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 TortsprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Sharkey on Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163000f5959970d 2012-01-25T05:05:00-05:00 2012-01-25T10:05:00Z 2012-01-25T10:05:00Z Cathy Sharkey (NYU) has posted to SSRN Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages: Theory, Empirics, and Doctrine. The abstract provides: This chapter — to be included in Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts (Arlen ed., Kluwer, forthcoming 2012) — assesses... tortsprof Damages Scholarship Register for "Mass Torts in the Federal Courts" - Charleston, Feb. 24th tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016300022c85970d 2012-01-24T07:37:19-05:00 2012-01-24T12:37:19Z 2012-01-24T12:37:19Z The Federal Courts Law Review at the Charleston School of Law is sponsoring a symposium on "Mass Torts in the Federal Courts" on February 24, 2012, in Charleston. Ken Feinberg will be giving the keynote address. Panels will address preemption,... tortsprof Conferences Pfizer Seeks Zoloft Birth Defect MDL tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760f37147970b 2012-01-23T08:55:44-05:00 2012-01-23T13:55:44Z 2012-01-23T13:55:44Z The Legal Intelligencer reports that Pfizer has asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multi District Litigation to consolidate over 50 cases filed in PA, NY, IL, MS, MO and OH. The cases involve Zoloft, which the plaintiffs allege caused birth... tortsprof MDLs and Class Actions Burger King, Spit, and Emotional Damages in Products Liability tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffe7e1ee970d 2012-01-20T13:32:34-05:00 2012-01-22T20:53:26Z 2012-01-20T18:32:34Z A suit over a burger, spat upon by an employee of Burger King, resulted in the Ninth Circuit certifying a question to the Washington Supreme Court. Plaintiff developed an uneasy feeling after receiving a Whopper with cheese. When he lifted... tortsprof Food and Drink Products Liability Licari on Enforcing Punitive Damage Awards in France after Fountaine Pajot tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760b42218970b 2012-01-19T05:00:00-05:00 2012-01-19T10:00:00Z 2012-01-19T10:00:00Z François-Xavier Licari has posted Enforcing Punitive Damage Awards in France after Fountaine Pajot on SSRN. The abstract provides: In a landmark ruling, the Cour de cassation held that 'an award of punitive damages is not, per se, contrary to public... tortsprof Damages Scholarship Quandaries of Civil Recourse: Calnan Replies to Goldberg & Zipursky tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffbbb68b970d 2012-01-18T06:30:00-05:00 2012-01-18T11:30:00Z 2012-01-18T11:30:00Z Last month, Alan Calnan posed four quandaries for John Goldberg's and Ben Zipursky's civil recourse theory. John and Ben responded last week. Alan now replies: First, I would like to thank the editors of TortsProf blog for hosting this discussion.... tortsprof Scholarship Legos & Harry Potter tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e56ddfc8970c 2012-01-12T18:13:23-05:00 2012-01-12T23:13:23Z 2012-01-12T23:13:23Z We traveled to Orlando last weekend. My wife and I ran the Disney Half Marathon, and then she ran the Disney Full Marathon the next day, because she is Capital-C Crazy. And amazing. But first we went to LegoLand, which... tortsprof Teaching Torts Travel Goldberg & Zipursky Respond to the Quandaries Facing Civil Recourse Theory tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167606aa715970b 2012-01-12T13:39:35-05:00 2012-01-12T18:42:21Z 2012-01-12T18:39:35Z In December, Alan Calnan offered four quandaries facing John Goldberg's and Ben Zipursky's civil recourse theory. John and Ben have responded: It should be said in advance that Alan Calnan has been a consistent and thoughtful critic of civil recourse... tortsprof Scholarship Hammontree v. Jenner: Photos! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff22c6d4970d 2012-01-11T05:26:00-05:00 2012-01-11T10:26:00Z 2012-01-11T10:26:00Z Kyle Graham (Santa Clara) just happened to be in the area where the automobile accident occurred that resulted in Hammontree v. Jenner. He snapped pictures of the intersection and the store that now stands where the bicycle shop once stood.... tortsprof TortsProf Professors of the Year tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e54e6396970c 2012-01-10T12:48:59-05:00 2012-01-10T17:48:59Z 2012-01-10T17:48:59Z Congratulations to these TortsProfs, who won "Professor of the Year" at their schools in 2011: Kevin Brown (Indiana-Bloomington), Andy Klein (Indiana-Indianapolis), Christina Bohannan (Iowa), Mary Davis (Kentucky), Kyle Graham (Santa Clara), and John Watts (Texas Tech). Did I miss anyone?... tortsprof TortsProfs The Barrister Blog tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ff14bc25970d 2012-01-09T05:33:00-05:00 2012-01-09T10:33:00Z 2012-01-09T10:33:00Z I have to give a shout out to Dean Lisa Smith-Butler for the new blog launched by the Charleston School of Law Library: The Barrister. The blog contains case notes, research tips and interesting news items. - SBS tortsprof Current Affairs Symeonides's Annual Choice of Law Survey (2011) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5185308970c 2012-01-07T04:53:00-05:00 2012-01-07T12:10:40Z 2012-01-07T09:53:00Z ...is available here. --CJR tortsprof Scholarship Feinberg Freezes BP Payments Over "Common Benefit Fees" Fund tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167601723f2970b 2012-01-06T16:52:39-05:00 2012-01-06T21:52:39Z 2012-01-06T21:52:39Z George Conk has the story at TortsToday. --CJR tortsprof Current Affairs For the John Grisham In You..... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167600995ab970b 2012-01-06T05:00:00-05:00 2012-01-06T10:00:00Z 2012-01-06T10:00:00Z An interesting writing contest sponsored by the Journal of Legal Education, Southwestern Law School, and the AALS: the first JLE Legal Fiction Contest. Submissions must be original short works of fiction related to law school or the practice of law,... tortsprof Current Affairs Shades of Palsgraf tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162fef1fa50970d 2012-01-03T10:02:37-05:00 2012-01-03T15:02:37Z 2012-01-03T15:02:37Z A gory Illinois case holds that a man who was killed by a train as he was rushing to catch another one should have been able to foresee that his flying body might injure a person waiting at the platform.... tortsprof Current Affairs Fund to Be Created for BP Plaintiffs' Attorneys tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162feb8cdd0970d 2011-12-30T14:51:01-05:00 2011-12-30T19:51:01Z 2011-12-30T19:51:01Z More from George Conk at TortsToday on BP. Judge Barbier has ordered the creation of a fund that may be used to pay "common benefit fees" to plaintiffs' lawyers in BP oil spill cases (and compensation fund payments), though those... tortsprof Current Affairs Evaluating Ken Feinberg's BP Compensation Process tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01675f6d50fd970b 2011-12-28T03:39:00-05:00 2011-12-28T08:39:00Z 2011-12-28T08:39:00Z DOJ has selected a firm to evaluate BP's oil spill compensation process. Kenneth Feinberg, who led the process, welcomes the scrutiny. George Conk (Fordham) has the story at TortsToday. George has a piece on the issue from a symposium at... tortsprof Current Affairs Scholarship Reconciling Punitive Damages With Tort Law tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162fe369ef7970d 2011-12-27T05:00:00-05:00 2011-12-27T10:00:00Z 2011-12-27T10:00:00Z A new student note, Reconciling Punitive Damages with Tort Law's Normative Framework, in Yale Law Journal may be of interest to readers. The abstract provides: As punitive damages have gained greater visibility in Supreme Court jurisprudence, the need for principles... tortsprof Scholarship Omitting Claim for Economic Damages Pays Off - $10M Verdict in Segway Fall Case tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01675f2aeb2d970b 2011-12-26T05:00:00-05:00 2011-12-26T10:00:00Z 2011-12-26T10:00:00Z The Connecticut Law Tribune reports on an interesting trial strategy in a Segway fall case: In the case of former Southern Connecticut University student John Ezzo, [Robert B.] Adelman and his partner, Neil Sutton, decided to take a calculated risk.... tortsprof Current Affairs Products Liability Santa & Elves Guilty of Negligence in U.K. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01675f2ac9fc970b 2011-12-23T05:00:00-05:00 2011-12-23T10:00:00Z 2011-12-23T10:00:00Z From Andrew Dickinson at the University of Sydney comes news of Santa's legal troubles: On December 14, 2011, the London Civil Court of Appeal in Ducasse v Melbry Events held that Santa and/or one of his Elves had been negligent... tortsprof Current Affairs