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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Statute of repose bars tort-like consumer claim, Mass. high court rules

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Yesterday the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that a statute of repose bars a claim under the Commonwealth's key consume...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Mass. App. remands textbook 'keys-in-ignitions' case on foreseeability analysis

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Today the Massachusetts Appeals Court published a clean and concise opinion on negligence, focusing on foreseeability as an aspect of duty. ...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

3Ps for 1Ls: Advice for the new law student

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We have 96 new faces at UMass Law School this fall semester.   New students often ask for advice: how best to prepare for class?   There is ...
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Friday, July 27, 2018

Nuisance rule for trees rooted in history, reaffirmed by Mass. high court

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In an opinion suitable for textbooks, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reaffirmed the rule of nuisance that neighbor may not sue ne...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Money in soccer, money in higher ed: Lazio will never be Juventus; will the UMasses ever be ‘UMass’?

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This morning I was reminded of this observation about football (soccer) from The Blizzard (#25, June 2017) , spoken by Swedish football mana...
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Mass. appellate courts render two wrongful death opinions in attenuated duty and causation

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Massachusetts appellate courts have rendered two wrongful death opinions in the last two days, both favoring plaintiffs. In Dubuque v. Cum...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

'FERPA Close-Up: When Video Captures Violence and Injury'

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With Kitty Cone, Esq. , I've published FERPA Close-Up: When Video Captures Violence and Injury , 70:4 Okla. L. Rev. 839 (2018), availabl...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Mass. supreme court: MIT owed no duty in suicide case

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Today the high court of Massachusetts held no duty , as a matter of law, in a wrongful death case of attenuated duty and causation in which ...