Day on Torts

DECEMBER 20, 2021

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 was, obviously, still living at the time of his reaching a settlement in the West Virginia litigation. …

Personal Injury 59

Personal Injury Tort Cause of Action Litigation 59

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. Well, give it enough time and someone will prove you wrong.

Tort 50

Tort Litigation Litigating Construction 50

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.

Tort 48

Tort Litigation Litigating Construction 48

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

Tort 61

Tort Litigation Litigating Construction 61