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

Negligence & Business Duties. Tort law is the branch of law that deals with civil wrongs, including negligence, that come from sources other than breaches of contracts.

What Does Negligence Liability Involve?. To be liable for something, under the law, means to be responsible in some way for an outcome that results in a violation of the law (criminal liability ...

Volokh Conspiracy Negligence Claims Brought Against Protest Organizers: More on the Tort Law Side of Doe v. Mckesson, the Baton Rouge Black Lives Matter case (in which Judge Don Willett has just ...

Professional negligence and negligent misrepresentation against design professionals are significantly different. With the exception of having to prove conduct that deviated from the professional ...

Beyond this, however, is the role that tort law plays in punishing the misconduct of corporations and individuals who cause harm to others through negligent misconduct. The existence of our tort ...

Confusing Theories of Liability: Negligent Driving and Negligent Employment Florida plaintiffs are pressing for the extinction of vicarious liability against employers for their employees' negligence.

Law and Philosophy, Vol. 2, No. 1, Values in the Law of Tort: Part II (Apr., 1983), pp. 37-62 (26 pages) This paper explores how the widely acknowledged conception of tort law as corrective justice is ...

Under Florida law, negligence is the failure to use reasonable care. Negligence is the failure to use the care that a reasonable person would use under the same or similar circumstances or the ...

A Legal Pathway to Compensation Claims and Legal Cases in England & Wales – What Is Emotional Distress in Tort Law? Emotional distress refers to significant psychological suffering, such as ...