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No cause of action against employers for take-home COVID

At the Lectern

Responding to questions asked by the Ninth Circuit about California law, the court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan precludes an action alleging a construction worker’s wife contracted COVID from her husband due to his employer’s failure to abide by government health orders at the beginning of the pandemic.

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SCOTUS Sides With Death Row Inmate in DNA-Testing Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

According to the Court majority, when a prisoner pursues state post-conviction DNA testing through the state-provided litigation process, the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. 1983 procedural due process claim begins to run at the end of the state-court litigation. The District Court dismissed Reed’s complaint.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. The “decoration” was found by a man walking his dog and reported by construction workers. The haunted house was constructed of 2×4s and black visqueen. Near and along the entrance of the haunted house was a bathroom building constructed of cinder blocks.

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

Conflict of Laws

It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. The “decoration” was found by a man walking his dog and reported by construction workers. The haunted house was constructed of 2×4s and black visqueen. Near and along the entrance of the haunted house was a bathroom building constructed of cinder blocks. 95-717 (La.App.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. The “decoration” was found by a man walking his dog and reported by construction workers. The haunted house was constructed of 2×4s and black visqueen. Near and along the entrance of the haunted house was a bathroom building constructed of cinder blocks. 95-717 (La.App.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 139.