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 13, 2021

The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to accept review of a comparative fault issue concerning the tort of negligent misrepresentation. Here is a copy of the court of appeals opinion in the case , decided on March 10, 2021. The case is Pryority Partnership v. The case is Pryority Partnership v. AMT Properties, LLC , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.

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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Plaintiff sent defendant pre-suit notice of his claim on August 28, 2021, then filed this complaint on November 18, 2021, asserting that defendant’s “negligence caused [patient] to develop pressure ulcers, skin impairment, and infection…” Defendant filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that the suit was filed outside the statute of limitations.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. Michael Smith brought tort claims against New Zealand’s seven largest GHG emitters, which are collectively responsible for one-third of all New Zealand GHG emissions. As this open-ended definition suggests, public nuisance is a slippery tort.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Jane and John became aware of the Dossier in late April 2021, when it had begun to circulate among the Yale Law School student body. Shortly thereafter, beginning on April 23, 2021, Cosgrove and Eldik contacted Jane and John concerning the Dossier. .” What follows are extremely serious and shocking allegations: 49.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 9, 2021

S. _ (2021), the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Tort Claims Act barred college student James King’s claims of police brutality. He also sued the officers individually under the implied cause of action recognized by Bivens. In Brownback v. King ,592 U. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents , 403 U.S. Facts of the Case.

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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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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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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. 323, 349 (1974); see also Restatement of Torts §559 (1938).

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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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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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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] The claimant sought to apply the cases on the tort of misuse of private information by analogy.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

July 16, 2021), plaintiff and defendant were brother and sister. In general, when the property converted is a negotiable instrument, the damage is done, and the tort is complete when the instrument is negotiated, regardless of the plaintiff’s ignorance of the conversion.” In Pomeroy v. McGinnis , No. E2020-00960-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 16, 2024

For instance, Dr. Mayela Celis on 24 November 2021 in one blog post praised the appointment of Justice Loretta Ortiz Ahlf – a private international law expert – to the Mexican Supreme Court. The work of a judge is challenging, and academics should recognize and celebrate their expertise.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

In fact, Kea had originally advanced a cause of action for abuse of process, claiming that the alleged fraud was an abuse of process of the Kentucky Court. It was not for the English court “to police or to second guess the use of courts of or law in foreign jurisdictions” (at [97]).

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 22, 2022

Wagner: European Conflict of Law 2021: The Challenge of Digital Transformation. This article provides an overview of developments in Brussels in the field of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters from January 2021 until December 2021. In its judgment of February 2021, the Landgericht Frankfurt a.M.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 21, 2022

The webinar covered the background of the case as well as the 2021 decision which was now reversed. 2021 Federal Court Decision . In May 2021, the Court dismissed the application for an injunction. The Full Federal Court heard the appeal in October 2021. The case was filed in October 2021 and is still pending.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

Marstiller , 20-1263 , presents the question whether the federal Medicaid Act allows state Medicaid programs to recover reimbursement for Medicaid’s payment of a beneficiary’s past medical expenses by taking funds from the beneficiary’s tort recovery that compensate for future medical expenses. CVSG: 5/25/2021. CVSG: 5/25/2021.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2023

5772 against him, Tingley filed a lawsuit against the state in 2021. Brownback 22-912 Issue : Whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s judgment bar, which this court has repeatedly said functions in much the same way as the common-law doctrine of res judicata, nevertheless operates to bar claims brought together in the same action.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

As October Term 2021 winds to a close, the Supreme Court is holding its penultimate scheduled conference this week. Monsanto had argued that FIFRA labeling provisions preempted state tort causes of action for failure to warn. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

In my torts class, I teach defamation and often discuss the California retraction law. and “without an allegation of special damages, the [AC] does not allege a legally sufficient cause of action [for defamation] under California law.” The source was Lev Parnas, a dubious character and long-time associate of Rudy Giuliani.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Circuit’s order also established the briefing schedule for the cases, with three initial briefs from petitioners due on January 14, 2021, respondents’ brief due April 14, 2021, and reply briefs due June 1, 2021. California v. Wheeler , No. 20-1357 (D.C. The plaintiffs plan to appeal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. On June 23, 2021, Chevron Corporation filed notice in the district court of its voluntary dismissal of third-party complaints against the energy company Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA). June 14, 2021). June 28, 2021). Louisiana v. Biden , No.

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