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Showing posts with label infliction of emotional distress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label infliction of emotional distress. Show all posts
Sunday, July 3, 2022

Descendants of slaves imaged in daguerreotypes may sue Harvard for emotional distress, high court rules

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Harvard Yard (Daderot. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons ) The Lanier family, whose enslaved ancestors were stripped and forcibly photogra...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Hospital BAC disclosure prompts tort privacy claims

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Photo by Marco Verch ( CC BY 2.0 ) The federal district court in Montana in December refused to dismiss an informational privacy claim ag...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Plaintiff verdict upheld for IIED, hostile environment upon shocking attorney maltreatment of employee

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The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld a verdict against a lawyer for shocking maltreatment of an employee. mohamed_hassan ( pixabay....
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Court rejects deep-brain-stimulation patient's contract, IIED claims against Boston nonprofit hospital

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A patient dissatisfied with deep-brain stimulation (DBS) to treat her depression could not prevail against her nonprofit hospital, the Massa...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Horrors at Oak Ridge Psychiatric amounted to assault, battery, but lacked intent for IIED, Ontario court rules

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From 1963 to 1988, patients involuntarily committed to the maximum-security Oak Ridge Mental Health Centre at Penetanguishene, Ontario, were...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Recent commentaries ponder privacy in license plates, history of animal identity

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Two blog entries tangentially related to areas of interest of mine crossed my desk this week. CC TV ( Adrian Pingstone CC0 ) Privacy...
Friday, April 3, 2020

Battery, IIED in play if medical staff ignore patient's 'stop,' court rules

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Medical professionals may be liable for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress for failing to heed a patient's withdra...
Friday, February 14, 2020

'Seduction' on Rue Torte, Île de Gorée, Senegal

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Rue Torte, Île de Gorée, Senegal ( CC BY-SA 4.0 RJ Peltz-Steele) Happy Valentine's Day! Time magazine on the seduction tort, for ...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Teachable torts: Halloween haunted houses strain hallowed American right to make poor choices

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As the sun sets in the U.S. East, I was prepared to let Halloween slide by on the blog, even though so many great tort-related items perenni...
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Conn. high court hears argument after non-dismissal of Sandy Hook parent suit against Alex Jones

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As reported in my Sandy Hook update a couple of weeks ago, today was the day for Connecticut Supreme Court oral arguments over a discovery ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Teachable torts: Court succinctly dismisses 'outing' case collateral to terrorism prosecution

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Attendees dance during the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender mixer hosted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo Equal Opportunity Leader...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Best friend of teen struck, killed by train may claim negligence without physical injury, appeals court rules

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On a "zone of danger" theory, the Massachusetts Appeals Court last week reinstated the claim of negligent infliction of emotional...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Teachable torts, Patriots edition: Civil complaint against Antonio Brown

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Antonio Brown in 2014 (by Brook Ward CC BY-NC 2.0 ) New England news is afire today over the civil lawsuit filed against NFL Patriots ...
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Saturday, August 17, 2019

Abraham & White would limit further extension
of First Amendment as tort defense

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In a new article , Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White , University of Virginia Law, argue against the further extension of the First ...
Friday, February 1, 2019

Federal court holds Syria liable to U.S. family for $300m in killing of journalist Marie Colvin

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Syria owes more than $300m in wrongful death damages to the family of American journalist Marie Colvin, who was killed while working for the...
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Teachable moment in Torts:
'Complaint alleges mom with dementia dumped outside Long Beach healthcare facility'

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National media this week picked up this story from CBS Los Angeles about a woman suffering from dementia who wound up on the street after w...
Monday, January 28, 2019

Who Dat lawsuit for 'negligence,' 'emotional anguish' is really a desperate mandamus plea

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Controverted play in Rams vs. Saints conference championship game (NFL image via GMA and Daily Show : fair use). Full disclosure: I'...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

'Have You Seen This Man?': Student newspaper editor on libel hook for campus crime coverage

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A suit for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) may proceed against the former editor of the college newspaper...