JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The fatal shooting at Bonanza Creek Ranch already has the makings of a blockbuster tort action. ” The question is not whether but when the first torts lawsuit will be filed. Many of the crew were from California but the set is in New Mexico. In 1968, the California Supreme Court expanded NIED claims in Dillon v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Public nuisance was originally addressed in England by criminal laws against such offenses as obstructing “the King’s highways.” Yet the torts system has an elaborate and well-functioning system of product liability. By alleging a nuisance that creates a continuing injury, litigants can dispense with the statute of limitations.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Statute of Winchester stated that citizens should “follow them with all the town and the towns near, with hue and cry from town to town until that they be taken and delivered to the sheriff.” ” Like most states, California has codified the citizen arrest power.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2021

There is a tragic case out of Omaha that has led to a notable decision over tort liability for psychiatrists. Regents of University of California , which I teach in my torts class. There is also an interesting concurring opinion by Justice Jonathan Papik on the broader scope given the statute by the Court. ” Id.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. coli inflections.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 15, 2022

There is a bizarre political controversy out of Colorado that may raise some interesting defamation and criminal law questions. He now lives in California). What was so striking about this story is that the owner would seem to be incriminating himself in a potentially criminal act, if true. Both the Colorado GOP and Rep.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

There is a new lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of California against the band Nirvana over its most iconic cover. The case is brought under statutes like 18 U.S.C. the Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. In New York Times v.

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