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 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 ...

Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, has been named by the Association of American Law Schools Section on Torts and Compensation Systems as the recipient of the 2026 ...

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.

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").

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper I discuss the proposal that the law of torts exists to do justice, more specifically corrective justice, between the parties to ...

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 ...