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Anthony is a lawyer with Arnold & Porter's Appellate & Supreme Court practice and his... tortsprof Books Current Affairs Popper on Deterrence tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761d382bd970b 2012-02-07T04:19:00-05:00 2012-02-07T09:19:00Z 2012-02-07T09:19:00Z Andy Popper (American) has posted to SSRN In Defense of Deterrence. The abstract provides: The civil justice system deters misconduct. It generates far-reaching and positive market effects beyond victim compensation and recovery. Civil judgments, settlements, the potential for litigation —... tortsprof Scholarship Hylton on Zipursky on the "New Private Law" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016761cf36c1970b 2012-02-06T11:53:40-05:00 2012-02-06T16:53:40Z 2012-02-06T16:53:40Z Keith Hylton (Boston University) has posted to SSRN New Private Law Theory and Tort Law: A Comment. The abstract provides: This comment was prepared for the Harvard Law Review symposium on “The New Private Law,” as a response to Benjamin... tortsprof Conferences Scholarship Bloom & Miller on Disabilities and Tort Litigation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e69ebba3970c 2012-02-03T12:45:36-05:00 2012-02-03T17:45:36Z 2012-02-03T17:45:36Z Anne Bloom (Pacific-McGeorge) and the late Paul Steven Miller (University of Washington) have posted to SSRN Blindsight: How We See Disabilities in Tort Litigation. The abstract provides: Tort litigation operates with a distorted perspective of disability. It suffers from blindsight;... tortsprof Scholarship Appellate Cases Turning on Actual or Proximate Cause? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163009a1e16970d 2012-02-02T13:15:00-05:00 2012-02-02T18:15:00Z 2012-02-02T18:15:00Z Readers, Samson Vermont (Miami) has asked for your input for his seminar class. Do you know of any pending tort cases that turn on actual cause or proximate cause? He is looking for cases (in any state or federal court)... tortsprof Teaching Torts Rutgers-Camden Conference on Bad Faith tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01630064e1ac970d 2012-02-01T05:21:00-05:00 2012-02-01T10:21:00Z 2012-02-01T10:21:00Z Last year, Rutgers-Camden became one of the few law schools to have 2 or more insurance experts on faculty when it hired Adam Scales (Jay Feinman has taught there for years). Now the school continues its focus on insurance by... tortsprof Conferences Of New Preps and Casebooks tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01630079b9bc970d 2012-01-31T16:35:33-05:00 2012-01-31T21:35:33Z 2012-01-31T21:35:33Z For the first several (roughly 5) years I was a law professor, I taught the same course package. In a prior life I was a litigator and so I taught a litigation package. We have two semesters of Torts here... tortsprof Teaching Torts Smith on "Diagnosing Liability: The Legal History of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e63c6983970c 2012-01-30T05:00:00-05:00 2012-01-30T10:00:00Z 2012-01-30T10:00:00Z Deirdre Smith (Maine) has a recent article that just came out in the Temple Law Review, "Diagnosing Liability: The Legal History of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder." The abstract provides: This Article examines the origins of the unique relationship between the psychiatric... tortsprof Scholarship 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