Spring 2020: Toxic Torts and Environmental Law

Features

Tort

Life is a Highway: Navigating Roadway-Derived Litigation

By Poorad Razavi and Leslie Kroeger

When a roadway related accident results in significant trauma or death, a forensic evaluation should be conducted to identify the breakdown in the safety measures that could have prevented such an outcome. This article addresses the interplay of that philosophy with roadway-related accidents.

Tort

Valuation of Companion Animals: A Possible Solution to the Puzzle

By Stephen Tuck

In response to a recent TortSource article, the author provides a reductive view of the value of animals that can show how the non-economic value of their loss may be evaluated.

Legislative Update

General Practice

TIPS Resolutions at the ABA Midyear House of Delegates

By Lisa Dickinson

Recent resolutions from the ABA Midyear meeting are discussed.

Book Review

Courts & Judiciary

ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits (2020 Edition), Brooks R. Magratten, Editor

Reviewed by Russell S. Buhite

Russell S. Buhite reviews this comprehensive book designed as a resource for litigators and clients with matters governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Did You Know?

Career

When I Was a New Lawyer

By Leo J. Jordan

TIPS leader Leo J. Jordan, a retired vice-president and counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies, shares words of wisdom about when he was a new lawyer.

New Attorneys