Topic
Liability
597 published works
The Right Coast
Stanford Lawl Review | “LIES AND LIABILITY”
The full two hours of an upper-level seminar on Monday were devoted entirely to the attempts of one professor to find a really pertinent section of a case under discussion.…
Hospitality Law Check-In
Claremont Club Case: It’s Not Just Dodgeball
By Glenn Gerena
Lotz vs. Claremont Club, Court of Appeals, Division 2, California (August 15, 2013) This decision illustrates both the general risk of club liability when liability waivers are unclear and when…
Worms & Germs Blog
Strangles and liability
By Scott Weese
Surprisingly (at least to me), I don't hear much about individuals suing other people because of infectious diseases in their horses (apart from sporadic situations involving veterinary hospitals). I'm not saying…
Global Insurance Blog
France: Direct action against the insurer
A direct action by a claimant against an insurer is admissible only if the insured at stake can still be held liable for the damage for which compensation is sought.…
TortsProf Blog
George Mason LEC Workshop on Risk, Injury, Liability & Insurance
Have you heard of the Law & Economics Center Workshops for Law Professors? These four-day workshops are held throughout the year, throughout the country (with an emphasis on great locales…
Oklahoma Insurance Law
Medical Clinic Not Responsible For Patient Who Causes An Automobile Accident
An elderly patient was examined during a scheduled appointment with a medical clinic. The patient was observed to be unstable. She advised the doctor's office that she was under a…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Florida Court Finds Citizens Property Insurance May be Subject to Bad Faith liability if it Fails to Adjust Claims “Carefully, Timely, Diligently, and in Good Faith”
By Larry Bache
On January 23, 2014, Florida's First District Court of Appeal overturned a trial court order that found Citizens Property Insurance Corporation was immune from bad faith liability. The First District…
Worms & Germs Blog
Rat bite fever…who’s liable?
By Scott Weese
A Colorado family is suing PetsMart and a rat supplier after their son developed rat bite fever (RBF), following a bite from a newly acquired rat. Lawsuits seem to be…
Cruise Law News
Dead Filipinos, Dead Children & Other Cruise Line Madness
By Jim Walker
This week several people died during cruises on ships owned by Carnival Corporation. A young seafarer died on the Carnival-owned Cunard Queen Victoria cruise ship. A crew member from the…
Class Actions Insider
Declaratory Judgment Action Against Liability Insurer Held Removable Under Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA)
By Wystan Ackerman, Wystan Ackerman
The Seventh Circuit recently held that a declaratory judgment action involving liability insurance coverage for an underlying class action, in which the insured’s rights under the policy had been assigned…