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 ...

Civic authorities should face strict legal liability for preventable deaths and injuries caused by unsafe public ...

It is becoming almost impossible to avoid being exposed to multiple different chemicals on a daily basis. Companies use them to make their environments look and smell cleaner, to keep pests away, and ...

For Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, a drug overdose death is not accidental. It’s a homicide. And homicides, he says, should be treated as crime scenes with detectives searching for clues ...

Back in the dark ages of tort law a person injured by a defective product had no recourse absent privity of contract with the seller. That changed in the 1960s with the development of strict liability ...

Product liability comprises a number of laws and court rulings that apply to any business that makes or sells a product. Businesses that make or sell products are responsible for ensuring that those ...

Washington's self-insurance liability fund has fallen more than $1.7 billion into deficit, driven by a surge in large legal settlements and judgments.

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Strict liability is the underlying principle of anti-doping: riders are solely responsible for any prohibited substance found in their system despite whether there was an intention to cheat or not. It ...