American tort law (personal injury law) tries to do too many things, and does most of them poorly. Some particulars: · Many injured people are either over-compensated by the tort system, or are ...

Lawsuit payouts by the state of Washington spiked to a new high of more than $506 million in the latest... Read Story ...

Lawmakers could vote on a package of bills, Senate Bill 68 and Senate Bill 69, that would overhaul Georgia’s tort system as soon as this week.

In my impromptu survey, even some business lobbyists agreed that universal no-fault health care would relieve pressure on the tort system. That did not mean, however, that they would support it.

And, thanks to the unchecked abuses, the direct economic costs of the tort system grew at an annual rate of 6 percent year over year between 2016-2020.

A landmark law in Iowa limiting jury awards to $5 million in accident lawsuits against commercial vehicles was sent to the desk of Gov. Kim Reynolds for enactment.

The biggest multidistrict litigation in U.S. history is “broken beyond repair” — stuffed with hundreds of thousands of unvetted and quite possibly unwarranted claims, distorted beyond reason ...

Our broken tort system — which has encouraged a slew of all-too-often meritless medical malpractice lawsuits and the advent of novel funding structures to support increased levels of such ...

The company, which has long held that the talc-related claims hold no merit, said Monday that it will now go back to the “tort system to litigate and defeat” the claims and would reverse ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis approved major changes Friday to the state’s tort laws, cutting down so-called frivolous lawsuits by limiting injury and insurance litigation and attorney fees.

Unlike the tort system, the trust process established under a Chapter 11 plan can alter the dynamics that normally exist between an insurer and its policyholder.

Tort law is the system by which the courts come inand say, 'Whatever you guys have agreed to, we have a better notionabout who should bear risks and costs.' It's dangerous in that sense. MR.