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What Makes Truck Accident Claims So Complicated in Rhode Island?

LegalReader

In truck accidents, there are often many liable parties, including drivers, truck companies, manufacturers, the list goes on and on.

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Suing for Kneecap Injuries After a Rhode Island Car Accident

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Extensive surgeries are often required for kneecap injuries.

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

However, the constitutions of six states do have provisions with explicit environmental rights – Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. The court therefore allowed the litigation to proceed. If the final plan falls short, some litigants may well invoke this amendment.

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Criminal proceedings reach “favorable termination” when they end without conviction

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It avoids parallel civil and criminal proceedings, precludes inconsistent civil and criminal judgments, and prevents criminal defendants from using civil litigation as collateral attacks on criminal proceedings. The final element serves multiple purposes.

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Too Clever By Half: Why Public Nuisance is Again at the Heart of a Public Health Debate

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing opioid litigation and an important ruling out of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The product-liability tort gives companies an incentive to minimize risks while empowering litigants to seek redress for injuries. Yet it leaves the matter far from resolved. In State v.

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

CourtTechBulletin

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? We share what we found below. In addition, we just learned of a new NIJ study on the use of Chatbots in the Criminal Justice System to add to our list of online helpers.

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Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate liability suits against fossil fuel companies

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In total, at least 25 cases have been filed in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont.

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