Discover tort law, covering civil suits outside of contracts, focusing on negligence, intentional harm, and strict liability with examples and explanations.

A tort is any civil wrong for which the law provides a remedy. Torts provide compensation for injuries to persons and property caused by the fault of another. There have always been concerns about ...

The law of torts differs from state to state. Florida, like every other state, is a common law state (meaning that judges are required to follow precedent as a result of decisions by higher courts).

A recent panel discussion on whether state and local suits against fossil fuel producers are preempted by federal law (and my arguments for why the answer is "no, they are not").

In addition to traditional questions of legal interest, the following are all within the purview of the journal: comparative and international law, the law of the European Community, legal history and ...

Tort law is animated by a simple and powerful idea: If you harm other people by failing to take reasonable care, then fairness requires you to compensate them.

Other cases will push the boundaries of Tort law, which requires for liability the triad of wrongdoing, causation, and damages.

Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, has been named by the Association of American Law ...

JONATHAN BARON, ILANA RITOV, Intuitions about Penalties and Compensation in the Context of Tort Law, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Vol. 7, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT LIABILITY AND ...