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By Alex Anteau | March 1, 2024
"If this Court were to reverse the trial court's order and hold that when a medical student is on a clinical rotation with a physician the physician is vicariously liable for that student's conduct, what physician would ever participate in the educational process with the prospect they would be held vicariously liability for a medical student's error?" the appellee brief asked. "The answer is simple—no physician would accept that risk."
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By John M. Baker and Katherine M. Swenson | March 1, 2024
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed a judgment that the city of St. Louis violated the First Amendment because its now-former President of the Board of Aldermen, Lewis Reed, blocked on his Twitter account someone who posted a hostile tweet.
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By Brian Lee | March 1, 2024
The trio spoke about the court that has taken shape since April 2023, the time of Chief Judge Rowan Wilson's ascension and Judge Caitlin Halligan joining it.
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By Law Journal Editorial Board | March 1, 2024
In Sadeeshkumar v. Sadeeshkumar, the trial judge had denied the defendant's motion to assert a counterclaim for divorce for irreconcilable differences and denied defendant's motion for reconsideration as untimely.
5 minute read
By Alexander A. Salinas | March 1, 2024
How do you win a case after your client has already paid damages and attorney fees to the defendant? You make novel use of judicial estoppel. There was no clear precedent for our approach, and there is every reason now that another plaintiff—or a defendant—can also use it.
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By Riley Brennan | March 1, 2024
"Even if Plaintiffs could show injury in fact, they cannot carry their burden to establish traceability. Article III requires a showing of 'a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of—the injury has to be fairly traceable to the challenged action of the defendant, and not the result of the independent action of some third party not before the court,'" Judge Ralph R. Erickson said.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 1, 2024
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Tracie R. Porter found the a decision by the four-member Electoral Board on Jan. 30 was "clearly erroneous" in denying the petitioner's objection and in finding that Trump's candidate nomination papers, including his statement of candidacy, was valid.
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By Aleeza Furman | March 1, 2024
The 11 matters set to go before the justices between March 5 and 6 include questions of jurisdiction in energy cases and forfeited judgeships.
4 minute read
By Alex Anteau | February 29, 2024
"It would make no sense to call those damages impermissible," the court concluded. "The jury did exactly what the law allows it to do. Defendants merely disagree with the jury's 'determination of the facts'—something the Court cannot second-guess."
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By Jane Wester | February 29, 2024
The 10-person jury in the Southern District of New York rejected Cardwell's claims in January after about three hours of deliberations.
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