JURIST
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. The challenged statute, N.C. North Carolina’s writ of certiorari focused on three arguments.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 10, 2022
A tragedy in North Carolina could present rather difficult torts questions in a wrongful death case for a grieving family. While I am not a North Carolina lawyer, the state does not appear ideal for plaintiffs in this type of action and the facts of the case could present other difficulties.
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SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
United States , the 1950 Supreme Court case holding that the United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained by members of the armed forces while on active duty and resulting from the negligence of others in the armed forces. United States. The case involves the so-called Feres doctrine, after Feres v.
Day on Torts
OCTOBER 31, 2022
In her initial expert disclosures, plaintiff identified Dr. Steege from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Note: Chapter 49, Section 8 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision. Code Ann. § 26-26-115(b). The trial court ruled that “Dr.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2023
and North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation v. A federal district court in North Carolina ultimately invalidated much of the law, and the U.S. The Farm Bureau and North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein ask the court to grant review and reverse the 4th Circuit’s decision. ” (relisted after the Sept.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 30, 2021
Roughly 30 states and the District of Columbia have statutes allowing for recovery for wrongful convictions and imprisonment. A federal case in North Carolina recently resulted in $75 million in damages for two wrongly convicted men but that award was in the federal system. However, recently Gov.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Yes, the statute really does have a full cite to the opinion in it. Brownback , 22-912 Issue : Whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s judgment bar, which this court has repeatedly said functions in much the same way as the common-law doctrine of res judicata, nevertheless operates to bar claims brought together in the same action.
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