SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Washington Supreme Court dismissed the case, finding that it wasn’t appropriate to apply state tort law to a labor dispute even arguably covered by NLRA under Garmon. The majority then sent the case back to the state court for it to consider Glacier’s tort suit. The majority opinion leaves open a number of questions.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Today we follow up on our previous post about the number of civil trials in Tennessee and we concentrate on the number of trials in Tennessee personal injury, wrongful death and other tort cases. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, there were 108 jury trials and 121 non-jury trials in Tennessee tort cases. of all cases tried.

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The Crime Report

MAY 10, 2021

When the second officer responded to the family’s 911 call and recognized the man as a fellow off-duty officer, instead of arresting him, he simply drove him home, reports the Washington Post. Teets was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct last year.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 11, 2023

To recap briefly, this case concerns whether the Washington Supreme Court properly dismissed a tort action by Glacier Northwest, a concrete mixing company, arising out of a strike by the Teamsters. Chief Justice John Roberts offered a hypothetical to test this distinction.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters the court is asked to determine whether the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) preempts a state tort claim against the Teamsters for intentionally destroying an employer’s property during the course of a strike against the employer. Glacier brought a tort claim against the Teamsters for the loss of concrete.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The nation’s three major drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle opioid claims for up to $665 million with Native American tribes who have claimed they were harmed by decades of exposure to highly addictive painkillers, reports the Washington Post. .

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

For the sake of civilian safety, police must intervene if they see misconduct by colleagues,, according to a forthcoming paper in the George Washington Law Review. Kaufman, who is also a Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Washington University in St.

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Day on Torts

JULY 26, 2022

Plaintiffs next attempted to rely on a case from Washington to support the assertion that defendant’s distribution of the photos was outrageous. This case is an important read for anyone litigating a tort case involving a matter of public concern. Summary judgment was therefore affirmed.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Federal Tort Claims Act is a 1946 law that allows private individuals to sue the United States for the negligent or wrongful acts of federal employees. In an appropriate future case,” Sotomayor concluded, “this Court should decide this issue.” The justices will meet again for another private conference on Friday, Nov.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Yesterday, I co-taught my torts class with leading authority Luna Turley, Professor of Animal Welfare (PAW). Professor Luna with her evening class. Professor Luna has spent her life working on animal liability questions and taught both my day and evening classes on the common law rules governing dogs and other animals.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Returning to class after a visit to the bathroom, he had lost the thread of the case the professor was discussing.

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2022

Covering wage and hour claims is novel among state NDA restrictions and the language about public policy mandates appears to be aimed at a tort claim that’s available for wrongful termination under Washington law.

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LawSites

JANUARY 11, 2023

Rabinowitz is a lawyer who practiced as an associate in Sidley LLP’s Supreme Court & Appellate and Mass Tort Litigation groups. Department of Justice; general counsel to a Washington, D.C. Later, he served as a trial attorney for the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. French, 104 Pa.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Usoyan raises a question under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in a case following a violent clash outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C, Among its arguments in its petition , Turkey suggests that other countries might reciprocally abrogate sovereign immunity for American security forces facing tort claims abroad.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Ferguson involves a First Amendment challenge to Washington state’s law prohibiting “conversion therapy,” the practice of seeking to change a gay or transgender person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. King sued them under the Federal Tort Claims Act and under Bivens v. ” (relisted after the Sept.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I also teach critical race theory, alongside other legal theories to my first-year torts students. Take the “indigenous land acknowledgment” created for faculty at the University of Washington. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School. He was told to remove his optional statement.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

It evolved into a common-law tort to address a broader range of “interests of the community at large—interests that were recognized as rights of the general public entitled to protection,” in the words of the American Law Institute’s Second Restatement of Torts (1965-79).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 23, 2018

There are eight other climate change tort cases pending: six alleging nuisance and a variety of other state common law violations in California courts, one claiming state public nuisance along with other state common law and statutory violations in Colorado, and one claiming state public nuisance and trespass in Washington.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This year, it is already producing its share of spooky torts. As a torts professor, I try to walk the line between a fun attraction and an attractive nuisance. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and the author of “ The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”

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LawSites

JULY 7, 2022

Rabinowitz is a lawyer who practiced as an associate in Sidley LLP’s Supreme Court & Appellate and Mass Tort Litigation groups. Department of Justice; the general counsel to a Washington, D.C. Later, he served as a trial attorney for the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Parody and satire also face threats from other legal actions, particularly tort actions over the appropriation of names or likenesses (called the right to publicity). Past tort cases generally have favored celebrities and resulted in rulings like White v. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanTurley.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There is an interesting case this week involving an adjunct professor at George Washington Law School, where I teach. Her claims were dismissed by Judge Trevoer McFadden who found that they were foreclosed by worker’s compensation as well as failing to state a claim on various torts. George Washington Univ.,

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 29, 2024

Before I flew back to Washington, I had one adventure remaining. You need to bring sunglasses to avoid snow blindness and a good pair of gloves (I purchased a pair from the outfitter that I can use if Washington is it is ever plunged into a polar vortex). I love Washington and living on the East coast.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Sandmann previously settled with the Washington Post and CNN. A team of lawyers have filed a $250 million defamation suit against the Washington Post, on behalf of Nick Sandmann and his family. He has now settled his $275 million defamation lawsuit against NBC.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Rachel Wolkowitz (see her bio here ), one of the attorneys following these issues for our law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP in Washington, DC, offers these broad observations on how drones can be used for newsgathering under current FAA rules, and offers some cautions for both current and future use.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2022

The defense continues to hammer Depp on the fact that he was not actually mentioned in the Washington Post column where Heard claimed that she was an abused spouse. That did not come until years later with the Washington Post column. It is a curious tact since that is not necessary for defamation.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and the author of “ The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.” In addition to alienating much of their markets with echo journalism, these outlets are now facing mounting legal costs due to attack pieces like this one.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 9, 2021

In her presentation, she focused on tort law. Finally, the organizers were able to secure Anita Ramasastry , University of Washington, Member of the U.N. Inequality could be countered by adequate compensation of the injured parties by the damaging parties. Working Group on Business and Human Rights, as keynote speaker.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

1] He is also an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law. bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2021

Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. The question is whether New York officials will keep this renewed pledge to litigate the law all the way to the Supreme Court. There are at least three justices who likely are eager to see them fulfill that pledge.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 25, 2022

Depp must show that Heard’s 2018 Washington Post op-ed , alleging that she was a victim of abuse, defamed him to the tune of $50 million. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. For the record, this is supposed to be a defamation case. Give nothing back.”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The appellate court also agreed with the court below that it was not appropriate to recognize a new tort of “intentional investment in abnormally dangerous activities” advocated by the plaintiffs on behalf of future generations. Business Groups Said Washington Greenhouse Gas Regulations Exceeded Statutory Authority, Violated State Laws.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Glacier asked a Washington state court to make the Teamsters pay for damage that happened when cement hardened after the strike began. The Washington Supreme Court dismissed the case, finding that it wasn’t appropriate to apply state tort law to a labor dispute covered by a federal law, the National Labor Relations Act.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 1, 2022

citizen who owns and runs the Smuggler’s Inn, a bed-and-breakfast abutting the Canadian border in Blaine, Washington. Blaine, Washington (Arkyan via Wikipedia). Boule told Egbert of a guest who had flown from Turkey to New York the previous day and was flying to Washington and driving to the inn. Robert Boule is a U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2023

This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether a Washington state law that bars licensed therapists from practicing conversion therapy on children violates the First Amendment. The post Washington family counselor challenges state’s ban on conversion therapy appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Jen Rubin even posted that “The Maga squirrel deserved to die.” Peanut even appeared in my torts class this term, posthumously, of course. Some defended the action. Later, an Instagram page dedicated to him gained more than one million followers.

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