Torts Blog

I have argued before that I really don't see why pet owners should not have the right to try to claim personal/emotional injuries due to...

In a 4-3 decision issued today, the Supreme Court of Missouri has found that caps on the amount of money a person can win in medical malprac...

Last week I reported ( here ) that the first lawsuit related to the shooting at the premiere of the latest Batman movie had been filed.  I c...

Now that all the articles in the ongoing symposium on the Alien Torts Statute are in, some of the authors are posting responses to some of t...

A federal judge in Florida has granted summary judgment for Roche in an Accutane lawsuit, finding that the drug maker provided adequate war...

It is not unusual to have injured people file lawsuits following events like the shooting in Colorado last week.  However, I am sometimes su...

New York lawyer and blogger Eric Turkewitz has posted a reply to a proposal to replace the current medical liability system with a type of ...

Hundreds of protestors turned out in Michigan’s capitol city of Lansing this week to speak out against a proposed bill that would radically...

The Center for Justice and Democracy has posted a very good (and short) new response to many of the most common claims by tort reformers.  Y...

You may remember last year's big debate about the movie Hot Coffee.  For some background on the movie and links to articles and comments...