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Developments in Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities Through December 2023

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

For example, at least 7 townships in Michigan and 4 counties in Virginia prohibit or substantially restrict solar development on agricultural land. There has been significant litigation against offshore wind projects. An increasing number of local governments have adopted ordinances prohibiting solar energy systems from farmland.

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

SCOTUSBlog

In earlier litigation, the Waterfront Commission sued the New Jersey governor to prevent him from enforcing the law. New York maintains that the terms of the compact provide that only Congress can repeal it and that, insofar as the compact represents a federal statute, its breach violates federal law. However, the U.S.

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

Conflict of Laws

It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. The Case Robert Mallory worked for Norfolk Southern for nearly twenty years in Ohio and Virginia. He has since been diagnosed with cancer, which he alleges was caused by the hazardous materials to which he was exposed while in Norfolk Southern’s employ.

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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 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 retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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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 retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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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.