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Court of Appeals of Indiana Finds "Eggshell Plaintiff" Doctrine Doesn't Apply to Murder & Voluntary Manslaughter Cases

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The "eggshell plaintiff" or "eggshell skull" doctrine generally "holds that holds that a defendant’s liability in a tort claim is not mitigated by a plaintiff’s unforeseeable, pre-existing susceptibility to injury." But does the doctrine apply to a murder or voluntary.

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Court explores continued private enforcement of spending clause enactments

SCOTUSBlog

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. Arguments of the State of Indiana. Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher argued in support of HHC. Thomas Fisher argues for the state of Indiana.

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Judge Recognizes State Tort Claims Act in Mold Case

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Parents upset over judge's ruling.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

Or do you prefer close-to-home, no-traffic drama and being out of the midst of the major law firms and courts? Laurie Fields is a transplanted Midwesterner from Indiana to the Arizona desert in 1972. Do you enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city and being close to the action? That will dictate the “where.” Meet the Author.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. Again, the court agreed.

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Indianapolis Police Officer Sues NFL For Defamation in Anti-Racism Campaign

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting lawsuit out of Indiana where Indianapolis Metro Police Department Officer De’Joure Mercer is suing the National Football League (NFL) for defamation after the NFL claimed that his shooting of an African American man was due to “systemic racism.” Screenshot from federal complaint. Evans 750 F.2d

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