On the surface, Derousse v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance. Co. may be a relatively minor matter of statutory interpretation: Does Missouri insurance law require coverage for pure emotional distress caused by uninsured motorists? In answering the question, however, the court\u27s generous rules of interpretation signal its recent willingness to expand recovery for emotional distress claims. Traditionally, Missouri took a conservative approach to allowing emotional damages in tort claims. Derousse is a stark example that the old regime is a relic
Plaintiff, a woman in good health, was caught in the defectively operated doors of the defendant\u27...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court recognized that the interest ...
Until recently, a plaintiff who had suffered emotional injury normally had to show an accompanying p...
On the surface, Derousse v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance. Co. may be a relatively minor ma...
Recovery for the negligent infliction of emotional distress has always been a hazy and constantly ch...
Bass v. Nooney Co. established negligent infliction of emotional distress as an independent tort in ...
In Bass v. Nooney Co., the Supreme Court of Missouri abandoned the rule that a defendant is not liab...
This article has the twin purposes of exploring the circumstances in which Montana tort law recogniz...
As a result, the implementation, application, and interpretation of this important piece of legislat...
Recovery for emotional trauma has progressed slowly in the century since Lord Wensleydale uttered th...
In Shepard v. Superior Court, the California Court of Appeals held that a party directly witnessing ...
California courts, long leaders in the development of tort law, recently have decided a series of ca...
The California Court of Appeals has held that a cause of action may be maintained in strict liabilit...
One of the most dynamic developments in modern tort law has been the increased focus on damages for ...
In a previous paper, I suggested that the Missouri Supreme Court had adopted a forfeiture penalty fo...
Plaintiff, a woman in good health, was caught in the defectively operated doors of the defendant\u27...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court recognized that the interest ...
Until recently, a plaintiff who had suffered emotional injury normally had to show an accompanying p...
On the surface, Derousse v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance. Co. may be a relatively minor ma...
Recovery for the negligent infliction of emotional distress has always been a hazy and constantly ch...
Bass v. Nooney Co. established negligent infliction of emotional distress as an independent tort in ...
In Bass v. Nooney Co., the Supreme Court of Missouri abandoned the rule that a defendant is not liab...
This article has the twin purposes of exploring the circumstances in which Montana tort law recogniz...
As a result, the implementation, application, and interpretation of this important piece of legislat...
Recovery for emotional trauma has progressed slowly in the century since Lord Wensleydale uttered th...
In Shepard v. Superior Court, the California Court of Appeals held that a party directly witnessing ...
California courts, long leaders in the development of tort law, recently have decided a series of ca...
The California Court of Appeals has held that a cause of action may be maintained in strict liabilit...
One of the most dynamic developments in modern tort law has been the increased focus on damages for ...
In a previous paper, I suggested that the Missouri Supreme Court had adopted a forfeiture penalty fo...
Plaintiff, a woman in good health, was caught in the defectively operated doors of the defendant\u27...
In Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the California Supreme Court recognized that the interest ...
Until recently, a plaintiff who had suffered emotional injury normally had to show an accompanying p...
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