Premises Liability

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Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

December 1, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Georgia Supreme Court to hold that juries cannot assign zero fault to an intentional tortfeasor whose criminal acts directly caused the plaintiff’s...

Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

October 4, 2022

Georgia Supreme Court grants certiorari in case in which Georgia Court of Appeals held, inter alia, that unknown criminal assailant’s attack on plaintiff in store parking lot was foreseeable, and...

Wright v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp.

September 13, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Washington Supreme Court to require jury instruction about the known-or-obvious defense to premises liability. The U.S. Chamber previously filed...

Kandil-Elsayed v. F & E Oil, Inc.

July 29, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Michigan Supreme Court to reaffirm traditional open-and-obvious defense to premises liability.

Wright v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp.

July 13, 2022

Washington Supreme Court agrees to hear case about the proper jury instructions regarding the known or obvious defense to premises liability. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief urging the...

Wright v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp.

May 24, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Washington Supreme Court to grant review and require jury instruction about the known or obvious defense to premises liability.

Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

January 10, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Georgia Supreme Court to grant certiorari in case in which Georgia Court of Appeals held that Georgia’s apportionment statute, OCGA § 51-12-33, does not...

Occidental Chemical Corporation v. Jenkins

January 8, 2016

Texas Supreme Court clarifies limitations on premises liability for former property owners

Occidental Chemical Corporation v. Jenkins

February 13, 2015

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief

Occidental Chemical Corporation v. Jenkins

June 6, 2014

Texas Supreme Court to review limitations on premises liability for former property owners