eggshell skull syndrome
14 results for eggshell skull syndrome
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857 F.3d 267 (5th Cir. 2017), 15-30811, Koch v. United States
Plaintiff and his wife filed suit against the Government under the third-party liability provision of the Longshore and Harborworkers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. 905(b), after plaintiff was injured while aboard a public vessel owned by the Government and operated by its agents. Plaintiff was inspecting the vessel in connection with his employer's bidding on repair work. The district...
... syndrome. Although Koch's preexisting conditions are. ... inapplicable because it is an " eggshell skull". plaintiff case, and that the " ...
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Personalizing default rules and disclosure with Big Data.
... reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ("SIDS"). Or suppose the state wants to convince ... in First Amendment law, (233) the eggshell skull doctrine in tort law, (234) and the focus ...
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The Top 50 Verdicts & Settlements of 2019.
... because he suffered from short bowel syndrome, in which the absence of a small intestine makes ... suffered severe injuries, and part of his skull was removed because of brain swelling. . "He had ... a classic example of what's known as an "eggshell plaintiff," who suffers more serious injuries ...
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638 F.3d 905 (8th Cir. 2011), 10-1280, Schaub v. VonWald
... renal failure resulting from Goodpasture Syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease difficult to diagnose ...To be sure, the " eggshell skull" rule— i.e., a tortfeasor takes his ...
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Koch v. United States, 051217 FED5, 15-30811
... syndrome. Although Koch's preexisting conditions are. ... inapplicable because it is an "eggshell skull". plaintiff case, and that the ...
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908 F.2d 1053 (1st Cir. 1990), 89-1305, Doty v. Sewall
....2d 1217, 1221 (7th Cir.1983) (explaining eggshell skull rule); Pierce v. Southern Pac. Transp. Co., ... the onset of post traumatic stress syndrome, an illness which had its genesis in Vietnam. ...
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Bracing the armor: extending rape shield protections to civil proceedings.
.... At common law, the "thin skull" or "eggshell skull" rule, which applies in all ... & Lynda Lytle Holmstrom, Rape Trauma Syndrome, in FORCIBLE RAPE: THE CRIME, THE VICTIM, AND THE ...
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318 F.3d 736 (7th Cir. 2003), 01-4089, Zurba v. U.S.
..., she was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. Throughout this time, Zurba also suffered from ... (it doesn't matter which, given the "eggshell skull" rule of tort damages, Stoleson v. United ...
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God v. the mitigation of damages doctrine: why religion should be considered a pre-existing condition.
... CONSIDERATIONS FOR EXTENDING THE THIN-SKULL DOCTRINE A. Pre-Existing Condition Debate B. ...] victim.." (101) Pointing out that the "'eggshell plaintiff' has not been limited to physical ... suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome caused by the accident, and this disorder kept ...
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The difficult plaintiff: the influence of somatoform disorders in civil tort.
... at all, if he had not had an unusually thin skull or an unusually weak heart." In personal injury, ...The classic law school "eggshell plaintiff' was one whose preexisting physical ... referred to as hysteria or Briquet's syndrome), a polysymptomatic disorder that begins before ...
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Compensation neurosis rides again: a practitioner's guide to defending PTSD claims.
... Levy comments that post traumatic syndromes are making a comeback after it seemed they had ...E. An Eggshell Skull May Not Necessarily . Indicate an Eggshell ...
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5669 CRB-7-11-7 (2012). FRANKLIN T. MILLER, III CLAIMANT-APPELLANT v. THYSSEN KRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATION.
... His diagnosis sets forth "lumbar facet syndrome; lumbar spondylosis,. radiculopathy, HNP ... application of the "eggshell plaintiff"(fn5) theory to the instant matter ... "eggshell plaintiff" refers to the eggshell skull or thin. skull line of tort cases. Those ...
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You're an Egg.
An English professor tries to get physically active again An 36 year old English professor takes up hobbies he abandoned as a youth. He plays hockey, the drums and golfs. One day one side of his face become paralyzed, and he is diagnosed with Bell's palsy. Yet, he continues to play hockey as the palsy goes into remission.
... saying as we worked a loading dock, "an eggshell, m'fren'. Sixty pounds of pressure anywhere on ... the voice of Fear nattering away in your skull, like a tableau out of Pilgrim's Progress. . I ...'s a developmental disability like Down's syndrome, that affects everything you do; sometimes it's a ...
- Brown v. ASRC Energy Services, 092414 AKWC, 14-0129