Limitations v. Repose
The U.S. Supreme Court held today that Congress preempted "statutes of limitations" — but not "statutes of repose" – for toxic tort cases.
The Court explained that limitations periods require plaintiffs to bring claims promptly but that repose statutes aim to free defendants from worry. CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, No.
The Fourth Circuit reversed a judgment that awarded nothing — zilch — on a winning $50 million False Claims Act claim for civil penalties.
The panel first ruled that FSA relator Kurt Bunk had "standing" to sue under the statute despite his lack of personal injury. The harm to the federal government (from a scheme
The Fourth Circuit ruled that Rent-a-Center (RAC) won't have to answer in court for leasing a trundle bed full of bedbugs to Christine and Antwan Seney.
The vermin had bitten the Seneys' son, for whom they'd gotten the trundle, and when RAC retrieved the rental its movers dragged the bed through the Seneys' home, spreading
Scene: Snappy dozes at her laptop. Across the table, Bitey sips from a LavAzza cup. Slurps, really. Yet it doesn't wake Snappy. So Bitey clears his throat. Snappy straightens. She yawns.
Snappy: Curse you. Can't you see. Can't you see my slumber. Your crudeness has chased it. Caught it. Made it depart. Dang. And why
Whatever the poetic merit of the lyrics and their relevance to the sport of football,1 we agree with the district court that the music played over the public address system during Redskins home games is part of the football game experience that defendants provide as a good or service, and that the [Americans with
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 put federal courts in charge of handling all but a small group of class cases with $5 million or more at issue. CAFA did so in part by growing the scope of "diversity of citizenship" jurisdiction — which applies when people on different sides hail from different states