Negligence
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The Legal Implications of Travis Scott’s Astroworld
By: Nick Christopherson Travis Scott’s recent Astroworld music festival drew an estimated 50,000 fans to NRG Park in Houston on… Read More
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Weekly Roundup: 9/3 – 9/7
By: Lanie Summerlin Henderson v. Bluefield Hosp. Co. In this civil appeal, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) appealed the… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Data Breach Lawsuit for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
By John Van Swearingen On February 6, 2017, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case Beck… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Denies Review of Administrative Order & Civil Penalties Following a Fatal Coal Mine Accident
Fourth Circuit Denies Review of Administrative Order & Civil Penalties Following a Fatal Coal Mine Accident By Kelsey Hyde On… Read More
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Government Contractor Defense Now Available in Failure to Warn Cases
By M. Allie Clayton On November 1, 2016, in the civil case of Ripley v. Foster Wheeler, LLC, a published… Read More
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FCTA’s Discretionary Function Exception Applies to the Placement and Handling of Prisoners, According to Fourth Circuit
By Daniel Stratton On December 29, 2015, the Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, and reversed in part, a district court’s dismissal… Read More
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Maryland Security Guards Act Does Not Alter Common Law Respondeat Superior Liability
By: Michael Klotz Today, in the published opinion of Joseph Antonio v. SSA Security Inc. the Fourth Circuit affirmed the… Read More
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Unpacking Emotional Distress: Sexual Exploitation, Reproductive Harm, and Fundamental Rights
By: Martha Charmallas* Chamallas_LawReview_December2009 * Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law, The Ohio State University. I would like to thank Barbara… Read More
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Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress: A View of the Proposed Restatement (Third) Provisions from England
By: M.H. Matthews* Matthews_LawReview_December2009 * Fellow in Law, University College, Oxford; CUF Lecturer in Law, Oxford University. In writing this Article… Read More
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Is Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress a Freestanding Tort?
By: Gregory C. Keating* Keating_LawReview_December2009 * William T. Dalessi Professor of Law and Philosophy at the Gould School of Law at… Read More
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Emotional Distress in Tort Law: Themes of Constraint
By: Robert L. Rabin* Rabin_LawReview_December2009 * A. Calder Mackay Professor of Law, Stanford Law School. My thanks to Sai Jahann… Read More
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Intervening Wrongdoing in Tort: The Restatement (Third)’s Unfortunate Embrace of Negligent Enabling
By: John C.P. Goldberg* Benjamin C. Zipursky** GoldbergZipursky_LawReview_December2009 * Professor, Harvard Law School. ** Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School (Spring… Read More