Virginia Supreme Court, 4-3, decides about liability for trees falling
A property owner is not liable under ordinary circumstances if one of his trees falls on his neighbor’s house....
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Love family sues University of Virginia and Athletic Department staff
The Yeardley Love family has sued the University of Virginia over the fact that George Huguely killed their daughter. In bringing this suit, the attorneys claim that the University of Virginia has a “special relationship” with its students, which includes an agreement to protect them. The problem is that they probably DON’T have that duty....
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Yeardley Love family sues George Huguely
Yeardley Love’s mother has filed suit against George Huguely, alleging that he is responsible for her death. The suit is for more than $29 million. ...
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Virginia Tech verdict is a matter of principle to the families
The jury verdict that awarded the families of Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde $4 million each for their deaths during the 2007 rampage of Seung-Hui Cho is based on the jury’s understanding that Tech administrators had a duty to protect their students, and that they failed in that duty....
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Cost-Benefit Analysis — comparing lives to be lost with costs to trucking companies
Republican politicians are using cost-benefit analysis to justify opposing a rule that would make our roads safer — a rule to limit the number of hours that truck drivers can drive without adequate rest. If the political system doesn’t make roads safer, the tort law system will have to do it instead. And the trucking companies probably won’t be happy with that result....
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Tort reformers are trashing the Constitution
Governor Rick Perry’s comments at a CNN-Tea Party debate were notable for the statements that he made about gutting the Seventh and Tenth Amendments. These comments are giving him both political and doctrinal trouble....
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