Tort law was created with the intention of providing full compensation for proven harms. Trespass, assault, battery, negligence, products liability, and intentional infliction of emotional distress ...

Just days after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed tort reform legislation into law, a Dougherty County jury returned a $70 million verdict against a trio of physicians whose alleged negligence resulted ...

On April 21, the Colorado Supreme Court held that there is no exception to the economic loss rule (“ELR”) for willful and wanton conduct.

We will discuss some central ideas in the law of negligence (acts vs omissions, duties of care, breach, causation and remoteness), as well as the major schools of thought on the purpose and function ...

Governor Brian Kemp signed bills on Monday related to one of his biggest priorities of the legislative session - tort reform ... for individuals harmed by negligence or criminal acts.

HB 6017 is a Florida bill that aims to repeal the state's "Free Kill" statute. It already passed in the House and passed the Senate on May 1.

Florida lawmakers voted to end a 35-year-old law blocking wrongful-death claims for adult children and parents in medical ...

In the wily world of mass torts, the maxim that America is a nation of laws is strained past its breaking point. But the outcomes, people on both sides say, still resemble rough justice.

On Monday, Governor Brian Kemp signed into law Senate Bill 68 and 69, marking the culmination of a 20-year legislative effort ...

arguing the legislation favors insurance companies at the expense of Georgia's consumers and that awarding large jury verdicts is the mechanism that tort law uses to hold negligent companies ...