http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/ Published By Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Inc. en-us 2011-12-22T15:42:03-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/12/respondeat_superior_course_and.html "‘[T]he fact that an employee is not engaged in the ultimate object of his employment at the time of his wrongful act does not preclude attribution of liability to an employer.’" Construction Accidents Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-12-22T15:42:03-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/11/premises_liability_trivial_def.html “[a] trivial defect is no less trivial when it exists on a walkway in a privately owned townhome development.” Premises Liability Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-11-29T15:29:17-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/10/punitive_damages_ratio_relativ.html "Philip Morris's persistent efforts for several decades to mislead the public about the health hazards of smoking despite its understanding that smoking was hazardous show that “strong medicine is required to cure the defendant's disrespect for the law.” " Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-10-01T12:06:20-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/09/lender_fraud_negative_amortiza.html "Defendant intentionally omitted a clear disclosure of the nature of plaintiffs' loans because giving a clear explanation of how the loan worked would have punctured the illusion of a low payment, low interest rate loan." Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-09-12T12:02:52-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/08/negligent_entrustment_trucking.html "If, as here, an employer offers to admit vicarious liability for its employee's negligent driving, then claims against the employer based on theories of negligent entrustment, hiring, or retention become superfluous." Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-08-10T14:56:23-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/07/primary_assumption_of_the_risk.html "We do not go to amusement parks expecting to be injured. Common sense dictates that, while amusement park rides present a possibility of harm, breaking a bone is not a natural or expected consequence of going on a ride." Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-07-15T11:50:10-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/06/negligence_per_se_calosha_regu.html "The independent contractor is not a member of the class of persons that Cal–OSHA was created to protect." Construction Accidents Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-06-28T11:55:09-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/05/punitive_damages_failure_to_wa.html "Triable issues of fact remain as to whether petitioners' provision of the information was done in a manner that would sufficiently call it to the FDA's attention." Punitive Damages Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-05-25T10:36:28-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/04/products_liability_federal_pre.html "While an agency could base a decision to pre-empt on its cost-effectiveness judgment, we are satisfied that the rulemaking record at issue here discloses no such pre-emptive intent." Products Liability Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-04-06T11:39:08-08:00 http://www.productsliabilityinjurylawyer.com/2011/03/liability_releases_gross_negli.html "Triable issues exist as to whether [Defendant's conduct was grossly negligent and therefore outside the scope of the release." Negligence Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 2011-03-17T12:55:45-08:00