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Articles in Mar 2001 issue of Law Reporter

• Restaurant patron removed by bouncer and pepper-sprayed: Assault: Emotional distress: Humiliation: Verdict
• Delayed discovery doctrine applicable to Florida childhood sexual abuse cases
• Mandatory arbitration clause that only binds one party unenforceable for lack of mutuality
• Carpenter falls through uncovered stairway opening: Failure to provide safe workplace: Internal injuries: Settlement
• Women allegedly denied jobs, promotions: Sex discrimination: Settlement
• Police officer subjected to racial slurs, denied safety equipment: Racial discrimination: Retaliation: Posttraumatic stress disorder: Verdict
• Medical negligence
• Maine's grandparent visitation statute is constitutional where grandparents had acted as grandchildren's parents
• Law firm's lien against client's note does not disrupt priority of secured creditors
• Negligent retention claim need not be explicit under notice pleading rules
• Tactor-trailer collides with pickup truck: Hours of service violations: Negligent supervision: Wrongful deaths: Structured settlement
• Vehicle spins out of control: Left rear axle failure: Inadequate inspection: Crushed pelvis: Settlement
• Vehicle strikes pedestrian in crosswalk: Failure to stop at red light: Closed head injury: Torn knee ligaments: Verdict
• Woman who had stillborn baby after viewing accident scene involving husband must meet requirements for bystander damages
• Spotlight
  by Scarlett, Thomas
• Court documents
• Train strikes vehicle at crossing; Negligent maintenance of right of way: Wrongful deaths: Verdict: Punitive damages
• International union that retained right to control local union is vicariously liable for damages
• Producer copies writer's story idea: Breach of contract: Negligent interference with contractual relations: Verdict: Punitive damages
• Supervisor who allegedly retaliated against employee for claiming discrimination was not entitled to qualified immunity
• CSRA does not create private right of action
• Two-vehicle collison: Failure to yield right of way: Brain damage: Settlement
• Crew member injured in harbor collision: Failure to keep proper lookout: Unsafe speed: Brain injury: Verdict
• Products liability
• Police vehicle collides with car: Failure to stop at red light: Knee injury: Spinal injuries: Head injuries: Settlement
• Insurer terminates PIP benefits: Bad faith: Settlement
• Invitee attacked in parking lot: Inadequate lighting, security: Liver, spleen damage: Posttraumatic stress: Structured settlement
• Articles
• Minor allegedly molested by supervisor: Negligent supervision: Failure to investigate: Emotional distress: Settlement
• State law personal injury claim by airline passenger is not preempted by federal statutes
• Attorney's letters to judge accusing him of racism and bias were protected speech under First Amendment
• Expert testimony as to likely cause of death is admissible under federal rules of evidence
• Arbitration clause printed on back of contract unenforceable where party now aware of clause at time of signing
• Professional negligence
• Environmental groups have standing under Clean Water Act to sue on behalf of members
• Student molested by teacher: Breach of fiduciary duty: Loss of consortium: Postverdict settlement
• Updates
• Employee harassed by supervisor: Intentional infliction of emotional distress: Respondeat superior liability: Verdict
• ERISA does not preempt stat law claim against insurer for bad faith
• Insurer fails to defend, indemnify former employer in worker's lawsuit: Failure to consider right to coverage: Settlement
• Tractor-trailor collision: Negligent entering of highway from exit ramp: Wrongful death: Verdict
• Interruption of water supply: Nuisance: Trespass: Strict liability: Reduction in quantity, quality of water: Verdict
• Failure to raise certain defenses in motion waives right to those defenses
• Truck strikes pedestrian: Failure to yield right of way: Traumatic brain injury: Multiple fractures: Settlement
• Employee slips on snow and ice: FELA liabilty: Failure to remedy condition of lot: Ankle fracture: Settlement
• Roustabout required to climb steep steps with heavy water buckets: Failure to repair faucets; Herniated disk: Verdict
• Bivens claim can be brought against private corporation acting under color of federal law
• Workers' child exposed to asbestos: Failure to comply with federal regulations: Malignant mesothelioma: Verdict
• Lay person testimony by marine accident investigator is inadmissible
• Acid spills on worker: Failure to warn of hazardous materials removal: Chemical burns: Posttraumatic stress disorder: Settlement
• Bill poster falls after receiving electrical shock: Improper placement, rewiring of utility line: Burns: Structured settlement
• Pain and suffering award for complications from broken leg was not excessive
• Ordinance imposing durational limits on posting of political signs violates First Amendment
• Arbitration clause barring homeowners' suits for construction, design defects unconscionable
• Axle separation on rental vehicle: Failure to service vehicle regularly: Shoulder, neck injuries: Settlement
• City not immune from liability for accident caused by its snowblower
• Lower federal court could not review state bar committee decision on insurance company's unauthorized law practice
• Truck strikes pedestrian in parking lot: Improper lookout: Wrongful death: Settlement
• Visitor falls at condominium: Dangerous sidewalk separation: Leg fractures: Settlement
• Helicopter crash: Failure to take proper care in piloting aircraft: Incomplete paraplegia: Settlement
• Man helping with move trips: Negligent placement of box in pathway: Arm Laceration: Settlement