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...opinion by Judge (later Supreme Court Justice) Benjamin Cardozo, however, the New York Court of Appeals upheld MacPherson and extended manufacturers' liability to third parties for any product "reasonably certain to place life and limb in danger when negligently made." The decision left intact one vital requirement: the plaintiff must prove that the manufacturer was negligent...
...recent years the courts have steadily expanded the rights of children to sue for damages resulting from prenatal injury. Now before the courts is a case that marks a milestone in this facet of the law. The plaintiff is an illegitimate child, conceived during the rape of a hospitalized mental patient. Suit has been filed in her behalf to recover damages for the mental anguish of being born a bastard...
...white-haired man shuffled into Los Angeles superior court. His pants cuffs spilled two inches over his shoes. A wide necktie flopped across his rumpled blue shirt, his collar tabs curled like potato chips. He was Arthur Garrett, 63, lawyer for the plaintiff-who also happened to be Arthur Garrett...
...deported. By consular agreement, word of an American's arrest is immediately passed to U.S. officials. The accused's right to counsel begins at the pretrial magistrate's hearing. In civil as well as criminal cases, the government pays the bill if a British defendant (or plaintiff) cannot afford a lawyer. Most British courts, though not all, offer the same aid to accused Americans. Convicted aliens are commonly sentenced to buy a one-way ticket home. So easy is Britain on errant Americans that arrested Britons have been known to claim U.S. citizenship...
...unborn plaintiff has such recovery rights against outsiders, the next obvious question is its legal position to its mother. As yet, the issue has not been tested. But some lawyers feel that if a child can prove that its mother negligently exposed it to a defect-causing disease, there is no reason why the child cannot sue its own mother-and collect...