Earlier on Friday, Iran launched a missile barrage targeting large areas in central Israel and the Jerusalem area. Shrapnel fell in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and Rehovot, causing ...

Vancouver’s former chief financial officer filed a tort claim against the city for allegedly retaliating against her after she voiced concerns about the use of public funds.

With remedial work underway to contain hazardous waste leaching into the groundwater at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. (CFAC ...

Children can receive damages for the years of their life that will be lost because of medical negligence, the Supreme Court has ruled. The decision by the UK's highest court overturns a legal ruling ...

Children can now claim damages for the years of life lost due to medical negligence, the Supreme Court has ruled, overturning a legal precedent that stood for more than four decades. The UK’s highest ...

Hospitals across the United States are always looking for ways to reduce costs and avoid medical malpractice lawsuits, while not sacrificing quality of health care. So how are hospitals impacted when ...

This column continues last week's discussion of our doctor shortage and suggests tougher steps some trial lawyers might oppose. We should change the standard of proof required to get punitive damage.

The new Indiana Alliance for Legal Reform’s legislative effort to offer businesses some protections from liability lawsuits cleared the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, but without original ...

What does it mean to attribute a flood, a landslide, or a gas leak to an “Act of God”? The question appears legally sound, conceptually coherent, and culturally neutral. We question this neutrality.

Environmental law did not begin with enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969. Nor did it begin when Massachusetts adopted the first state wetland protection statute in 1963 ...

The Federal Tort Claims Act, the law the president invoked to try to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars, is ordinarily a legal labyrinth that few can navigate. George Retes, Jr., an Army veteran, ...

When entering into a construction contract, it is important to understand and account for the differences between direct damages and consequential damages, as these differences can determine what ...