Personal Injury Law Roundup No. 82 – Oct. 1, 2010

Autumn has hit in New England.  Snow and the slip-and-fall cases are no doubt close behind.  This week’s roundup:

New Cases

• In not-at-all-surprising news, plaintiffs to seek punitive damages in salmonella cases (“Food Safety News” (note: that’s a press release, not a news story)
• Victim of bullying sues school district, alleged bully’s parents (Fox19.com)

Policy & Politics

• Legislation considered to eliminate civil immunity for some government/military contractors (OregonLive.com)
  

Verdicts & Other Ends

• Iran ordered to pay punitive damages in bombing case (Daily Star)
  

Appeals

• Interesting, if a little muddled, Massachusetts case on duty, involving a casual softball game next to a house (Mass SJC)
• Justice Scalia stays smoking cessation program (TortsProf)
• New York considers tort implications of cyberbullying (Law.com)
• Supreme Court grants cert. on case involving class actions subsequent to dismissal of earlier actions (AP/Google)

Teaching Torts

• An informally open source casebook from Eric Johnson (North Dakota) (Prawfs and links therein)
  

–BC