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A motorcyclist’s injury case may prompt Maryland’s Supreme Court to revisit its contributory negligence standard, still used ...
Claims against design professionals often pose unique challenges when such claims are dually rooted in both tort and contract ...
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 ...
The lawsuit accuses the agency of negligence, emotional distress, trespass, false imprisonment and assault and battery. Congress amended the tort law in 1974 to allow lawsuits against federal law ...
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.
Florida lawmakers voted to end a 35-year-old law blocking wrongful-death claims for adult children and parents in medical malpractice cases. The bill was one of two attorney's were watching.
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.
Attorneys from Wagner Reese, a personal injury and sexual abuse law firm, said in a release Wednesday that they have served an Indiana Tort Claim Notice against the Metropolitan School District of ...