JD Supra

A Jury Does Not Need to Make an Express Finding of Liability as to Each Defendant to Establish a Hospital’s Vicarious Liability for a Child’s Brain Injury

The Superior Court affirmed the order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas denying the defendant-hospital’s motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, new trial, and remitter. The ...
Law

Hagans v. Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania

The court urged the Superior Court to affirm its denial of post-trial motions in a medical negligence action arising from what a jury found were catastrophic injuries to a newborn baby resulting from ...
JD Supra

Michigan Supreme Court: No Vicarious-Liability Cause of Action for Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment Under ELCRA

On July 29, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court held in Doe v. Alpena Public School District that the state’s civil rights law, Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (“ELCRA”), does not provide a cause of ...
Law

Pennsylvania’s Expanding Vicarious Liability Standard

The Pennsylvania Superior Court’s Jan. 31, 2025, ruling in Coryell v. Morris represents an expansion in the state’s approach to vicarious liability for franchisors. In Coryell¸ the court upheld a jury ...
Forbes

Tort Liability: Legal Definition & Examples

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...