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Decedent’s personal injury settlement did not become wrongful death proceeds after his death.

Day on Torts

Before his death, decedent filed suit for personal injury and loss of consortium in West Virginia. The Court explained: Here, Decedent brought suit in West Virginia for personal injury and loss of consortium. Decedent himself ultimately accepted a settlement in lieu of further litigation.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]).

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]).

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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. Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. Baltimore and Incinerator Operator Settled Lawsuit over Local Air Law.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]).

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that they administer. From health care to finance to environmental pollutants, administrative agencies use highly trained experts to interpret and carry out federal laws.

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September 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. The court found that, as pled, the complaint was “premised solely on state law” and that City of New York v. and non-U.S.