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Legal Immunities Mock the Law
So there’s this gimmick, see? A special interest group of one sort or another goes before a legislature somewhere – a State Capital, or Washington D.C., and says, “We’re so important, but at the same time so helpless, that you must preserve and protect us, by making us immune from lawsuits.” It’s a clever gimmick,…
Read MoreFor Shame
Tort law, as noted historian Eric Foner put it, is the “weapon of the weak.” It lets the wrongfully injured hold wrongdoers accountable. It is a centuries–old mechanism whereby juries – regular people like you and me – decide how much money will fairly compensate someone who has been devastated by the wrongful, harmful act…
Read MoreWhen Cops go Bad
There is an interesting article in the New York Times, today, “$16 Million vs. $4: Why Payouts in Police Shootings Vary Widely,” written by Timothy Williams and Mitch Smith, (A version of this article appears in print on June 29, 2018, on Page A10 of the New York edition with the headline: “The Value of…
Read MoreJuly 4th – “What To The Slave Is The 4th Of July?”
July 4th – Independence Day – commemorates our declaration of independence from the tyranny of King George III, and stands as a national day of celebrating our freedom, liberty and patriotism. But, this nation is still very much a work in progress. Freedom, justice and liberty have not come equally, or at the same time…
Read MoreOn Frivolous Lawsuits
We’ve all heard about them – frivolous lawsuits – that are allegedly plaguing the courts, bedeviling the civil justice system, making jurors skeptical. First, let’s be clear: The fact that a lawsuit is lost does NOT mean that the case was frivolous. Lawsuits are adversarial, meaning that when a case goes to trial, one side…
Read MoreRudiments of Tort Law – How Tort Law Can Protect You and Your Family
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Read MoreDo You Think That This Stuff Just Happens?
You think that bad stuff just happens? In 2016, 42,000 Americans died because of opioids. 40 percent of those deaths were due to prescription opioids. That is a lot. A lot of dead Americans. But that’s just one year. “Over the past two decades, more than 200,000 people have died in the United States from…
Read MoreRisk and Tragedy from Vaping
A 38 year old Florida man, Tallmadge Wakeman D’Elia, was killed when a vape pen exploded and shot fragments of its casing into his skull. Alexandra Ma, “A Vape Pen Killed A Man After It Exploded And Pierced His Skull,” Business Insider, May 16, 2018. According to the medical examiners, the man died on May…
Read MoreCelebrate Mother’s Day
The Museum has stories about women who used tort law to ‘right wrongs’ that impact all of our health and safety. This Mother’s Day we encourage you to hear about their stories while you enjoy delicious appetizers from Noujaim’s restaurant and desserts from Hunny Bunns Bakery and Cafe.
Read MoreWhen Madness Walked the Earth
In 2012, the unspeakable happened. A madman, armed with rifle designed for war, slaughtered little children in a school in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Butchered them. Left their small lifeless bodies bleeding. An act of horror. The horror deepened when conspiracy theorists began claiming that the parents of the dead children were “actors in an elaborate…
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