Discover tort law, covering civil suits outside of contracts, focusing on negligence, intentional harm, and strict liability with examples and explanations.

Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, has been named by the Association of American Law ...

Flanders illustrates the flexibility of the doctrine of stare decisis in the context of tort cases, where the law evolves as society’s notions of duties change.

The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has officially launched the Perry Weitz Mass Tort Institute, which provides exposure and training on cutting-edge technology modeled off ...

The following realization has begun to dominate contemporary tort theory: in order to understand tort law, theorists must also focus on the legal power that tort law vests in tort victims to pursue a ...

Quid pro quo may mean less if torts damages are sufficiently reduced. Federally imposed tort damage ceilings, in other words, beg the question of other kinds of top-down federal mandates.

Professor Tan introduced generations of students to Tort Law. This compilation of papers to mark the 60th anniversary of the Law Faculty provides a timely opportunity to pay tribute to our colleague ...

Aaron Twerski, the renowned Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law, recently received distinguished recognition for his outstanding contributions to the field of tort law at the Brooklyn Journal of ...