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The Longest Spring Break of my Life: COVID\u27s Impact on Emotional Wellness

In this narrative, I recall my experience with COVID and its subsequent financial and emotional impact on life of the world during this pandemic

INSURANCE-RIGHT OF INSURED TO MAKE HIS OWN DEFENSE AT EXPENSE OF INSURER WHERE P AND D ARE INSURED BY SAME INSURER

The drivers of two automobiles involved in a collision were insured against liability for damages by the same insurance company. Their policies contained clauses reserving to the insurer the right and duty to defend all actions. One driver, Borad, sued the other, O\u27Morrow, who, through counsel of his own selection, filed a cross complaint for damages and gave notice to the insurance company that these attorneys would also present his defense. When the company informed O\u27Morrow that it considered his independent defense a breach of the co-operation clause, he brought this action for declaratory relief. On appeal from a judgment in the trial court for insurer, held, the insurer may not control the defenses of two insureds, because it is contrary to public policy to permit both sides of litigation to be directed by one person; and, where there is such conflict between the interest of the insurer and the insureds, the latter are excused from compliance with the co-operation clauses and may recover from insurer any costs of suit and reasonable attorney\u27s fees incurred in defending themselves against each other\u27s claims. O\u27Morrow v. Borad, 27 Cal. (2d) 794, 167 P. (2d) 483 (1946)

INNKEEPERS-FAILURE OF GUEST TO DISCLOSE CHARACTER OF CONTENTS OF BAGGAGE AS NEGLIGENCE

In an action seeking damages, based on the alleged negligence of a bailee for hire in causing the loss in transit of a salesman\u27s stock of valuable jewelry, because the departing bailor-guest\u27s failure to disclose the extraordinary value of the contents of his trunk amounted to negligence, held, recovery denied. Shiman Bros. & Co., Inc. v. Nebraska National Hotel Co., (Neb. 1945) 18 N.W. (2d) 551

For Whom the Statute Tolls? Not Even the Sacred Heart: Florida Class Action Jurisdiction and the Need for Savings Statute to Toll the Limitations Period

Class actions are common litigation tools that plaintiffs use to efficiently adjudicate their rights. However, with the passage of the Class Action Fairness Act and the Florida Capacity to Sue statute, class plaintiffs could very quickly find their claims traveling from state to federal court, or simply being dismissed for lack of jurisdiction if originally filed in federal court. While this may not initially suggest an issue, CAFA and the Florida Capacity to Sue statute are creating tremendous traffic in federal courts. When considered with Florida’s strict application of the statute of limitations for class actions, a plaintiff’s limitations period may run while the lawsuit waits its turn to be heard in federal court. This Note explores the reluctance of both Florida and federal courts, interpreting Florida law, to apply any form of class action tolling, either through the American Pipe rule or equitable tolling, and the consequences of this choice on Florida lawsuits. While the court in Sacred Heart Health System v. Humana Military Healthcare Services came close to solving the tolling issue in Florida, the problem was never ultimately resolved. Following this almost groundbreaking case, the court in Dineen interpreted Florida law to not permit class action tolling, and left the plaintiffs without any means of relief. This Note then looks to other jurisdictions that have solved the tolling issue with savings statutes and explains why this is the best method for addressing the tolling issue in Florida. After considering this issue in light of the unique policy concerns underlying class actions and statutes of limitations, this Note argues that the Florida Legislature must adopt a savings statute to toll the limitations period for class actions that are denied relief because of jurisdictional issues

Synthesis and Integration of Oligoviologens into Hydrogel Actuators

Interest in the development of soft-material artificial molecular muscles has inspired scientists to pursue novel stimuli-responsive systems capable of undergoing change in the physical and mechanical properties of a material in response to external stimuli. This interest has been driven primarily by advances, or the desire for advances, in fields such as soft robotics, microfluidics, and bio-compatible drug-delivery systems. In this work, redox-responsive viologens and their ability to form stable radical-cation complexes were evaluated as a method of actuation in stimuli-responsive materials, specifically hydrogels. First, a brief overview of hydrogel actuators is covered, with some examples given of the broad varieties of stimuli-responsive hydrogels. Then, viologens and their behavior and characteristics are discussed, with special attention paid to the effect of the tether between viologens on their ability to pimerize and the previous work on incorporating viologens into hydrogel actuators. A study was performed to allow viologen-containing hydrogels to respond to a different stimuli than was implemented previously, namely the use of light to actuate the viologen-containing hydrogel using a blue light sensitive photo-redox catalyst that allowed the material to lose 50% of its total volume over five hours. In the same study, it was also shown that the integration of oligoviologen above 5 mol % was detrimental to the physical properties of the material with no noticeable benefit in actuation speed or amount. Viologen-containing hydrogels were then incorporated into a hydrogel network using a different method of polymerization, namely uncontrolled free radical polymerization where the previous studies had utilized copper-mediated azide-alkyne “click” chemistry. These hydrogels were shown to actuate in a similar manner and change color to those shown in previous studies. These viologen-containing hydrogels were then photopatterned using a mask and a ruthenium-based photocatalyst. There is a lot of potential for these viologens to be utilized in hydrogel actuators due to their responsiveness to differing stimuli, such as those described here