Law 360
MAY 19, 2022
After facing a long series of toxic tort and successor liability arguments, an Illinois chemical company scored an affirmative win against an Ohio plaintiffs lawyer who has repeatedly sued the company and then dismissed before a successor-liability theory could be tested.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 6, 2021
We have previously discussed animal liability in torts. It is often said the every dog gets one free bite in American torts. However, the “one free bite rule” is a commonly misunderstood torts doctrine — suggesting that you are not subject to strict liability until after the first time your dog bites someone.
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JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Bankruptcy and its special powers are being used to compensate for what some court filings call the “ failure ” of tort litigation to efficiently and fully resolve all pending claims. Bankruptcy in Purdue’s case came after the company participated in the traditional tort process; it is the Sacklers’ third-party involvement that the U.S.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] 23] Such laws are already on the books in Arkansas, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, some of which limit the amount and type of funding entirely. [24]
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. She also threatened another woman with a carving knife.
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