Alabama's liability claims costs surged 59% between 2020 and 2024, more than double the 23% rise in consumer prices over the same period, as increased litigation and larger settlements squeeze ...
In Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority, the government contends (and the lower courts agreed) that the TVA should be immune from tort liability to shield executive policy-making, even when the TVA ...
Mazzocchio arises from two sisters’ allegations that they developed cancer from exposure to radioactive contamination linked to a former nuclear waste storage site in Missouri. The sisters sued ...
Several industrial companies have recently implemented transactions to permanently divest legacy contingent liabilities. In ...
It's even worse than you think. Out-of-control lawsuits are shutting down medical practices, killing businesses and costing the economy $200 billion a year. For two and a half weeks this winter, Dr.
JURIST contributing editor Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law discusses recent developments in lawsuits seeking to impose tort liability for negligent sale of ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Senate has given key approval to a bill that would reduce liquor liability costs for bars and restaurants. However, they did it by attaching their entire tort ...
Economists tend to view tort law differently than lawyers—or state attorney generals—and this difference explains both the advent of bankruptcy trusts in adjudicating class action liability claims and ...
From Judge Tiffany Cartwright (W.D. Wash.) in Friday's Jan v. People Media Project: Plaintiff Almog Meir Jan is an Israeli citizen who was kidnapped on October 7 and held hostage by Hamas operative ...
As a small-business owner, you can protect yourself and your business from costly litigation by recognizing situations that expose you to tort liability. A tort is a civil wrong causing injury to ...
[Editor’s note: An earlier version of this post ran on July 24, as an introduction to the blog’s symposium on Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, as well as at Howe on the Court, where it was originally ...
Last week and this, I've been serializing my Large Libel Models? Liability for AI Output draft. For some earlier posts on this (including § 230, disclaimers, publication, and more), see here; one ...
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