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Tennessee HCLA Case Dismissed under Statute of Limitations.

Day on Torts

Where a patient left the hospital with known pressure ulcers and no wound treatment plan, the statute of limitations for his HCLA (health care liability act, formerly known as medical malpractice) claim related to those skin wounds began to run on the day he was discharged from the hospital. In Jackson v. This ruling was affirmed on appeal.

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Tennessee “Discovery Rule” Applied to Vehicle Crash Case

Day on Torts

Where plaintiff knew her husband was killed in a car accident with a firefighter but did not know all the details regarding how the accident occurred, the one-year statute of limitations began to run on the day of the crash and her GTLA suit that was filed more than one year after the accident was untimely. In Durham v.

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Condé Nast Says Models Are “Inhibiting Free Speech” in Vogue Runway Lawsuit

The Fashion Law

Condé Nast is slamming the right of publicity lawsuit that nearly 50 models filed against it and Moda Operandi last fall for allegedly using photos of them walking in the Spring/Summer 2020 runway shows in order to sell runway garments and accessories without their authorization.

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Territorial Jurisdiction relating to Succession and Administration of Estates under Nigerian Private International Law

Conflict of Laws

The private international law issue was whether the Gombe State High Court had territorial jurisdiction in this case, rather than the Kano State High Court where the defendant/appellant alleged the cause of action arose? The issue of where the cause of action arose was clearly irrelevant.

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Murder resentencing, employment discrimination opinions filing Monday

At the Lectern

The court granted review in March 2020. When the court granted review in August 2020 , the case was titled Ducksworth v. By our count, there are currently 314 grant-and-hold cases waiting for a decision in Lewis. (See See here.). Tri-Modal Distribution Services.

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Six cases on the early-May calendar

At the Lectern

Like all calendars since April 2020 , and for the foreseeable future, May’s arguments will be remote and based in San Francisco. (See Joseph Health System : To what extent, if any, is the initiation and conduct of medical peer review proceedings protected activity under the anti-SLAPP statute? Cable News Network, Inc. ,

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Mareva injunctions, submission and forum non conveniens

Conflict of Laws

The High Court’s recent decision in Allenger v Pelletier [2020] SGHC 279, issued barely a year after the Court of Appeal’s decision in Bi Xiaoqiong v China Medical Technologies [2019] 2 SLR 595; [2019] SGCA 50 (see previous post here ) qualifies the latter, confounding Singapore’s position on this complex issue even further.