greater standardization in practices and, more generally, that physicians may indeed adhere to specific liability standards. In connection with the estimated convergence in practices, I observe no associated changes in patient health. (JEL …
The Tort Foundation Of Duty Of Care And Business Judgment, Robert J. Rhee
The Tort Foundation Of Duty Of Care And Business Judgment, Robert J. Rhee
UF Law Faculty Publications
This Article corrects a misconception in corporation law – the belief that principles of tort law do not apply to the liability scheme of fiduciary duty. A board’s duty of care implies exposure to liability, but the business judgment rule precludes it. Tort law finds fault; corporation law excuses it. The conventional wisdom says that the tort analogy fails. This dismissal of tort prinicples is wrong. Although shareholder derivative suits and ordinary tort cases properly yield systemically antipodal outcomes, they are bound by a common analytical framework. The principles of board liability are rooted in tort doctrines governing duty, customs, …
The 9/11 Litigation Database: A Recipe For Judicial Management, Aaron D. Twerski, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, James A. Henderson, Jr.
The 9/11 Litigation Database: A Recipe For Judicial Management, Aaron D. Twerski, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, James A. Henderson, Jr.
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Late-Night Law Firms, Scott Hershovitz
Late-Night Law Firms, Scott Hershovitz
Reviews
But it turns out that those late-night lawyers may not deserve the scorn that they get. In Sunlight and Settlement Mills, Nora Freeman Engstrom argues that firms like the ones that advertise late at night have developed practice models that achieve many of the aims that reformers have for no-fault accident compensation schemes. They deliver compensation cheaply and quickly, because they settle almost every claim and nearly never go to court. They resolve claims predictably and consistently, on account of cozy relationships with insurance adjusters that lead to a shared sense as to what different sorts of claims are …
Review Of Corrective Justice, By E. Weinrib, Scott Hershovitz
Review Of Corrective Justice, By E. Weinrib, Scott Hershovitz
Reviews
I once heard it said of a famous philosopher of law that he never allowed his philosophy to be polluted by law. No one will ever say that about Ernie Weinrib. His latest book - Corrective Justice - is exceptional precisely because Weinrib is deeply informed about legal doctrine. Of course, he also has formidable philosophical skill, and in bringing that to bear on doctrine, he dismantles any thought that corrective justice is too abstract a concept to shed light on the practical problems that courts face. Along the way, he also demol ishes the instrumentalism that has recently dominated …