JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Opioid litigation has proceeded like a locomotive in part because of Judge Dan Aaron Polster, a federal jurist in Ohio who has been given control of some 2,000 federal cases from across the country under the multidistrict litigation system. Yet the torts system has an elaborate and well-functioning system of product liability.

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Tort Litigation Litigating Manufacturing 34

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year.

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Tort Statute Court Criminal Law 33

JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

The second “Count Five” is actually just a demand for punitive damages, rather than an actual separate tort. COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. .” The first five counts are: COUNT ONE (Directing Assault and Battery). In Brandenburg v.

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Punitive Damages Tort Statute Court 48