Torts Blog

Here is a link to a story recently published in Wall Street Journal about lawsuits targeting stores for selling guns illegally. There wer...

The family of Tyler Clementi, the student who committed suicide in September after video of his inimate encounter with another man was broad...

When discussing preemption I always tell my students it is a "powerful" defense and I remind them that it has been used to success...

The American Tort Reform Association, a corporate front group whose mission is to make it more difficult for people to recover compensation ...

I am sure you have heard about the case where a plaintiff was awarded compensation when she got burned by McDonald’s hot coffee. But do you ...

Here are links to three videos of a recent interview of FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg by Michael Specter of The New Yorker. Part 1: Reg...

Abnormal Use is reporting that the federal government proposed new rules aimed at improving rear visibility standards for vehicles. The re...

The makers of Zicam have indicated that they are offering a $15.5 million to settle lawsuits brought by consumers who allege that they lost ...

I have blogged a few times about veterans claiming compensation for injuries related to exposure to toxins and other hazards. In 2008, sixte...

The Legal Ethics Forum recently reported on a case out of the California Court of Appeal called Hall v. Kalfayan , in which the court decide...