Overlawyered » damages http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 “Staten Island mom hits city with $900 trillion suit” http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/staten-island-mom-hits-city-with-900-trillion-suit/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/staten-island-mom-hits-city-with-900-trillion-suit/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27423 The case does raise an issue of importance — at what point does a parent’s mental illness expose children to unreasonable risk? But if Ms. Ogunbayo is hoping to convince a court that she has everything in perspective now, asking for $900 trillion may not help. [Staten Island Advance]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/staten-island-mom-hits-city-with-900-trillion-suit/feed/ 9 “Man gets $10 million for Segway accident” http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/man-gets-10-million-for-segway-accident/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/man-gets-10-million-for-segway-accident/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:25:58 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26382 The circumstances were unusual — an injury during a blindfolded, helmetless demonstration — but a legal cloud might still be forming for the unique personal transportation device. [Boston Herald via Miller]

P.S. Connecticut Law Tribune (via TortsProf) has much more on the case.

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  • UK: “Premiums to soar as accident claims lawyers push up cost of motor insurance, MPs hear” [Telegraph]
  • John Stossel on death by FDA [Reason] Disapproving stance on e-cigarettes might cost lives [Balko] Company abandons pioneering stem-cell research after running up $45 million in costs to win FDA approval of initial safety tests [Technology Review] NYT can be obtuse about regulatory costs [Cowen]
  • No, we’re not allowed to let you out of the van to relieve the call of nature [Ted at PoL]
  • “Economic Damages Are Affirmed Though Plaintiff’s Earnings Rose After Accident” [NJLJ]
  • A shame about the business climate in Hawaii [Inverse Condemnation]
  • “Massachusetts Lawyer Loses License for a Year for Charging $93.8K Contingent Fee, Absent a Contingency” [Martha Neil, ABA Journal]
  • Movement “rapidly gaining steam” in U.S. to prohibit anonymous sperm donation [Glenn Cohen, Prawfs]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/november-29-roundup-3/feed/ 1     Amtrak damage limits and the Chatsworth crash http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/amtrak-damage-limits-and-the-chatsworth-crash/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/amtrak-damage-limits-and-the-chatsworth-crash/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:20:52 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23959 Ted Frank rebuts a lame Atlantic column (& follow-up).

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/amtrak-damage-limits-and-the-chatsworth-crash/feed/ 4     “I have never seen such an incompetent presentation of a damages case” http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/i-have-never-seen-such-an-incompetent-presentation-of-a-damages-case/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/i-have-never-seen-such-an-incompetent-presentation-of-a-damages-case/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:49:07 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23455 Said Judge Posner, of an alleged serial spammer’s courtroom presentation. “It’s not only incompetent, it’s grotesque. You’ve got damages jumping around from $11 million to $130 million to $122 million to $33 million. In fact, the damages are probably zero.” [Timothy Lee, Ars Technica]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/i-have-never-seen-such-an-incompetent-presentation-of-a-damages-case/feed/ 0     “Suit: Another woman’s breast has ruined my life” http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/suit-another-woman%e2%80%99s-breast-has-ruined-my-life/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/suit-another-woman%e2%80%99s-breast-has-ruined-my-life/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:57:26 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22656 A Brooklyn woman intends to pursue further levels of judicial review after an appeals court denied her damages in a breast-feeding mix-up “because the error was discovered and fixed inside the hospital and her infant didn’t get sick or injured.” [Brooklyn Paper; another breastfeeding mixup case]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/suit-another-woman%e2%80%99s-breast-has-ruined-my-life/feed/ 1     $75 trillion damage demand deemed “absurd” http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/75-trillion-damage-demand-deemed-absurd/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/75-trillion-damage-demand-deemed-absurd/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:11:52 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22204 Federal judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan applies some skepticism to the quantum of damages demanded by record companies in copyright actions against file-sharing service LimeWire. [American Lawyer]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/75-trillion-damage-demand-deemed-absurd/feed/ 6     Jilted bride sues ex-groom http://overlawyered.com/2011/01/jilted-bride-sues-ex-groom/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/01/jilted-bride-sues-ex-groom/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:50:31 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20927 Should the damages be confined to the unrecoverable costs of the planned wedding, or extend beyond that? [Today Show]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/01/jilted-bride-sues-ex-groom/feed/ 14     Matchmaker stuck in elevator loses rich client http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/matchmaker-stuck-in-elevator-loses-rich-client/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/matchmaker-stuck-in-elevator-loses-rich-client/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:04:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20378 Which is why she’s threatening to sue her New York City landlord; she says the 25-minute delay cost her $10,000 a minute. [NY Post via Lowering the Bar]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/matchmaker-stuck-in-elevator-loses-rich-client/feed/ 0     November 23 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-23-roundup-3/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-23-roundup-3/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:18:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20256
  • Growth of regulatory state makes lobbying more attractive path than innovation [Morris Panner, WaPo]
  • Long-awaited Norma Zager book flays Erin Brockovich role in Beverly Hills High School controversy [CJAC]
  • Colorado high court: no need to limit medical fee awards to sums plaintiffs actually paid [CCJL, Law Week Colorado]
  • Please, law firm marketers, don’t assume we’re in need of your services [Popehat]
  • Updates on prosecutorial silencing of pain treatment activist Siobhan Reynolds [Sullum, more, yet more, Balko]
  • Comments of NTSB official notwithstanding, riding motorcycle without helmet is no “public health issue” [Boaz, Cato] Watch out for more paternalism premised on government health care expenditures [Coyote]
  • No contracting out? Can California really be this screwed up? [Coyote]
  • Claim: railroad should have warned against walking on the right-of-way [six years ago on Overlawyered]
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