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Author: William G. Childs, an assistant professor of law at Western New England School of Law, edits TortsProf Blog, which is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
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Recent Posts from TortsProf Blog
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Meat & Illness
The tomato produce salmonella outbreak has gotten the most attention recently. But the Washington Post's Checkout blog has an interesting bit about Nebraska Beef, a recent 5.3 million pound recall of ground beef, and the…
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Ferris Wheel Incident at Hersheypark
In honor of Bill's amusement park specialty, here is a "near-miss" incident at our local favorite, Hersheypark, from last week. The article's first paragraph: A Ferris wheel rider in Hersheypark Saturday evening didn't like the…
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Happy Independence Day
What a country! (As the late Tim Russert would have said.) --CJR
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Baker, Kritzer, & Vidmar on Jackpot Justice
Tom Baker (Connecticut/Penn), Herbert Kritzer (William Mitchell), and Neil Vidmar (Duke) have posted Jackpot Justice and the American Tort System: Thinking Beyond Junk Science on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In 2007 the Pacific Research…
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Hanson & McCann on Situationist Torts
Jon Hanson (Harvard) and Michael McCann (Boston College) have posted Situationist Torts on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article calls for a situationist approach to teaching law, particularly tort law. This new approach would…
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Updated: Updates on Six Flags Over Georgia
Couple of things: The park is being required to enhance its signage and fencing around the ride; officials seemed to emphasize, however, that they considered the prior fencing and signage to be adequate. The new…
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Lead Paint Manufacturers Win in Rhode Island
Yesterday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court rejected the State's public nuisance claim against the lead paint industry. A copy of the decision is available here [large pdf]. Beck & Herrmann provide a thorough analysis of…
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Sebok on Exxon Decision
In his latest FindLaw column, Tony Sebok discusses the Supreme Court's punitive damages decision, Exxon v. Baker. Sebok points out that the Ninth Circuit's punitive to compensatory ratio was already within the presumptive "single digit"…
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Please Disregard That "We're Not Blaming the Park" Thing
The family of the young man killed at Six Flags Over Georgia had said pretty emphatically that they weren't blaming the park (here ("All we know is that we don't blame anybody."). But, well, now…
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First Amendment Precludes Tort Claim for Emotional Distress Caused by Exorcism
Last week, in Pleasant Glade Assembly of God v. Schubert [pdf], the Texas Supreme Court held that the First Amendment precluded a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress and mental anguish by a young…