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Court: Supervisor May Be Liable for Negligent Exposure of Subordinate to Discrimination Lawsuit; Do We Have a New Cause of Action?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

You’ve heard of the negligent hiring case. Should we now get ready for "negligent exposure" cases? A Connecticut Superior Court recently allowed a claim of negligence to proceed by a subordinate against a supervisor, on the grounds that the supervisor drew the subordinate into a dispute with another employee, exposing the subordinate to the costs of… Continue Reading

Estimating the Costs of Litigation; Parallel Stories Illustrate Difficulty of Predicting Costs and Outcome of Litigation

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

Returning from the ABA Meeting today, there were two stories over the last couple of days that have received some press. Taken together, they show the difficulties that companies and individuals have in predicting both the outcome of lawsuits and the costs of them. First, the stories: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is proposing… Continue Reading