#Exxon 's #Bid To #Pause #US #Tribes' #Climate #Suit Met With #Skepticism

A #Washingtonstate #judge expressed reluctance on Friday to grant Exxon and other #oil #giants' #request to pause two #tribal #lawsuits #alleging a decades-long #campaign to #downplay the #harm of #fossilfuels until the U.S. #SupremeCourt weighs in on the viability of #climate #torts in a Colorado case. [via Law360]

The Supreme Court of Colorado rejected an insurer’s argument that the economic loss doctrine does not apply where there is willful and wanton conduct in connection with a breach of contract.

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https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/10/no-exception-to-the-economic-loss-doctrine-for-willful-and-wonton-conduct/

When a party sues based on an indemnification clause that covers harms caused by a construction company’s negligence, is the action in tort or contract? A Massachusetts court rules that it’s contract, and that sure seems right.

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https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/10/contracts-triumphs-over-torts-statute-of-limitations/

Supreme Court Faces Heat After Unexplained Rulings for Trump

The US Supreme Court is fueling criticism that it’s treating presidential administrations differently and acting as a partisan…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/3438/

Once again a child was injured at a trampoline park. Once again, they will have to arbitrate their claim. I’m not sure why arbitration is a bad thing in this instance, but the drafting here was sloppy as to duration.

#law #contracts #litigation #arbitration #torts #trampolines

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/03/another-child-bound-by-parent-to-arbitrate-claims-against-amusement-park.html

If you teach contractual waivers of liability, you might be interested in William Gordon Childs’s materials on Recreation and Risk, available online with hyperlinks to primary sources.

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https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/02/recreation-and-risk-the-book-the-website-the-links-to-liability-waivers.html

Are the Flyers broken, already? Jake and #Delortho.com's Dr. Joseph Mesa discuss!

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Interesting public policy case in Georgia. Should courts allow for contracts that shorten statutes of limitations to bring wrongful death claims? Answer, yes until the legislature says otherwise.

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https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2024/12/supreme-court-of-georgia-weighs-in-on-limitations-of-statutes-of-limitations-for-wrongful-death-clai.html