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“Armslist Not Liable for Hosting Gun Sale Ads That Led to Purchases by People Who Used the Guns Criminally; The Seventh Circuit so holds, applying Wisconsin tort law, and not reaching the 47 U.S.C. § 230 issue”

HowAppealing

JUNE 14, 2023

“Armslist Not Liable for Hosting Gun Sale Ads That Led to Purchases by People Who Used the Guns Criminally; The Seventh Circuit so holds, applying Wisconsin tort law, and not reaching the 47 U.S.C. § 230 issue”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a ruling that the U.S.

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Wisconsin’s AG Is Launching A Huge Toxic Tort Suit

Above The Law

JULY 22, 2022

The post Wisconsin’s AG Is Launching A Huge Toxic Tort Suit appeared first on Above the Law. Has anyone else noticed that their cheese is VERY water resistant?

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Suicide Torts: Recent Bizarre Cases Raise Questions Over “Jumper” Liability

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 8, 2021

A couple of bizarre recent cases raise a question that we occasionally discuss in my torts class: the liability for suicidal acts, particularly jumping from buildings. Intentional torts can be based on either actual intent or reckless conduct. In my class, we often discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling in Breunig v.

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Pennsylvania Woman Killed By Roommate’s Three Pit Bulls

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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FBI Investigating The Destruction of 500 Doses Of The Moderna Vaccine

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 31, 2020

We have been discussing curious Covid-related offenses this year, but a Wisconsin controversy raises a particularly challenging such question. Advocate Aurora Health has admitted that an employee intentionally removed 57 vials of the Moderna vaccine from refrigeration.

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Grosskreutz v. Grosskreutz? Surviver from 2020 Kenosha Shooting Sues Kyle Rittenhouse

JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Gaige Grosskreutz who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during the Kenosha riots in 2020 is now suing him as well as Wisconsin police and officials. YouTube screengrab Just when you thought that the Kyle Rittenhouse case was over. it is back.

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Petitions of the week: Four petitions that test the limits on lawsuits against the government

SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

In Polk County, Wisconsin v. United States , the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Tort Claims Act, in which Congress waived the federal government’s sovereign immunity from tort liability, nonetheless did not allow servicemembers to bring claims for injuries “incident to service.” In 1950’s Feres v.

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Rittenhouse 2.0: Threats of New Litigation Fly in the Aftermath of Rittenhouse Verdict

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The Rittenhouse jury faithfully applied the Wisconsin law and came to a well-founded verdict of acquittal. However, he was then found guilty in a torts lawsuit brought by the Goldman family and ordered to pay $33.5 The risk of such torts actions is that they proceed under a lower standard of proof.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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]

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Are Pro-Life Laws A Human Rights Violation? Roughly 200 Groups Petition the United Nations for Action

JonathanTurley

MARCH 4, 2023

.” The 13 states expressly named are thirteen states: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma. Georgia is also named for its severe limitation on abortion rights. cases, including in his concurring opinion in Sosa v.

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Lessons Learned In Law School

LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Mark practices in State and Federal Court representing injury victims throughout Wisconsin. I grabbed my torts outline from law school and a copy of all relevant cases. Mingo (MJM) is a founding member of the personal injury firm Mingo & Yankala, S.C. I prepared an outline that was almost as long as the brief we filed.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

On May 24, 2021, the mandate issued for the Second Circuit’s judgment affirming dismissal of New York City’s tort law-based case against fossil fuel companies. National Wildlife Refuge Association and three other conservation groups filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Western District of Wisconsin challenging U.S.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. Wisconsin Federal Court Dismissed Pro Se Lawsuit Claiming That Republican and Conservative Policies—Including Failure to Address Climate Change—Violated Plaintiff’s Rights. Department of Interior , No. 2:16 -cv-00285 (D.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Air Force to replace F-16 fighter jets with F35-A aircraft at an Air National Guard location in Madison, Wisconsin. Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin, Inc. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, a plaintiff challenged the decision by the U.S. Air Force , No. 1:21-cv-00634 (D.D.C.,

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“Armslist Not Liable for Hosting Gun Sale Ads That Led to Purchases by People Who Used the Guns Criminally; The Seventh Circuit so holds, applying Wisconsin tort law, and not reaching the 47 U.S.C. § 230 issue”

Wisconsin’s AG Is Launching A Huge Toxic Tort Suit

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Suicide Torts: Recent Bizarre Cases Raise Questions Over “Jumper” Liability

Pennsylvania Woman Killed By Roommate’s Three Pit Bulls

FBI Investigating The Destruction of 500 Doses Of The Moderna Vaccine

Grosskreutz v. Grosskreutz? Surviver from 2020 Kenosha Shooting Sues Kyle Rittenhouse

Petitions of the week: Four petitions that test the limits on lawsuits against the government

Rittenhouse 2.0: Threats of New Litigation Fly in the Aftermath of Rittenhouse Verdict

Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Are Pro-Life Laws A Human Rights Violation? Roughly 200 Groups Petition the United Nations for Action

Lessons Learned In Law School

June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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