Post-conviction lawyers can be sued for negligence, says Oregon Supreme CourtPat Murphy
California court to decide if gun makers can be sued for negligence.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)Mintz, Howard
Can you get punitive damages for negligence? Is malfeasance a crime? When can someone sue for punitive damages? Can compensatory damages be asked for in a tort case? Can you sue for slander in small claims court? Can you get punitive damages for breach of contract?
A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit against Marriott Hotel Services and a cleaning and pest-control company should go to trial,reversing a lower court ruling.The women who filed the negligence suit allege that a pesticide sprayed in their Maui hotel room - after they reported a ...
lawyers may present different legal theories for why companies should be held liable. the most common theories are negligence, strict liability and breach of warranty. lawyers use these theories to explain why a company owed a duty to a victim, and why the company breached that duty by ...
Two weeks later, PNC filed a motion to dismiss, arguing against Joyce’s claims of negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, as well as the jeweler’s request for attorneys’ fees and punitive damages. The bank also argued it could only be sued only under the state’s Uniform Commercial...
Yet the Compensation Act 2006 makes it very clear that “an apology, an offer of treatment or other redress, shall not itself amount to an admission of negligence or breach of statutory duty”. This clause is not sufficiently well known or tested in case law for many lawyers to feel confid...
The legal theory was that of “negligent misrepresentation.” This legal theory does not require a contract. Every person is liable for the consequences of his or her own negligence, (1) if it was reasonably foreseeable that another person would be injured as a result of that negligence and ...
they are ruled 51 percent or more, they are not entitled to compensation. Moreover, the plaintiff’s total compensation will be reduced by the percentage of guilt they bear. For example, if said party sued for $100,000 and was ruled 25 percent at fault, their com...
But an interesting appeal is expected in the coming months on an issue that lawyers say has never been taken up anywhere in the country. When Mueller died, she left behind her lifelong same-sex partner Charlotte Stacey, on whose behalf the malpractice lawsuit included a claim of loss of ...