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Michigan Court of Appeals: No Parental Indemnification for Child Injuries

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Can parents legally agree to financially protect third parties from claims arising from their children’s injuries? In MK v. Auburnfly, LLC, (No. 364577, 2024 WL 5148278, Dec. 17, 2024), a published opinion, the Michigan Court...more

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Podcast - Ohio State Senator Has a Bone to Pick with Court Ruling on Boneless Wings

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In the next episode of the "Legal Bites Podcast" series, Food and Beverage Litigation attorney Charles Weiss and Practice Development Manager Kristina Merritt sit down with Ohio State Senator William DeMora for an important...more

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Can a Professional Services Firm Limit its Liability by Contract? A Look at Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma Law

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Freeman Law is privileged and proud to serve as outside counsel to various engineering, architectural, and other professional services firms. This segment of Freeman Law focus spans from protecting trade secrets in public...more

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No Longer Foreseeable? Cal-Am’s Impact for the Construction Industry

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Clarifying its case law, Arizona’s Supreme Court further limited when foreseeability can establish a duty for tort liability in its recent Cal-Am opinion. Key for contractors and design professionals, while the decision could...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of Liability in Negligence for Public Authorities Making “Core Policy Decisions”

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In Nelson (City) v Marchi, 2021 SCC 41, the Supreme Court of Canada held that public authorities may only be shielded from liability in negligence when making decisions that engage public policy considerations, such as...more

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Bakewell v Anchorage Capital Master Offshore Ltd: Can Ancillary Rights and Claims Be Sold?

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The Background: An assignee of loans owed by the Arrium Group sued certain officers of the Arrium Group, alleging they had made negligent misstatements or misrepresentations in drawdown and rollover notices issued prior to...more

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Adventurer Beware! The Scope and Enforceability of Liability Waivers in North Carolina

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Summer is upon us. The great outdoors beckons. There are trails to hike and rivers to paddle. Summer travel is in full swing and summer camps have opened their gates. If you are fortunate enough to be embarking on...more

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Federal Court Expresses Public Policy Concern Regarding Economic Loss Rule

In Prestress Services Industries of TN, LLC v. W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., 280 F.Supp.3d 908 (N.D. Miss. 2017), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi faced a “rather interesting...more

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Florida Court Compels Arbitration Against Nursing Home Despite Flawed Agreement

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A South Florida court of appeal compelled arbitration against a nursing home in a negligence lawsuit after upholding a severability clause despite an unenforceable cap on non-economic damages and prohibition on punitive...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Liability for field trips: Munn v. Hotchkiss and ticks, Costa v. Plainville and basketball, and are there really any new...

Last Friday (August 11, 2017), the Connecticut Supreme Court issued a decision garnering significant press attention in which it ruled that 1) Connecticut public policy imposes a duty upon schools to warn or protect against...more

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Alert: 2016 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

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Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

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Construction Group News: Workers Cannot Recover Lost Wages from Contractor Responsible for Explosion that Shut Down Project

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The Connecticut Supreme Court has held that construction workers whose jobs are affected by the shutdown of a construction project due to an accident cannot bring suit for lost wages against the companies whose negligence...more

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