Personal Injury Roundup No. 53 (10/9/2009)
I’m back from a fun weekend at the Austin City Limits Music Festival (highlights: Dirty Projectors, Flogging Molly, Avett Brothers, plus great stuff on the kids’ stage). Here’s what happened during the week following:
Reform, Legislation, Policy
- Sen. Al Franken’s amendment would bar federal contracts to companies that mandate arbitration; the legislation is aimed at KBR and was triggered by the Jamie Leigh Jones case; prior posts about that case are here. [City Pages]
- If you missed it, go read Frank Vandall’s guest blog post — interesting stuff. [TortsProf]
New Lawsuits
- Suit filed against Delta for removing breastfeeding mom [Burlington Free Press]
- Wrongful death suit brought for plane-helicopter collision [AboutLawsuits.com]
- Newly-unsealed lawsuit contends Pfizer’s drug research is sketchy [The Day]
Trials, Settlements and Other Ends
- E. coli suit settled [Minnesota Public Radio] (see “Miscellaneous” below too)
- Cheerleader’s assault suit dismissed after amended complaint fails to correct flaws [SE Texas Homepage]
- Trial in “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” case ends; no verdict as of this writing (Thursday afternoon) [SacBee]
- That case raised interesting questions about jurors being instructed not to use search engines, etc., to learn more about the case [ITWire.com]
Appeals
- Police officers’ immunity claims denied, jailer’ immunity claims allowed, in 8th Circuit [KFSM]
- A little older, but a former student sent me a story about this case involving scope of employment in a vicarious liability case [California Court of Appeals]
Miscellaneous
- AALS Torts & Compensation Systems Newsletter [TortsProf]
- NYT reports on meat inspection system [New York Times]
- …and on a deal including Tyson and Costco to improve meat inspection [New York Times]
- Hotels focusing on guest privacy after Erin Andrews “peephole” video [AP]
- Interested in being a Torts section editor for The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)? Read the details… [Discourse.net]
–BC
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