Tort law is the branch of law that deals with civil wrongs, including negligence, that come from sources other than breaches of contracts. Both businesses and individuals may be legally and ...

Fire and emergency medical services (EMS) agencies are no stranger to litigation of all types–from criminal to civil claims in local and federal courts. Daily, we see in the news that fire departments ...

A multiracial team stabilizes an injured young adult woman in the hospital emergency room. Violent encounters in the emergency department are becoming a serious issue. This month, Ann W. Latner, JD, ...

An employer recently faced a lawsuit arising from a rear-end collision that occurred in November 2020. A tractor-trailer of CKJ Transport, driven by an employee acting in the course and scope of his ...

The Sixth Circuit reviewed an indemnification agreement in a shipping contract to determine the definition of “sole negligence.” The indemnification clause read: [Diamond] does hereby expressly agree ...

The nurse mistakenly administered 120 milligrams of morphine to the wrong patient. This month, we look at a recent case out of Nevada where the court was asked to ...

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 ...

A negligence lawsuit involving a 2023 death during a cosmetic procedure has been dismissed with prejudice against Ames ...

The law in Pennsylvania has special provisions about when children can be held responsible for their negligence (carelessness resulting in harm to another or themselves). Under certain circumstances, ...

Joshua Cargile, Michael Carrer, Michael Orlando Jr. In a recent opinion issued on June 27, the Supreme Court of Texas emphasized that the presence of negligence does not always lead to liability, and ...

In Bangladesh, medical negligence is a day-to-day instance now from wrong diagnoses to surgical failures frequently harming or even killing patients. Public outrage has been prompted by several recent ...