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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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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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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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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

Conflict of Laws

It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. 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.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal on the basis of tolling of statute of limitations. If they are found 51 percent at fault, they are barred entirely from recovery.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal on the basis of tolling of statute of limitations. If they are found 51 percent at fault, they are barred entirely from recovery.

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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. On November 23, GM announced that it was withdrawing from the litigation. and non-U.S.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. That much was clear given his response to finding fake spiders scattered around the West Virginia office for Halloween. OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal on the basis of tolling of statute of limitations. White clearly does not like spiders, even fake ones. Trimble ␣ 315 Mo.

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