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Recent Posts from TortsProf Blog

Judge Requests Mass Tort Status for New Jersey Birth Control Suits
New Jersey Judge Donald Volkert Jr. has requested mass tort status for the products liability suits involving the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella. In his request to the Administrative Director of the Courts,…
Personal Injury Roundup No. 57 (11/6/09)
Reform, Legislation, Policy San Franciso City Attorney does FDA's job? Kellogg's withdraws "immunity banner" from sugary cereals following letter demand from City Attorney. (TortsProf, The Atlantic). Senators Graham and Chambliss propose "loser pays" rule. (Torts…
Monday's Guest Blogger: John C.P. Goldberg
John Goldberg is Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School. From 1995 until 2008, he was a faculty member of Vanderbilt Law School, where he served as Associate Dean for Research (2006-08). Professor Goldberg…
Senators Graham & Chambliss Introduce "Loser Pays" Legislation
United States Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) introduced legislation on Monday that would require the loser to pay the winner in some medical malpractice suits. The Fair Resolution of Medical Liability Disputes…
A European Symposium on Guido Calabresi
Larry Solum at Legal Theory Blog is reporting about a symposium dedicated to the work of Guido Calabresi. Here are the papers: Roger van den Bergh (Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Law),…
Iowa Supreme Court on Subsequent Remedial Measures
The Iowa Supreme Court recently addressed the subsequent remedial measures doctrine. Under this evidentiary rule (adopted in Iowa and other states), evidence of subsequent remedial measures cannot be used to prove negligence but can be…
San Francisco vs. Snap, Crackle & Pop
San Francisco's City Attorney has sent a warning letter to the Kellogg Food Company about the big "Now Helps Support Your Child's Immunity" banner on its Rice Krispie's cereals. The City Attorney expresses concern that…
Solicitor General's Views Sought in Alien Tort Statute Case
The SCOTUSBlog has the relevant links. The issue: Whether Alien Tort Statute (ATS) jurisdiction can extend to a private actor based on alleged state action by a foreign government where there is no allegation that…
Sex Offenders, Disclosure, and Tort Law
Shelley Ross Saxer (Pepperdine) has posted to SSRN 'Am I My Brother's Keeper?': Requiring Landowner Disclosure of the Presence of Sex Offenders and Other Criminal Activity. Here is the abstract: Under common law principles, landowners…
Personal Injury Roundup No. 56 (10/30/2009)
Happy Halloween! In our house, we'll have Susan B. Anthony and a drowned sailor. Yours? Reform, Legislation, Policy Did you see the guest post on tort law and climate change? You should. (TortsProf) Alien Tort…