Day on Torts

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Before his death, decedent filed suit for personal injury and loss of consortium in West Virginia. The Court explained: Here, Decedent brought suit in West Virginia for personal injury and loss of consortium. M2021-00081-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. internal citation omitted).

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LegalReader

MARCH 1, 2022

In Indiana, the statute of limitations gives claimants two years from the date of the accident to file for personal injury claims.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 26, 2022

Do you want to stand out as a Personal Injury Paralegal? In 2010, I started my own business and was approached by a personal injury firm to help them reduce the bottleneck of cases and train their paralegals. After that, another personal injury firm approached me to help fix their high turnover.

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Day on Torts

APRIL 16, 2021

Where a car accident plaintiff filed suit against the other driver’s insurance company within the statute of limitations, but failed to add the other driver as a party until two days after the statute of limitations had run, dismissal was affirmed. In Haywood v. Trexis Insurance Corp., W2020-00418-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. citing Tenn.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Where plaintiff’s personal injury claim was based on a Tennessee car accident for which defendant was given a traffic citation for failure to exercise due care under Tenn. 55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. §

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2024

In addition to the criminal penalties for violating RICO, the law also authorizes private individuals to bring civil lawsuits for an injury to their “business or property” as a result of the defendant’s “racketeering activity,” which the law defines broadly to include a wide range of criminal offenses.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Gathering records and proof of your injury is a crucial step in ensuring you do not miss the filing deadline for personal injury lawsuits in New Jersey.

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CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By leveraging legal workflow automation to optimize operations, law offices can unlock a host of benefits that enhance efficiency, accuracy, collaboration, and overall success. The automation of legal workflows has become a game-changer for law offices. This workflow starts as soon as you file the summons and petition for dissolution.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2024

Monday’s grants involve (among others) the interpretation of federal racketeering laws and the “benefit of the doubt” rule for veterans. It concluded that because Horn’s lost earnings flow from a personal injury – his ingestion of THC – he had not suffered an injury “to business or property” for which he could recover under RICO.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 4, 2023

Microsoft Office is a widely used program among law firms in the United States, and if used to its full potential, Outlook can be an extremely useful tool in your paralegal career. I’ve seen way too many paralegals who have hundreds (if not thousands) of unread emails, junk mail, and personal mail floating around their inboxes.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2021

The contract also contained a choice-of-law clause selecting Italian law. Congress enacted a law imposing limits on the ability of cruise lines to dictate terms to their passengers. for personal injury or death caused by the negligence or fault of the owner or the owner’s employees or agents. . public policy.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2022

The relevant statute , regulating disability benefits, provides that “the United States will pay [compensation] to any veteran” who is “disabled” as a result of (1) “personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty,” or (2) “aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty.”

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 19, 2023

More generally, the judgment provides a useful analysis of the interrelationship between statutory interpretation and choice of law, and lends weight to the proposition that product liability is properly governed by the law of the place of supply (or injury).

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 27, 2023

She was a personal injury attorney and they were looking for a receptionist for their small law firm. What I did learn was how to look up statutes and cases. So we did get kind of a field trip and we got to go to the law library and look up statutes and codes and case law. And I handled the phones.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 1, 2023

To meet the requirements for my bachelor’s degree, I had to complete an internship at a law firm. Luckily, I was able to find one and I quickly became like a sponge absorbing the inner workings of how a law firm operates. My experience was in personal injury. I had no idea how to form an LLC, let alone revive one.

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MyCase

MAY 9, 2022

From criminal cases and personal injury matters to commercial litigation and class action lawsuits, there are many different deadlines to keep track of and conform to. . A robust calendaring system for law firms will ensure that no one in your firm ever misses a deadline. All that’s needed is an internet connection. .

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Legal Research is Easy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Good thing that there was a law librarian nearby who could witness her acrobatics and then blog at out it to the world. As is normally, the case, the statutes themselves are vaguely written so that even if you do understand the language of lawyers, you're not going to understand how these Tort Claims Acts work.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

He claimed that he had suffered personal injury “as a result of each defendant’s ongoing violation.” The defendants moved to dismiss Mr. Elden’s complaint, arguing that it was barred by the applicable 10-year statute of limitations for such claims.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But what is docketing and how can you choose the right law firm docketing software? . In practice, though, docketing can include additional elements and look slightly different for various types of law. . On the other hand, a small family law firm could leverage a much simpler docketing system that focuses on calendaring.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The only issue in this personal injury case was damages. Plaintiff and his experts also testified that plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury in the accident. The sole issue on appeal was “whether the jury’s verdict [was] contrary to the law or evidence.” W2020-00430-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 353697 (Tenn.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2024

The district court held that Horn lacked RICO standing because he sued for economic injuries from loss of earnings that were derived from his personal injury (exposure to THC). They alleged violation of Missouri’s antitrust and consumer-protection laws, and that defendants had been unjustly enriched, among other things.

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ALPS

AUGUST 31, 2022

Referrals of all types are commonplace in the practice of law. Remember, clients need to be made aware of fee splits, so acceptance of such a fee can come with liability for the other attorney’s missteps — particularly if the misstep is a blown statute of limitations date and the other attorney is uninsured.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

(b) Involuntary—in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. This incident could well prove a violation of a statute or regulation making the act “negligent per se.”

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2022

Simple assault is a disorderly persons offense unless committed in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent, in which case it is a petty disorderly persons offense. There is no question that Langley causes bodily injury but how about self-defense or self-protection? That is defined below under New Jersey statute.

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InHouseOps

JULY 16, 2021

As a result, litigation under privacy laws protecting individuals’ biometric information has exploded. And as the New Crown case demonstrates, there will be additional litigation over the extent to which insurance covers these claims, particularly as more states ratify laws providing a private right of action for biometric privacy violations.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Yes, the statute really does have a full cite to the opinion in it. The California state law at issue in Flagstar Bank v. Kivett , and the New York state law in Cantero v. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that the California law requiring escrow interest was not preempted by the National Bank Act.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 10, 2022

Jackson that abortion providers may bring a pre-enforcement challenge in federal court as one means to test whether Texas’ s strict abortion law violates the U.S. The justices also ruled that the law (S.B. 8 suit against them, the Court held that the petitioners could not establish “personal injury fairly traceable to [Mr.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . A Tennessee lawyer was suspended and put on probation after failing to file a personal injury case. The firm had filed a voluntary dismissal back in 2014.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Under common law, a discovered or anticipated trespasser is generally owed a duty to warn of (or make safe) any dangerous conditions that are known and non-obvious. ” However, there can be liability for failure to carry out a duty required under state law or for otherwise “willful or wanton” conduct. Disclaimer.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. In the United States, the original tortfeasor is liable for such injuries caused by negligent rescues.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. In the United States, the original tortfeasor is liable for such injuries caused by negligent rescues.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 21, 2024

Notable actions at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference included: Disbarred felon, who was pardoned by Trump, is reinstated to practice law Ambulances and MICRA. ” The dissent claimed the majority’s “interpretation extends MICRA’s statute of limitations unpredictably and unfairly.” ” (Link added.)

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Indeed, the notions of millions of people handing out food stuffs to sweet-addicted children is proof that God holds personal injury lawyers in “ the palm of his hand.” ” THE SCARIEST ELEMENTS STILL AWAIT YOU As for me, my house is ready with over-the-top decorations to befit a tort law professor.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

The case is brought under statutes like 18 U.S.C. 2255, “Civil Remedy for Personal Injuries,” which provides that any person who is a victim of a violation of child pornography may recover the actual damages or liquidated damages in the amount of $150,000 per victim, and reasonable attorney’s fees. In 2002, the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The cases from injuries last year are just now being filed under the statute of limitations, but it has been another bumper crop of Thanksgiving torts. In the eyes of the law, Tom is simply an Eastern wild turkey worth $300.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. In the United States, the original tortfeasor is liable for such injuries caused by negligent rescues.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First, the court found that Exxon failed to show that federal common law justified removal, even if it might provide a defense. and non-U.S.

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