The audacity of a N100m claim as damages, brought by the alleged mastermind of the Nyanya, Abuja, bomb blast, and a Boko Haram kingpin, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, seemingly justify the common saying that ...
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 ...
On May 11, attorneys general from 21 states wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s chair and ranking member, requesting federal liability protection to help mitigate the threat of frivolous ...
A costly issue facing state and local governments was exemplified this week in Clark County. It is one of numerous cases demonstrating the need for tort reform and serious discussions among lawmakers.
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 ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s call to make tort reform a condition for giving state and local governments aid for budgets depleted by COVID-19 have left Democrats and plaintiffs’ attorneys ...
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 ...
(Reuters) - Some of the most closely watched U.S. product liability cases, including mass torts over opioid painkillers and the heartburn medicine Zantac, began to wind down in 2022. Others, however, ...
COLUMBIA — Negotiations between Statehouse leaders have stalled on a sweeping litigation package backed by Senate Republicans, raising the stakes that a much-desired deal on liquor liability insurance ...
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