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Safer Pregnancy; Safer Medical Labels; and a Safer Country
On December 21st, 2017, the California Sate Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision of enormous importance to victims of inadequately labelled prescription drugs. The Court held that “because brand-name drug companies write the labels for all drugs, a brand-name drug company can be sued for injuries caused by mislabeled generic versions of its drug.” Attorney…
Read MoreRemoving the Veil of Secrecy
On December 19th, 2017, the New York Times reported that Microsoft has “eliminated forced arbitration agreements with employees who make sexual harassment claims and was also supporting a proposed federal law that would widely ban such agreements.” (Wingfield, N. and Silver-Greenberg, J., “Microsoft Moves to End Secrecy in Sexual Harassment Claims,” NY Times, December 19,…
Read MoreWhat victims of sexual assault can learn from car dealers.
Recently, Kevin Webb, a former dealership service manager wrote a fascinating letter to to Automotive News. It is so startling that it is worth quoting the first four paragraphs, in full: With the recent downfall of many media people, including Charlie Rose, maybe the entertainment industry could use a lesson from car dealers. In my…
Read MoreSexual assault is a tort!
December 14, 2017 at 7 pm at the American Museum of Tort Law Please join us for a timely and thought-provoking program. Dr. Bandy X. Lee is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale Medical School and an expert on violence. Dr. Lee and a representative from The Susan B. Anthony Project in Torrington, CT will…
Read More17 November 2017 – Torts in the News
Here is some news about torts that you may have missed: 1.Time Magazine reports on a heartbreaking case: “An 87-Year-Old Nun Said She Was Raped in Her Nursing Home. Here’s Why She Couldn’t Sue.” An “87-year-old Catholic nun told a staffer at Chateau Vestavia, an assisted-living facility near Birmingham, Ala., that she’d been raped in…
Read MoreRecent Tort News
Here are some recent stories about tort law that you may have missed: The New York Times reported on September 30, 2017 that contact sports cause 600,000 injuries a year. Key quote: “And that takes into account only the immediate consequences of an injury; a paper by the researchers says, not the long-term consequences…
Read MoreReclaim our Skies – Thursday, November 16, 2017
William J. McGee is the author of ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS: The Airlines’ Dangerous Descent—and How to Reclaim Our Skies, which was lauded by Ralph Nader as “the broadest, most consistent page-turner I’ve read on airlines, including our own.” He is an award-winning journalist and the former editor of Consumer Reports Travel Letter. He writes a…
Read MoreEquif*cked
Why All Americans Need the Tort System, And Accountability for Wrongdoing. The news that up to 143 million Americans’ private data and personal information has been hacked is shocking. What is worse are the details. And what is still worse, are corporate efforts to avoid being held accountable for the damage that this catastrophic breach…
Read MoreThomas V. Girardi joins Tort Museum
The American Museum of Tort Law is proud to Announce that Attorney Thomas V. Girardi joins many other distinguished colleagues as a Founder.
Read MoreDefending the Rights of Consumers
The New York Times published an important and excellent Op-Ed on Tuesday, August 22, written by Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The article, “Let Consumers Sue Companies” highlights an important issue for protection of consumer rights – that is, of your rights. Cordray lays out the issue succinctly: Companies have…
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