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Selected Recent Court Decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2021

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 1992

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References

1 Corrosion Proof Fittings v. Environmental Protection Agency, 947 F.2d 1201 (5th Cir. 1991).

2 Id. at 1217. See Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 2618 (West Supp. 1991).

3 Fittings, 947 F.2d at 1228.

4 Id. at 1207.

5 Id.

6 Id. at 1207-08.

7 Id. at 1223.

8 Id. at 1214.

9 Id. at 1217.

10 Id.

11 Id. at 1223 (quoting 54 Fed. Reg. 29,467 (July 12, 1989)).

12 Id. at 1229.

13 Id. at 1215.

1 Kiepfer v. Beller, 944 F.2d 1213 (5th Cir. 1991).

2 Id. at 1220.

3 Id.

4 Id. at 1216.

5 Id.

6 Id.

7 Id. at 1217.

8 Id.

9 Id. at 1218.

10 Id. at 1219.

11 Id.

12 Id.

13 Id. at 1220.

1 Daly v. United States, 946 F.2d 1467 (9th Cir. 1991).

2 Id. at 1470.

3 Id. at 1468.

4 Id. at 1469.

5 Id.

6 Id.

7 Federal Torts Claim Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2674 (1965).

8 Daly, 946 F.2d at 1469.

9 Id. at 1468.

10 Id. at 1470.

11 Id. at 1471.

12 Id. at 1470.

13 See id.

14 Id.

15 Id. at 1472.

16 See id.

1 Grosinsky v. United States, 947 F.2d 417 (9th Cir. 1991).

2 Federal Torts Claim Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2674 (West 1965).

3 Grosinsky, 947 F.2d at 418. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b) (West 1976).

4 Grosinsky, 947 F.2d at 418.

5 Grosinsky v. United States, 741 F. Supp. 805 (D. Ariz. 1990).

6 Grosinsky, 947 F.2d at 418.

7 Id.

8 Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 146 (1950).

1 Fischman v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 775 F. Supp. 513 (D. Conn. 1991).

2 The Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1461 (West 1991).

3 Fischman, 775 F. Supp. at 515.

4 Id. at 517.

5 Id. at 514.

6 Id.

7 Id. at 515.

8 Id. at 518.

9 Id. at 514.

10 Id. at 516 (citation omitted).

11 Id. at 517.

1 Johnson v. Belleville Radiologists, 581 N.E.2d 750 (111. App. Ct. 1991).

2 Id. at 752.

3 Id. at 751-52.

4 Id. at 751.

5 ILL. ANN. STAT. ch. 70, H 302, § 2(c) (1989).

6 Johnson, 581 N.E.2d at 751.

7 Id. at 752.

1 Frye v. Medicare-Glaser Corp., Nightengale and Barrow, 579 N.E.2d 1255 (111. App. Ct. 1991).

2 Id. at 1259.

3 Id. at 1256.

4 Id. at 1258.

5 Id. at 1256.

6 Id. at 1256-57.

7 Id. at 1257.

8 Id.

9 RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS § 323 (1965).

10 Frye, 579 N.E.2d at 1258-59.

1 In the Matter of Mary Moe, 579 N.E.2d 682 (Mass. App. Ct 1991).

2 Id. at 686.

3 Id. A substituted judgment determination is that decision which the incompetent person would make were she competent.

4 Id. at 684 (quoting from the Findings and Order of the Probate Court Judge).

5 Id.

6 Id. At 685n.7.

7 Id. at 685.

8 Id. at 686-87.

9 Id. at 686.

10 Id.

11 Id.

12 Id. (quoting Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Seikewitz, 370 N.E.2d 417, 431 (Mass. 1977)).

13 Id. at 686-87.

14 Id. at 687.

1 Medlock v. Board of Trustees, 580 N.E.2d 387 (Mass. App. Ct. 1991).

2 MASS. GEN. LAWS ANN. ch. 30A, §§ 11A, 11A§ (West 1992).

3 Medlock, 580 N.E.2d at 391.

4 Id. at 388.

5 Id. at 390.

6 Id. at 391. See MASS. GEN. LAWS ANN. ch. 30A, § 11A (West 1992).

7 Medlock, 580 N.E.2d at 391.

8 Id. at 392.

9 Id.

1 Bean v. Broussard, 587 So. 2d 908 (Miss. 1991).

2 Id. at 913.

3 Id. at 913 n.5.

4 Id. at 909.

5 Id. at 910.

6 Id.

7 Id.

8 Id. at 911.

9 Id.

10 Id. at 913.

11 Id.

12 Id.

13 Id.