Construction Contract Statute Tort 
Day on Torts
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
The sidewalk was located in a neighborhood constructed by defendant Goodall Homes. Goodall had contracted with a construction company to build the sidewalk, which was substantially completed in September 2006. Code Ann. § This opinion was released 1.5 months after the case was assigned on briefs.
Day on Torts
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , 1, 2022), plaintiffs filed suit against defendant construction company related to defendant’s construction of plaintiffs’ residential home, and defendant filed a counterclaim, which was the claim at issue in this appeal. In Reiss v. E2021-01513-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 16559447 (Tenn.
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Conflict of Laws
DECEMBER 6, 2023
She asserted claims in tort and under the Australian Consumer Law ( ACL ) in schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ( CCA ) against companies behind the ship: Carnival plc and its subsidiary, Princess Cruise Lines Ltd (together, Princess ). The ship is registered in Bermuda.
Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 23, 2023
The contracts contain an exclusive foreign jurisdiction clause nominating a non-Australian jurisdiction. Many passengers contracted COVID-19; some died. Statute has left little of the common law untouched. Background The Ruby Princess’ passengers contracted on different sets of terms and conditions (US, UK and AU).
Day on Torts
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The homeowner who had hired the roofing company had entered into a separate contract with DSS, an equipment company, and rented scaffolding from them. Note: Chapter 89, Section 1 and Chapter 30, Section 4 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 15, 2022
Congress passed the law after the Supreme Court held that states could not apply workers’ compensation statutes to federal facilities. Without this extension of coverage, the workers might be left without such protection and be forced to rely on a long, expensive civil tort case to obtain a remedy for workplace injury or disease.
Conflict of Laws
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Arnaud Nuyts , from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, held a Special Course on ‘The Forum for Cyber-Torts’, which is an excellent topic in today’s day and age. He highlighted the diversity of civil cyber-torts, as well as the challenges of locating the torts that are committed on-line. Through his lecture, prof.
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