Comments on: Canadian court: alcoholism following accident is compensable injury

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:26:19 +0000

Nice post and interesting subject. My Boss David M Cantor, a Phoenix AZ DUI Lawyer made a video comment about this case and agrees with how the judge called it. At first glance I agree that this seems excessive, however when you review the case the judge's ruling makes sense. While I am not a lawyer I just work for one it seems that if I am injured from an accident and that injury leads to me abusing prescription drugs or alcohol then compensation should be paid.

By: Post-Accident Alcoholism is compensable in Canada

Post-Accident Alcoholism is compensable in Canada — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:24:58 +0000

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By: Richard Underwood

Richard Underwood — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:09:55 +0000

I will be interested in the views of other Remedies teachers in American Law Schools. Does “Reasonably forseeable” have any meaning after this? I am thinking this this is a very negative development. On the other hand, I do not teach at one of the elite law schools that are the model for American legal education. – according to Overlawyered anyway.

I must say that I find this blog very helpful. Keep looking for stuff like this. My students appreciate these bits and pieces of the “Real World.”

By: Cloudesley Shovell

Cloudesley Shovell — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:58:17 +0000

That opens up a pretty big door through which future plaintiffs will attempt to exploit for all sorts of “reasonably foreseeable” remote consequences.

The judge cited plaintiff’s parents’ alcoholism as a factor in determining that the “thin skull” rule applied to plaintiff’s “genetic predisposition” to alcoholism. I think the judge stretched the foundation of the thin skull rule beyond its breaking point.