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Food poisoning claims made easier for claimants

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 24 2012

The recent county court case of Antcliffe v Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd imposes strict liability on tour operators if a consumer suffers food poisoning during the course of a package holiday

California Supreme Court sets important assumption of risk case for argument

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 20 2012

The California Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument for October 3, 2012 in Nalwa v. Cedar Fair, an important assumption of risk case which we have previously discussed in this blog

Manslaughter charges arise from alleged Liqor Licence Act violations

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 20 2012

Fast on the heels of the successful prosecution of Metron Construction for criminal negligence arising from the deaths of four of its workers in December 2009, wrongful act manslaughter charges have been laid against the two owners of the Angry Beaver bar located in Belleville, Ontario

Equine Activity Limitation of Liability Act given broad reading in Texas

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2012

A recent opinion from an intermediate Texas appellate court gives a broad reading to the Texas Equine Activity Limitation of Liability Act

Swift justice for Olympic criminals

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 26 2012

Legal update emails have been filled for months with warnings about the impact that the Olympics will have on the Court Service

"Zipping" liability in the bud: Zip-line waiver withstands court's scrutiny

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 14 2012

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently upheld a lower court decision that two customers who signed waivers before embarking on a Zip-Trekking outing were prevented from suing Cougar Mountain Adventures Ltd

Dancing on the ceiling

  • Hall & Wilcox
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 13 2012

Stonewall Hotel Pty Ltd leased three-storey premises which it ran as a restaurant and nightclub

Can you sue for an injury from a bump on a bumper car ride?

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 4 2012

Can you sue for injuries caused by bumping on a bumper car ride?

BCCA adresses Tercon test for public policy and exemption clauses

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 19 2012

In its well-known decision in Tercon Contractors, the Supreme Court of Canada set out a three-part test for the enforceability of contractual exemption clauses

Animals Act: acceptance of risk

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 8 2012

Horse rider who suffered a serious injury in a fall could not recover damages under the Animals Act 1971; Court of Appeal agrees she had voluntarily accepted the risk of injury

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