Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

HCLA statute of limitations for claim against doctor and hospital began to run on same date. 9, 2021), plaintiff had spine surgery in July 2016 performed by Dr. McCord at defendant hospital. The trial court agreed, dismissing the action, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital , No.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

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. 28, 2021), plaintiff was injured in a car accident with defendant in September 2017. Code Ann. § Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(2). In Younger v. Okbahhanes , No. E2020-00429-COA-R10-CV (Tenn.

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At the Lectern

JULY 6, 2023

The court also holds that California’s worker’s compensation statutes don’t bar the action. ” “[E]xclusivity provisions bar a third party claim only when proof of an employee’s injury is required as an element of the cause of action,” the court says. Superior Court (2021) 73 Cal.App.5th

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The report describes events leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot as well as individuals involved in perpetrating what the report refers to as “the big lie.” The committee then recommends ten points of action for both congress and the US moving forward.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Google (GA 2021). As a matter of fact, this is an illegal [theft-by-]taking, and Edible can introduce evidence within the framework of the Complaint to prove each cause of action. The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in the case on November 10, 2021. by Dennis Crouch. Edible IP v. Constitution. ” = = =.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

New York’s post mortem right-of-publicity statute recently came into effect. Because the statute addressed privacy concerns that dissipated at death, such rights did not extend post mortem. News, public affairs, and sports programs are also exempt from the statute. written consent” can sue for an injunction and damages.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

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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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 2, 2022

To create the compact, each state passed statutes and, as New York’s bill of complaint indicates is a constitutional requirement for interstate compacts, Congress consented as well. However, in 2018, New Jersey passed a statute to withdraw from the compact, and on Dec. However, the U.S. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 28, 2021

On December 17, 2021, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) held that an employee has a cause of action against an employer for wrongful discharge where the employer terminates the employee for.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 30, 2021

Where the other driver in a car accident case died before suit was filed and the plaintiff failed to “timely file his tort action against the personal representative within the applicable statute of limitations,” summary judgment for the personal representative was affirmed. Luethke , No. E2020-00317-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Code Ann. §

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 31, 2021

However, the defendant/appellant challenged the jurisdiction of the Kastina State High Court to hear the case on the basis that the contract in issue was concluded in Yobe State, where it claimed the cause of action arose, which it argued was outside the jurisdiction of Kastina State. 2] (2021) 7 NWLR (Pt. 1776) 535. [3]

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In 2021, at the age of 30, he filed his lawsuit and after two rounds of amended pleadings, filed a second amended complaint in January 2022. 2255, which allows victims of child pornography to bring a civil cause of action. He turned 18 in 2009. Mr. Elden asserts a single claim against the defendants for violation of 18 U.S.C.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In February 2021, US Inventor and others collectively sued the USPTO asking the court to order the USPTO to issue rulemaking regarding discretionary considerations at the institution stage of AIA Trials. In this case, the PTO argued (1) that the statute does not require rules on that discretionary aspect of institution. Hirshfeld , No.

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Patently O

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The defendant agreed that the eliminated patents would be dismissed without prejudice and that any applicable statute of limitations would be tolled — allowing later refiling of those claims. by Dennis Crouch. In re Midwest Athletics and Sports Alliance LLC ( Fed. ” MASA petition. ” = = = =.

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Patently O

MARCH 21, 2021

There are two different statutes regarding Federal Court exclusive jurisdiction over patent cases. 1338(a) provides Federal district courts with “original jurisdiction of any civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents.” Sasso (Supreme Court 2021). by Dennis Crouch. ” Id.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 1, 2021

Fast forward to January 2021, and Unicolors filed a petition to the Supreme Court, asserting that the “case is ripe for review because it is a matter of first impression for this Court and involves a clear intra-circuit conflict in the application of a federal statute.”

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 20, 2021

10, 2021), plaintiffs were the heirs of decedent, who had previously died of mesothelioma. As we perceive it, any potential cause of action for Decedent’s wrongful death was extinguished when he resolved his personal injury case during his lifetime by way of settlement. In Welch v. Welch , No. M2021-00081-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

July 16, 2021), plaintiff and defendant were brother and sister. Further, the trial court found that plaintiff had satisfied the elements of fraudulent concealment such that the three-year statute of limitations was tolled and the case was not time-barred. In Pomeroy v. McGinnis , No. E2020-00960-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Code Ann. §

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LettersBlogatory

AUGUST 23, 2021

In Nestlé , the court held that a “triple-foreign” claim (a foreign plaintiff asserting that a foreign defendant injured him in a foreign country) cannot proceed under the Alien Tort Statute, even if the claim is that a US company aided and abetted the wrong. Credit: Cramos (CC BY-SA). The case of the day is Scalin v.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 6, 2021

2021 ) (non-precedential). In particular, the statute states plainly that venue is proper in any judicial district: (3) a defendant not resident in the United States may be sued in any judicial district … 28 USC 1391(c)(3). But, the statute only permits transfer to a venue where the case “might have been brought.”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal on the basis of tolling of statute of limitations. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. If they are found 51 percent at fault, they are barred entirely from recovery.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 2, 2021

July 14, 2021), plaintiffs filed suit based on the death of decedent in a fatal one-car accident. One of those three exceptions arises when “the plaintiff alleges a cause of action involving intent, malice, or reckless misconduct.” In Lawson v. Hawkins County, TN , No. E2020-01529-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. internal citation).

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Patently O

MARCH 25, 2021

Montana 8th Judicial District ( Supreme Court 2021 ). 2017) refocused attention on a required nexus between the the defendant’s contacts with the forum state and the cause of action. The decision suggested to many that defendant’s connections should have a causal-link with the cause of action.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 25, 2024

Application of Singapore’s new rules on service out of jurisdiction: Three Arrows Capital and NW Corp The Rules of Court 2021 (‘ROC 2021’) entered into force on 1 April 2022. Among other things, ROC 2021 reformed the rules on service out of jurisdiction (previously discussed here ).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Noting the vulnerability of the municipality as a coastal community, the Council of State ordered the French government in 2021 to “take all the measures necessary” to bend the curve of GHG emissions to meet climate goals, including a 40% reduction by 2030. Cases brought by cities. Building on corporate accountability cases worldwide.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2023

The UK Supreme Court ruled that the cause of action in the aftermath of the 2011 Bonga offshore oil spill accrued at the moment when the oil reached the shore. They rule that the cause of action had accrued at the moment when the spilled oil had reached the shore. This was a one-off event and not a continuing nuisance.

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Day on Torts

APRIL 29, 2021

Where plaintiff nonsuits a complaint that contains medical malpractice (now known as health care liability action or “HCLA”) claims then later re-files a different complaint containing HCLA claims against the same defendant, she must give a new, separate pre-suit notice for the re-filed complaint. In Byington v. Reaves , No.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 24, 2021

Bonni involves the issue of the extent, if any, to which the initiation and conduct of medical peer review proceedings is protected activity under the anti-SLAPP statute. In Sujan , the unpublished opinion of the Fourth District, Division Two, held that the plaintiff’s causes of action for. Superior Court (2021) 11 Cal.5th

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

S. _ (2021), the U.S. Supreme made it more difficult for plaintiffs to prove standing when bringing a credit-reporting class action lawsuit. The FCRA also creates a cause of action for consumers to sue and recover damages for certain violations. In TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez , 594 U.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (2021). The result in Mallory v.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Congress clearly intended its cause of action for trafficking in confiscated property to discourage non-U.S. courts apply a presumption against extraterritoriality to limit the reach of federal statutes. At issue in Abitron was the federal trademark statute , which prohibits use of a U.S. companies from investing in Cuba.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 10, 2022

By contrast, courts in California and Canada have found a contractual jurisdiction and applicable law clause invalid as a matter of public policy in order to allow a class action privacy claim to proceed against Facebook. [6] Hörnle, Internet Jurisdiction Law & Practice (OUP 2021). [4] 8] [2021] 3 WLR 1268. [9] 168 (1).

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At the Lectern

JULY 28, 2022

The opinion acknowledged, “under our interpretation of the relevant statutes a provider has greater remedies against a private health care service plan than it does against a public entity health care service plan.” ” Horvitz & Levy filed the successful petition for review. Dependency mootness.

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LexForti

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This study aims to explore these changes and assess the scope and judicial interpretation of amendment of pleadings in Civil procedure with a doctrinal legal research method by using primary sources like cases, statutes, legal commentary and reports. Scope and Extent of Amendment of Pleadings, [link] (last visited Oct 10, 2021).

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 15, 2023

For example, service may be permitted for a proceeding based on a cause of action arising in Australia (item 1), or where the defendant has submitted to the jurisdiction (item 19). That rule set out pigeonholes or connecting factors that are familiar grounds of direct jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 1, 2025

The conferences topic, characterisation, is the process for identifying the nature or category of a particular cause of action (for instance contractual, tortious, proprietary, corporate, matrimonial), so that the correct connecting factor can be employed which then points to the applicable law or to the competent court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Supreme Court scheduled oral argument for January 19, 2021 in fossil fuel companies’ appeal of a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirming an order remanding to state court the City of Baltimore’s climate change case against the companies. the court continued the case management conference scheduled for December 16 to June 9, 2021.

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