Was it the flu shot?

Bats Work Too Well: Louisville Slugger Liable for Death of Pitcher

A recent trial in Montana ended with the jury awarding $850,000 to the family of an amateur baseball pitcher who was killed by a ball hit back to the mound. The jury decided that the aluminum bat created a hazard because it allowed the hitter to hit the ball back so fast that the pitcher did not have enough time to react to the approaching ball. The jury found Louisville Slugger liable because it failed to adequately warn users of this danger associated with the use of the bat. It is interesting to consider how a case such as this one may impact entire industries, given that it sets a precedent for liability due to the use of a certain kind of product. In this case, could this be the beginning of the end for aluminum bats?

First Year Law Student--funny story

http://www.tensionnot.com/jokes/lawyer_jokes/first_year_law_student

what happens when you know your Business Law I material...

Killer whale attack at Sea World

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/30/killer.whale/index.html

Could Ken Peters, employee and killer whale trainer at Sea World, potentially sue Sea World under the wild animals category of strict liability?

Important- Class is Cancelled Today 10-28-09

We will have a make-up for today's class - date and time tba.

Moran v. Faberge Inc.

http://md.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.\MD\MD__\1975\19750203_0040441.MD.htm/qx

Where do you cut the line?

Causation was discussed today in class and cutting the line of causation in order to prevent an infinite amount of liability in every situation. We talked a little about slavery and to what extent the outcomes of slavery are truly foreseeable. I thought of another topic kind of along the same line as the slavery topic that I felt would be interesting to discuss/think about.

Where do you think the cut off point is for the reparation of Native Americans?
Are the consequences truly foreseeable?
To what extent are they foreseeable?
Is it reasonable to say that the foreseeable consequences go on forever? 1 generation? 5 generations? 100 generations?

**NOTE: I am NOT saying to just forget what happened nor am I saying that those actions were OK by any means...I am just asking what the reasonable cut off point of foreseeable consequence is and an amount of reasonable reparation time for those actions**