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“Corners Were Being Cut”: Baldwin Shooting Already Has The Makings of a Blockbuster Tort Action

JonathanTurley

2d 774 (1998), bystanders can recover for emotional distress damages only when the injury is caused by a sudden, traumatic event and the plaintiff was aware that the event was causing injury to the victim. In 1968, the California Supreme Court expanded NIED claims in Dillon v. Walgreen Hastings Co., Legg, 441 P.2d 2d 912 (Cal.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

Some things are happily left out of the courts. This year saw more Black Friday lawsuits from injuries in prior years (generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations). One such case now in court was brought by Amanda DuVall, 28. Thanksgiving means one thing for personal injury lawyers: food poisoning.

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