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Showing posts with label strict liability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strict liability. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Free torts textbook ready for academic year 2024-25

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TORTZ: A Study of American Tort Law is complete and revised for the coming academic year 2024-25. The two-volume textbook is posted for fr...
Monday, September 4, 2023

Federal law shields car dealer in courtesy-car accident

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CC0 by Open Grid Scheduler via Flickr A car dealership could not be held vicariously liable to a pedestrian struck by a courtesy vehicle, t...
Monday, June 12, 2023

TORTZ volume 1 now available to print on demand

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I'm pleased to announce the publication of TORTZ: A Study of American Tort Law , volume 1 of 2. Hard copies can be printed at Lulu.com ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Flawed instruction on 'reasonable alternative design' requires vacatur of tobacco defense judgment

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Plaintiff's decedent started smoking in the early 1960s, at age 13 or 14, with free samples of Kents. (David Shay CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wiki...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Court affirms widow's $21m verdict vs. Big Tobacco, upholds punitive damages despite '98 settlement

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Marlboro Red Open Box by Sarah Johnson ( CC BY 2.0 ) The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed a $21m verdict against Phili...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Landlord owes no duty to cyclist attacked by tenant's dog, court rules, citing breed discrimination ban

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A "dog law" decision in the Massachusetts Appeals Court today recognized the state's ban on breed-specific legislation and ref...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

'Super tort' might represent failure of public policymaking, but is only tip of melting iceberg

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First Circuit remands R.I. suit against Big Oil for public nuisance Super Tort ( px her e.com CC0 ) A "super tort" sounds delicio...