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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Kevin Kelly and his girlfriend Regina Jones went to a Halloween party at the Rustic Café in Old Lyme, Connecticut into 2018. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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Spooky Torts: Tykes and Trial Lawyers Gather for All Hallow’s Eve

JonathanTurley

Kevin Kelly and his girlfriend Regina Jones went to a Halloween party at the Rustic Café in Old Lyme, Connecticut in 2018. Indeed, the notions of millions of people handing out food stuffs to sweet-addicted children is proof that God holds personal injury lawyers in “ the palm of his hand.”

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The cases from injuries last year are just now being filed under the statute of limitations, but it has been another bumper crop of Thanksgiving torts. Macy’s Parade also did not disappoint with its balloon-related mishaps.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also noted that states and localities “expressly maintain control over the local distribution of natural gas under related federal statutes” such as the Natural Gas Act. holding that the scope of appellate review of remand orders extended beyond review of removal based on the federal-officer removal statute.

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