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Why Justice Alito Is Absolutely, Profoundly, Decidedly Wrong.
On November 12th, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito delivered, via Zoom, a speech to the right-wing Federalist society. It was blunt, and clearly articulated his highly politicized views about current issues, including Covid-19 and the attempts to control it. Justice Alito also discussed Obergefell, the Supreme Court decision which recognized gay marriage. Here is an…
Read MoreRoundup in the News
There is a weed-killer called Roundup. It is manufactured by Monsanto, which is now owned by Bayer. Roundup contains a chemical called glyphosate, which may or may not be carcinogenic. That, at least, is the question that juries around the country are being asked to answer. The evidence on the question is split, with Monsanto,…
Read MoreIt’s All Personal, Not Just Business.
There is a famous scene in the classic movie The Godfather, where Michael Corleone, off to meet with an enemy, says, “It’s not personal, it’s just business.” The terrible tragedies of crashes of the Boing 737 Max 8 aircraft in Indonesia and Ethiopia remind us, once again, how wrong that statement it. These tragedies were…
Read MoreFighting Back
Remember when we wrote about the lawsuit filed against Alex Jones and Infowars by families whose children were butchered in the Shady Hook Massacre? “When Madness Walked the Earth,” April 19, 2018? Here’s some context: Shortly after that terrible event, Conspiracy theorists began claiming that the parents of the dead children were “actors in an…
Read MoreTort Question of the Month: Corporate Wrongdoing, and Personal Responsibility
CBS This Morning reported on January 24th, 2019 that the Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healey, is “targeting Purdue Pharma and eight members of the Sackler family who own the company, alleging in a lawsuit they are ‘personally responsible’ for deceptively selling OxyContin, the narcotic which is central to the opiod crisis.” “Family behind OxyContin maker…
Read MoreDo Judicial Nominees Need to be forthright?
The Senate is holding hearing on the confirmation of Brett M. Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. In recent years, hearings on judicial nominations have become elaborate pieces of theater. In this case, it’s Republican Senators lobbing softball questions to the nominee, Democratic Senators protesting the late-night dumping of tens of thousands of documents…
Read MoreThis Week In Torts: A Compendium Of Tort-Related News Ripped From Today’s Headlines!
Who’s Your Daddy? The New York Times is reporting that Dr. Donald Cline fathered many, many children, while running a fertility clinic in Indianapolis during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Many couples sought Dr. Cline out at his Indianapolis-area fertility clinic during the 1970s and ’80s. They had children, who grew up and had children of…
Read MoreHere Comes The Future (Again)
We live in an era when the law is constantly working to keep up with new developments in science, medicine and technology. And right now, we have a chance to watch the law surrounding drones emerge and evolve. What do you do when a drone flies over your backyard, maybe while you’re sunbathing, or having…
Read MoreThey Thought That The Law Would Save Them, But…
Public Justice is working on a critical new case, and the facts will alarm you. Over the course of four months in late 2015 and early 2016, a natural gas well in California released thousands of tons of methane and other chemicals into the air. To put the seriousness of this event into context, consider…
Read MoreA Corporate Court
By Richard Newman & Tom Lebert The world is becoming increasingly driven by large corporations and those who would benefit from them as wealth inequality skyrockets and antitrust law is seldom used. The tort law system we celebrate at the American Museum of Tort Law has helped to protect the people from the wrongdoings of…
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