The Limits of Liability Waivers: Why Exculpatory Clauses Cannot Bar Wrongful Death Claims in New Jersey
In Gershon v. Regency Diving Center, Inc., the New Jersey Appellate Division held that a liability waiver signed by a…
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How an Ethiopian Marathon Runner’s Name Redefined “Advertising Idea” in Insurance Law
In Holyoke Mutual, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that a shoe manufacturer's use of the name "Bikila," after Ethiopian…
The Swedish Heir: Fiduciary Duty and Procedural Fairness in Massachusetts Probate
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled in Leighton v. Hallstrom that a Swedish maternal cousin was not procedurally barred from claiming…
How a Texas Court Enforced a Mexican Marital Property Regime
Overturning a trial court's summary judgment, the Texas Court of Appeals in El Paso ruled that a Mexican "Separación de…
Navigating Foreign Decrees: An Eritrean Divorce, an Italian Separation, and Texas Family Law
The Texas Court of Appeals' decision in Zewde v. Abadi illustrates that a party challenging a foreign divorce decree must…
An Ohio Court Recognizes a Customary Divorce in India
In Kaur v. Bharmota, 182 Ohio App.3d 696 (2009), an Ohio court recognized a decades-old, thumbprinted Urdu document as a…
The Unyielding Requirement of Notice and Probate Court’s Discretion to Prevent a “Manifest Injustice”
In In re Miramontes, the Texas Court of Appeals upheld the vacating of a multi-million-dollar judgment because the probate proceedings…
How Eastern European Heirs Won Their Inheritance in In re Estate of Rosen
In In re Estate of Rosen, the Pennsylvania Superior Court overturned a lower court and found that an estate administrator's…
How a Missing Marriage Certificate Tested Inheritance Rights
In re Estate of Uhl established that for intestate succession, the inheritance rights of nonmarital children are determined by the…