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 ...

Section 230 shields ad platforms from liability, while FTC enforcement holds advertisers strictly responsible for deceptive ...

Explore tortfeasors in tort law: understand definitions, explore types like negligence and intentional torts, and learn legal responsibilities in civil claims.

Because it is impossible to design a prescription drug that provides the desired health benefits with zero risk of harm, courts have long held that manufacturers of prescription drugs are not strictly ...

Q If a product is dangerous, causes harm, and it’s being used in a perfectly normal way, why would you need an expert witness in a lawsuit? Isn’t that strict liability? A Your opponent is going to ...

From Illinois Appellate Court Judge David Ellis's concurring opinion two weeks ago in People v. Lee: I believe that the State is required to prove that the defendant [who is charged with possessing a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the week in which Scottish football was marred by an incident involving pyrotechnics at the St Mirren vs Celtic match, pressure is mounting on governing bodies to put fans in the dock by adopting ...