COVID-19 and the Problem of Multiple Sufficient Causes
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, what seemed like an antiquated doctrine to be relegated to the age of sparking trains may be steaming back into relevance.
Tort Liability
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Read more: The Impossibility of Legal Accountability for COVID-19 Torts The Impossibility of Legal Accountability for COVID-19 Torts
Torts scholars reflect on questions surrounding whether and how entities might be held liable for the harms associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Read more: IRBs Advise Physician Involvement in Informed Consent IRBs Advise Physician Involvement in Informed Consent
By Nadia N. Sawicki Much has been written about the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s recent decision in Shinal v. Toms, in which the court held that a physician’s duty to obtain informed consent, as codified in Pennsylvania’s MCARE Act, is non-delegable. According to the court, a physician faced with an informed consent suit cannot defend…