Christopher E. Appel

Publications

• The Early Returns Are In: A Review of the First Two Years of Amended Federal Rule of Evidence 702
  94 U. CIN. L. REV. 915 (2026) · University of Cincinnati Law Review · 2026
• The American Law Institute's Impending Credibility Crisis: A Review of Modern Restatements of the Law
  36 U. FLA. J. L. & PUB. POL'Y (2025) · University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy · 2025
• Perspectives on the Future of Tort Damages: The Law Should Reflect Reality
  74 S. C. L. REV. (2022) · South Carolina Law Review · 2022
• Where's the Beef?: A Guide to Judges on Preemption of State Tort Litigation Involving Branded Drugs
  89 U. CIN. L. REV. 597 (2021) · University of Cincinnati Law Review · 2021
• The American Law Institute's Unsound Bid to Reinvent Contract Law in the Proposed Restatement of the Law, Consumer Contracts
  32 LOY. CONSUMER L. REV. 339 (2020) · Loyola Consumer Law Review · 2020

• The U.S. Supreme Court’s Personal Jurisdiction Paradigm Shift to End Litigation Tourism
  14 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y 51 (2019) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2019
• Deep Pocket Jurisprudence: Where Tort Law Should Draw the Line
  70 OKLA. L. REV. 359 (2018) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2018
• Rebutting the Fraud on the Market Presumption in Securities Fraud Class Actions: <em>Halliburton II</em> Opens the Door
  5 MICH. BUS. & ENTREPRENEURIAL L. REV. 33 (2016) · Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review · 2016
• Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right: Reconsidering the Application of Comparative Fault to Punitive Damage Awards
  78 MO. L. REV. (2013) · Missouri Law Review · 2013
• THE CHURCH AUTONOMY DOCTRINE: WHERE TORT LAW SHOULD STEP ASIDE
  80 U. CIN. L. REV. (2012) · University of Cincinnati Law Review · 2012
• The Intersection of Tort and Environmental Law: Where the Twains Should Meet and Depart
  80 FORDHAM L. REV. 737 (2011) · Fordham Law Review · 2011
• Exporting United States Tort Law: The Importance of Authenticity, Necessity, and Learning from Our Mistakes
  38 PEPP. L. REV. (2011) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2011
• Reshaping the Traditional Limits of Affirmative Duties under the Third Restatement of Torts, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 319 (2011)
  44 UIC L. REV. (2011) · UIC Law Review · 2011
• The Need for Rational Boundaries in Civil Conspiracy Claims
  31 N. ILL. U. L. REV. 37 (2010) · Northern Illinois University Law Review · 2010

• Common-Sense Construction of Unfair Claims Settlement Statutes: Restoring the Good Faith in Bad Faith
  58 AM. U. L. REV. (2009) · American University Law Review · 2009
• The Supreme Court's Common Law Approach to Excessive Punitive Damage Awards: A Guide for the Development of State Law
  60 S. C. L. REV. (2009) · South Carolina Law Review · 2009
• Effective Communication of Warnings in the Workplace: Avoiding Injuries in Working with Industrial Materials
  73 MO. L. REV. (2008) · Missouri Law Review · 2008
• Medical Monitoring in Missouri After Meyer ex rel. Coplin v. Fluor Corp.: Sound Policy Should Be Restored to a Vague and Unsound Directive
  27 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. (2007) · Saint Louis University Public Law Review · 2007