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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute ยง7102. Father Marian Pieczonka alleged in his complaint that his young daughter Natalie was at the park in Gurnee, Illinois for the Halloween-themed Fright Fest when a park employee dressed in costume jumped out of a port-a-potty and shot her with a squirt gun. 32; 285 S.W. 455 (1926).

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute ยง7102. Father Marian Pieczonka alleged in his complaint that his young daughter Natalie was at the park in Gurnee, Illinois for the Halloween-themed Fright Fest when a park employee dressed in costume jumped out of a port-a-potty and shot her with a squirt gun. 32; 285 S.W. 455 (1926). โ€œA

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Nine new relists as the court approaches the finish line

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Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that as a former employee, Stanley lacked a cause of action under the ADA. But its suit named Dewberry Group, not the affiliates, as a defendant, and the parties litigated only the liability of Dewberry Group itself. In Stanley v. rescheduled before the Mar. Kentucky ex rel.

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

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20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. In government-facing litigation, the governmentโ€™s petition in Becerra v. Cummings v.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute ยง7102. Father Marian Pieczonka alleged in his complaint that his young daughter Natalie was at the park in Gurnee, Illinois for the Halloween-themed Fright Fest when a park employee dressed in costume jumped out of a port-a-potty and shot her with a squirt gun. Illinois 47 Ill.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 147.

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