A Dec. 10, 2024, Ohio Supreme Court decision marks a significant victory for a balanced civil justice system and common sense. The Court hit the brakes on lawsuit abuse when it ruled that Ohio’s ...
State and local governments are increasingly using public nuisance law to address comprehensive, major social problems. This is leading to settlements that are too low to incentivize companies from ...
Nuisance claims may not be a particularly effective way to address the problem of climate change, but federal law does not preempt state common law nuisance claims seeking compensatory damages. Over ...
As policies evolve, some state and local governments have begun exploring novel theories through existing doctrine—including the law of public nuisance—for a pathway to seek relief, through individual ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – State and local governments are increasingly using public nuisance law to address comprehensive, major social problems. This is leading to settlements that are too low to incentivize ...
Though primarily a defense lawyer, I still hail your editorial “Tort Law vs. the Anti-Israel Protesters” (Dec. 29). As a co-author of America’s leading torts casebook, I suggest further that the tort ...
A closely watched trial in Oklahoma against Johnson & Johnson not only threatens to upset the rule of law but could backfire badly on the Oklahoma economy. This case is the first of almost 2,000 ...
Brief comes in West Virginia city and county's appeal of opioid trial loss Recent efforts to expand use of public nuisance law extend to gun sales Jan 3 (Reuters) - Six law professors on Tuesday urged ...