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Retaliatory Discharge For Workers' Compensation: Do Union Employees Need A State Tort, Scott N. Gelfand Dec 1989

Retaliatory Discharge For Workers' Compensation: Do Union Employees Need A State Tort, Scott N. Gelfand

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Proving Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: The Negligent Infliction Of Emotional Distress, Michele A. Scott Oct 1989

Proving Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: The Negligent Infliction Of Emotional Distress, Michele A. Scott

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Flypaper Contracts And The Genesis Of Modern Tort, Peter Huber Aug 1989

Flypaper Contracts And The Genesis Of Modern Tort, Peter Huber

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Strict Products Liability: The Original Intent, George L. Priest Aug 1989

Strict Products Liability: The Original Intent, George L. Priest

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Unintended Revolution In Product Liability Law, Richard A. Epstein Aug 1989

The Unintended Revolution In Product Liability Law, Richard A. Epstein

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sexual Molestation Within America's Parishes And Congregations; Should The Church Be Thy Priest's Keeper, Stephanie D. Young Jun 1989

Sexual Molestation Within America's Parishes And Congregations; Should The Church Be Thy Priest's Keeper, Stephanie D. Young

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Metatheory Of Helegian Legal Theory, David A.J. Richards Mar 1989

The Metatheory Of Helegian Legal Theory, David A.J. Richards

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hegel And Modern Contract Theory: A Comment On Benson And Rosenfeld, Jay M. Feinman Mar 1989

Hegel And Modern Contract Theory: A Comment On Benson And Rosenfeld, Jay M. Feinman

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recovery Of Limited Damages In Wrongful Pregnancy Action: Johnson V. University Hospitals Of Cleveland, Liza F. Cohen Jan 1989

Recovery Of Limited Damages In Wrongful Pregnancy Action: Johnson V. University Hospitals Of Cleveland, Liza F. Cohen

Journal of Law and Health

The birth of a healthy, normal child in American society is generally considered a "blessed event." This is not always so when the pregnancy is unwanted or unplanned. Joy is not always followed by the birth of a child whose mother's pregnancy resulted from a failed sterilization or a failed abortion because of a physician's negligent act. The abortion or sterilization may have been sought because of the fear that a pregnancy would result in a child who might threaten the mother's physical wellbeing or would put a financial strain on the family. Such negligence on the part of a …


The Medical Malpractice Imbroglio: A Non-Adversarial Suggestion, Elliott M. Abramson Jan 1989

The Medical Malpractice Imbroglio: A Non-Adversarial Suggestion, Elliott M. Abramson

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Damages For Emotional Distress In Fraud Litigation: Dignitary Torts In A Commercial Society, Andrew L. Merritt Jan 1989

Damages For Emotional Distress In Fraud Litigation: Dignitary Torts In A Commercial Society, Andrew L. Merritt

Vanderbilt Law Review

One of the most dynamic developments in modern tort law has been the increased focus on damages for emotional distress. During the past few decades courts have fashioned several new tort theories to allow recovery of emotional distress damages as independent causes of action. At the same time, lobbyists and legislators have attacked these damages for contributing to "runaway" jury verdicts. As a result of these attacks, a growing number of states are enacting statutes that limit recovery of emotional distress damages in traditional tort are as such as medical malpractice. Thus, damages for emotional distress are at a crossroads …


Torts: Boyle V. United Technologies Corp.: The United States Supreme Court Accepts The Government Contractor Defense, Brian Shipp Jan 1989

Torts: Boyle V. United Technologies Corp.: The United States Supreme Court Accepts The Government Contractor Defense, Brian Shipp

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Discretionary Function Exception Of The Federal Tort Claims Act: Time For Reconsideration, Osborne M. Reynolds Jr. Jan 1989

The Discretionary Function Exception Of The Federal Tort Claims Act: Time For Reconsideration, Osborne M. Reynolds Jr.

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Torts: Oklahoma's Tool For Expanding Tort Liability: O'Toole V. Carlsbad Service Station, Eric D. Janzen Jan 1989

Torts: Oklahoma's Tool For Expanding Tort Liability: O'Toole V. Carlsbad Service Station, Eric D. Janzen

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Torts: The Fault-Free Plaintiff And The Governmental Tortfeasor: Several Liability In Oklahoma Under Fuller V. Odom, Tim Rhodes Jan 1989

Torts: The Fault-Free Plaintiff And The Governmental Tortfeasor: Several Liability In Oklahoma Under Fuller V. Odom, Tim Rhodes

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.