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Federal appeals court rejects Pulse Nightclub shooting case against social media giants

JURIST

The first was that the companies violated anti-terrorism statute 18 U.S.C. §§ 2333(a) & (d)(2). The statute allows victims of international terrorism to bring federal lawsuits against perpetrators and collect damages. The court rejected the anti-terrorism claims, as the statute in question requires that terrorism be international.

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Florida Legislature Passes Tort Reform Measure

Law 360

The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a sweeping tort reform bill that changes the comparative negligence standards for jury verdicts, cuts the statute of limitations for injury cases in half, and eliminates one-way attorney fees and fee multipliers for all lines of insurance, sending the bill to Gov.

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Traffic accident involving Florida girl leads to Medicaid-reimbursement dispute

SCOTUSBlog

Marstiller presents a straightforward question of statutory interpretation, addressing whether a state Medicaid program can take funds a Medicaid beneficiary receives in a tort settlement from a third party that injured the beneficiary. The question now is how much of the total settlement Florida can recover.

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Justices validate states’ right to take tort recoveries from Medicaid beneficiaries

SCOTUSBlog

Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion for a 7-2 majority treats the case as calling for a straightforward application of the plain language of the statute. Florida’s statute includes a formula that allocates $300,000 to past and future medical expenses. The case, Gallardo v.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

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. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

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.

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Jake Tapper and CNN Lose Major Motions in Defamation Case by Navy Veteran

JonathanTurley

In my torts class, we discuss retraction statutes and the requirements of time and clarity. Under Florida’s Section 770.02(1), ” This is relatively new ground for the Florida courts and will undoubtedly be appealed in time. I specifically discussed the CNN case. That record supports a showing of actual malice.