Defense Counsel Journal

IADC Committee Newsletters - Volume 87, Number 4

October 20, 2020

The IADC boasts more than 25 Committees through which members network, expand and build skills, and further the objectives of the defense bar and business community. IADC Committees publish newsletters monthly, and below are the newsletters that were published from July 2020 through mid-October 2020.

Business Litigation Committee

• Vermont Court Rules That Commercial Landlord Cannot be Liable for Injury to Retail Tenant's Invitee Involving Tenant's Operations on Premises by Walter Judge (October 2020)
• Getting the 'Drift': Maryland Adopts Daubert Standard by Andrew Gendron and Emily Kelley (September 2020)

Construction Law and Litigation Committee

• Is Your Construction Project Snakebit? - How to Tell and How to Respond by William S. Thomas (October 2020)
• A Recurrence of Sick Buildings in the Age of COVID by William S. Thomas (September 2020)

Environmental and Energy Law Committee

• To Sea or not to Sea? The Fifth Circuit's Potential Reconsideration of how it will Apply the Test for Jones Act Seaman Status for Certain Workers in Future Cases by Ivan M. Rodriguez and Justin C. Warner (September 2020)

Insurance and Reinsurance Committee

• Vermont Supreme Court Holds That "Combined Single Limit" and "Limits of Liability" Provisions in UIM Policy Cap Auto Insurer's Total UIM Payout, Despite Multiple UIM Claimants by Walter Judge (October 2020)
• Covid-19 and Insurance: French Lessons for New Realities by Emmanuèle Lutfalla and Simon Fitzpatrick (September 2020)
• Preparing for Possible Bad Faith Claims in COVID-19 Related First Party Property Lawsuits by Karen K. Karabinos and Eric R. Mull (August 2020)

International Arbitration Committee

• Thinking Ahead: Dispute Resolution after the Corona Crisis by Professor Dr. Jörg Risse and Professor Dr. Antje Baumann (October 2020)

Medical Defense and Health Law Committee

• Industry Under Attack Scores Important Win in California Supreme Court by Constance A. Endelicato (October 2020)
• Opioid Litigation and Future of Bellwether Litigation by Scott K.G. Kozak and Khristopher Johnson-DeLoatch (September 2020)
• Subject Matter Jurisdiction in the Context of Pre-Suit Notice Requirements for West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Act Cases - A Review of State ex. rel. PrimeCare Medical of West Virginia, Inc. v. Faircloth, et al. by Bernard S. Vallejos (August 2020)
• Recovery of Medical Bills: "Face Amount" vs. "Amount Paid": Medical Malpractice Plaintiff May Not Recover More Than the Defendant was Actually Paid for Treating Plaintiff by Walter Judge, Jennifer McDonald, Erik Legg, and Allison Spears (July 2020)

Product Liability Committee

• Alert to Product Liability Defense Counsel: United States Supreme Court Set to Again Address Specific Personal Jurisdiction by Joseph J. Stroble (July 2020)

Social Justice Pro Bono Committee

• Immigration Law Update by James W. Shelson (August 2020)

Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee

• Anxiety to Develop a Disease in the Future: A New Toxic Tort Trend by Sylvie Gallage-Alwis and Deborah Azerraf (October 2020)
• The Flint Water Crisis - Is $600 Million Enough? by Stephanie A. Fox (September 2020)
• Permanent Injunction Granted That Prohibits Enforcement of Proposition 65's Warning Requirement for Glyphosate by Stephanie A. Fox, James C. McKeown, and Tad W. Juilfs (August 2020)
• Will Pennsylvania Join the Daimler Era? - Part II by Stephanie A. Fox and Antoinette D. Hubbard (July 2020)

Transportation Committee

• Is the Role of Independent Contractors Being Extinguished? by Heather C. Devine (October 2020)
• It is Not a Toy - Standards and Risks Involved with Personal Transportation Vehicles by Matt Cairns (August 2020)

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