The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a trial judge’s refusal to hold a hospital’s successor vicariously liable for a doctor ...

An introduction to torts -- Negligence : liability for physical harms -- The duty element -- The breach element -- The causation element -- Aligning the elements : proximate cause and Palsgraf -- ...

History of the Learned Intermediary Doctrine. The term “learned intermediary” was first used in Sterling Drug, Inc. v. Cornish, with the court recognizing that properly warning the doctor of a drug’s ...

In 2024, for instance, Colorado lawyer and political figure Randy Corporon was sued by his client, Anne O’Riordan, as a result of a $375,000 wire transfer that was fraudulently misdirected to an ...

Court rejects vicarious liability challenge entirely. The Court of Appeal examined whether the trial judge erred in treating Jacobi as controlling precedent. The student argued the judge failed to ...

King & Spalding worked to build up its product liability and mass torts practice group with top laterals in recent years. Kirkland & Ellis announced it lured 13 King & Spalding partners from the ...