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Causation
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TortsProf Blog
Scordato on Causation
Marin Scordato has posted to SSRN Three Kinds of Fault: Understanding the Purpose and Function of Causation in Tort Law. The abstract provides:Causation is a concept of enormous importance in the…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 16, 2023 – JANUARY 20, 2023)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good afternoon. Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for…
UK Healthcare Law Blog
Major new decision on Montgomery and causation in Birth Injury Cases
CNZ v. Royal Bath Hospitals NHS FT and SoS for Health and Social Care, 11 January 2023 Mr Justice Ritchie has given judgment for the claimant in a historic CP…
New York Injury Cases Blog
Parties Dispute which Injuries were Caused by Car Crash
On June 24, 2014, Nelly Lara was injured when the car she was driving was hit in the rear while she was stopped at a red light at the intersection…
Product Perspective: Complex Tort & Product Law
Nemeth Is the Law – Causation in NYCAL Talc and Asbestos Cases
By Magda Patitsas, Erin Beachum
We previously reported on Nemeth v. Brenntag North America, et al., 38 N.Y.3d 336 (Ct. App. NY Apr. 26, 2022), a landmark case in which the New York’s Court of…
Drug & Device Law
No Muss, No Fuss In Disposing Of Litigation-Driven “Injury”
Recently, in describing a decision granting summary judgment in an IVC filter case, we identified some additional analyses we would have liked to have seen: [W]hile interrelated, we think the…
China Law Insight
证券虚假陈述责任新探（三）：交易因果关系的“推定”与“推翻”（下篇）
By King & Wood
作者：雷继平 王巍 证券虚假陈述责任纠纷相较于普通侵权纠纷的显著特色，是司法解释在《证券法》之外发展出的“推定交易因果关系”。新《虚假陈述解释》第11条延续了03年司法解释在交易因果关系上的“推定”原则，但在第12条又扩展了被告能够“推翻推定”的情形。就如何理解原、被告在该问题上的博弈，我们已经在上篇中与大家讨论了本专题的共性问题，本文将继续就如何推翻“交易因果关系”与大家展开探讨。 阅读更多
TortsProf Blog
Wright on Dialogues with Puppe on Causation
Richard Wright has posted to SSRN Dialogues on Causation with Puppe. The abstract provides:This paper describes the contemporaneous development of the thoughts and writings of me and Ingeborg Puppe, the leading…
TortsProf Blog
Causation Conference at the University of Western Australia
On September 9, 2022, the University of Western Australia is having hosting "Causation Conference." The overview:Causation is one of the basic pillars of the law. Yet its nature, operation and…
InsureReinsure
May 2022 Property Insurance Law Updates
By Susan Kidwell, Troutman Pepper Locke
Issues to Watch Causation—What is an insured’s burden when the claimed loss involves a mix of covered and non-covered causes? Overstreet v. Allstate Vehicle & Prop. Ins. Co., No. 21-10462,…