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Causation
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Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Causation in Appraisal—What is The Causation Rule in Tennessee Appraisals?
By Chip Merlin
Tennessee is a beautiful state. The powers that be even gave me a license to ply my trade in the Volunteer State. I was recently researching whether causation can be…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
“Dehumanization ‘Because of Sex’: The Multiaxial Approach to the Title VII Rights of Sexual Minorities” – new article by Professor Shirley Lin
Professor Shirley Lin of NYU School of Law has just published "Dehumanization 'Because of Sex': The Multiaxial Approach to the Title VII Rights of Sexual Minorities," 24 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 731…
TortsProf Blog
Lahav on Causation
Alexandra Lahav has posted to SSRN Chancy Causation in Tort. The abstract provides:This Essay demonstrates that the causation inquiry in tort law, at least where causation is chancy, is largely a…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Causation Conflation: What is the Appropriate Test for Cause in a Corrupting-Another-With-Drugs Death Case? State of Ohio v. Mark A. Price.
Update: On October 20, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. “So, what should the judge have said?” Justice…
Bill Madden's Blog
Factual causation: Multiple routes.
By Bill Madden
Although not an injury claim, Brocklands Pty Ltd v Tasmanian Networks Pty Ltd [2020] TASFC 4 (available on JADE) is of interest as an appellate consideration of civil liability legislative causation…
Drug & Device Law
A Healthy Dose of Proximate Causation Problems Makes a Plaintiff’s Failure to Warn Claim Go Away
The plaintiff in Blackburn v. Shire U.S., Inc., 2020 WL 2840089, at *1-2 (N.D. Al. June 1, 2020), claimed that the drug Lialda caused his kidney disease and his doctor…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Bostock and Causation
In Bostock and its companion cases, the Supreme Court held that Title VII prohibits discrimination because of gender identity and sexual orientation. The case is worth reading for a number…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
California Appellate Court Holds “Minimal Causal Connection” Satisfies Causation Requirement in All Risk Policies
By Scott P. DeVries, Michael S. Levine
On May 26, 2020, a California Court of Appeals (4th District) issued its decision in Mosley et al. v. Pacific Specialty Ins. Co. The case arose in the context of…
Drug & Device Law
Guest Post – Reverse Engineering Can Get You Only So Far – Florida Case Dismissed After Grant of Rule 702 Motions
By Bexis
Today's guest post comes from Karl Neumann at Cozen & O'Connor. He was on the team that won this case, and sent us such a detailed description that we invited…
Drug & Device Law
Evidence of Nothing Overcomes No Evidence
By Bexis
Bexis has been writing amicus curiae briefs for the Product Liability Advisory Council (“PLAC”) for a long time. He was introduced to PLAC by one of the best lawyers he…