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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, at his deposition, the defendant’s son denied throwing the egg which allegedly struck the plaintiff’s daughter. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue. The Massachusetts case of Smith v. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, at his deposition, the defendant’s son denied throwing the egg which allegedly struck the plaintiff’s daughter. The actions of third parties often cut off liability as a matter of proximate causation, though courts have held that you can be liable for creating circumstances where crimes or intentional torts are foreseeable.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, at his deposition, the defendant’s son denied throwing the egg which allegedly struck the plaintiff’s daughter. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue. While a lawsuit is unlikely, it would certainly be an interesting — and not unwarranted — claim. __ Tauton High School District The Massachusetts case of Smith v.

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