Friday, February 18, 2011
Personal Injury Roundup No. 94 (2/18/11)
Sorry for the break last week, but we're back. And I'm off to run the Austin Half Marathon on Sunday. Think good thoughts!
New Cases
- Suit brought against Disney for burn from nacho cheese. (TortsProf)
Appeals
- $42M verdict against fen-phen lawyers, accused of fraud, vacated. (Courier Journal)
Reform, Legislation, Policy
- Arizona finds a way to go after undocumented people and punitive damages simultaneously -- denying the former the opportunity to recover the latter. (East Valley Tribune)
- A more traditional punitives cap proceeds in South Carolina. (Claims Journal)
- Drug & Device Law Blog thinks about compliance presumptions. (Drug & Device Law Blog; see also my post at Point of Law five years ago)
- Walter Olson's book, critical of law schools' role in many legal developments, is out, and he's doing a bunch of readings. (Overlawyered)
Trials, Settlements and Other Ends
- Merck takes 3-1 lead in Fosamax trials. (WSJ Law Blog
Miscellaneous
- My friend David Robertson, who has provided invaluable help and advice in my teaching career, was featured in our Torts Masters series this week. (TortsProf)
--BC
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