One result of better scientific tools can be the identification of additional conditions related to a substance that can be harmful. A...

A June 24, 2019 post at ThePopTort points out that the Supreme Courts of both Kansas and Oklahoma recently struck down damages cap...

In the late 1980s, we did a 50 state survey through lawyers around the country. Today, they still exist, in some instances.  This one is...

A new “toxic tort” blog (by Bill Ruskin) launched with an interesting mini-review of the use of Value Assurance Plans as a means for...

Comparing mesothelioma cases damages in the UK to similar damages in the US usually produces some amazement. A January 13, 2017 UK trial...

Advocates of damages caps in medical malpractice cases seldom, if ever, confront the gross unfairness of leaving on one person the...

Transparency as to class action damages is starting to move forward with respect to the NFL concussion litigation.  As previously noted,...

A brief rant brought on by American Airlines failing to fly this morning to London. The usual song and dance – "equipment failure" and no...

Thanks to the Empirical Legal Studies blog post here, here is the link for a student paper asserting that there no facts to back up the...

This August 27 press release from Abbott and Pfizer exemplifies another way science is changing and will over time create new legal...

More on brain rewiring and damages potentially recoverable in current or future tort litigation. This prior post provided some fact...

More on science and tort law. Suppose medical malpractice destroys a woman’s inner ear balance function to the point she can stand up...

With respect to tort claiming around the world, one frequent comment is that claiming will not increase very much because persons from...