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The Burdens Of Qualified Immunity: Summary Judgment And The Role Of Facts In Constitutional Tort Law , Alan K. Chen
The Burdens Of Qualified Immunity: Summary Judgment And The Role Of Facts In Constitutional Tort Law , Alan K. Chen
American University Law Review
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Ohio Tort Reform In 1998: The War Continues , Stephen J. Werber
Ohio Tort Reform In 1998: The War Continues , Stephen J. Werber
Cleveland State Law Review
For more than a decade a war has been waged between forces seeking legislative reform of tort law, with emphasis on product liability, and the Ohio Supreme Court. The battleground has been the legislative enactments of the Ohio General Assembly. This legislation has faced consistent challenge before the court as a proper exercise of its power of judicial review. This article discusses the two primary cases in which the court has won its war with the legislature by replacing the legislative words and intent with judicial interpretations. Part II begins the discussion with a look at the Carrel v. Allied …
Anderson V. St. Francis-St. George Hospital: Wrongful Living From An American And Jewish Legal Perspective , Daniel Pollack, Chaim Steinmetz, Vicki Lens
Anderson V. St. Francis-St. George Hospital: Wrongful Living From An American And Jewish Legal Perspective , Daniel Pollack, Chaim Steinmetz, Vicki Lens
Cleveland State Law Review
As advances in medical technology have kept people alive longer, the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment has taken on an even more crucial and urgent significance to dying patients and their families. While modern medicine may have learned to save lives, the lives it has saved are often severely diminished and filled with pain and suffering. Although the right to refuse life saving medical treatment is firmly embedded in our nation's laws, what to do when this right is ignored has not been firmly settled. The Anderson court answered this question by "splitting the difference." It affirmed Winter's right to …
Limits On Preemption And Punitive Damages: Can They Be Related?, Peter Zablotsky
Limits On Preemption And Punitive Damages: Can They Be Related?, Peter Zablotsky
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