Attorney Court Statute Tort 
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. The court stated that the law substantially “burden[ed] newsgathering and publishing activities.”
Day on Torts
MAY 12, 2023
Where the trial court took judicial notice of items from the court case underlying a tort action for invasion of privacy, abuse of process, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, it did not convert the motion to dismiss to a motion for summary judgment and dismissal of the claims based on the statute of limitations was affirmed.
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Day on Torts
OCTOBER 31, 2022
25, 2022), plaintiff filed multiple tort claims against multiple defendants, including libel claims against certain defendants based on their social media statements related to the death of a dog who died while in the care of plaintiff’s dog training business. Plaintiff appealed the TPPA dismissal from that June 24 th order. citing Tenn.
Day on Torts
AUGUST 2, 2022
Decedent’s brother Don had a springing power of attorney (POA) for decedent. One of the two plaintiff daughters also testified at trial that she got a phone call from decedent on October 5, 2009, in which decedent stated that he had taken her and Don “off” his power of attorney. On appeal, this ruling was reversed. Code Ann. §
Day on Torts
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
19, 2022), plaintiff county filed this legal malpractice suit against defendant attorney who had represented the county in an underlying action filed by a former county employee. The trial court denied that motion and entered an award for the former employee on July 7, 2017. In Coffee County v. Spining , No.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Talevski did not reveal a Supreme Court ready to reconsider or overrule a line of cases allowing private suits for damages in federal court under 42 U.S.C. Robbins centered the fundamental error in the court’s precedent allowing individuals to enforce spending clause enactments through Section 1983. of Marion County v.
Day on Torts
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Where plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in his defamation case before defendants filed their petition to dismiss under the TPPA, the trial court erred by granting defendants’ petition for dismissal and awarding them attorneys’ fees and sanctions after plaintiff’s nonsuit. In Adamson v. Grove , No. Rule 41.01
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