JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We have seen criminal charges for videotaping crime scenes in other countries. We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. French, 104 Pa.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Congress recognized the threat that tort-based lawsuits pose to freedom of speech in the new and burgeoning Internet medium. The purpose of this statutory immunity is not difficult to discern.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2021

It must be done under common law, which is challenging. Under common law, Cosby could sued for malicious prosecution. Pennsylvania cases for malicious prosecution are based on the Restatement (Second) of Torts. So Cosby could sue but would have to do so in a state that does not have a wrongful conviction provision.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 12, 2022

Regents of University of California , which I teach in my torts class. This is different from a situation where the parents knew information that would have prevented a death. Such a case was raised in the famous case of Tarasoff v.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

the Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Likewise, areas like defamation have been limited by the First Amendment. In New York Times v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

. “[t]he CVA effectively strips defendants of any timeliness defense so long as the conduct over which they are sued constitutes a sexual offense under Article 130 or violations of other enumerated statutes.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v.

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