Earlier last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in SodexoMAGIC v. Drexel University made this law—that the gist of the action doctrine does not bar a viable tort claim between ...

A tort is a civil wrong. This may sound complicated, but basically a tort happens when a person or company, called a tortfeasor, violates someone's legal rights (other than by breaching a contract ...

Tort law is the branch of the law that deals with civil suits, with the exception of disputes involving contracts. Tort law is considered to be a form of restorative justice since it seeks to ...

A federal appellate court partially reinstated a law professor’s defamation and tort claims, following the Texas Supreme Court’s ruling that such claims arising from the same workplace bias ...

If you file a civil lawsuit for breach of contract or because a tort is committed, the goal is to recover compensation for damages. But there are different kinds of damages. General damages are ...

In the context of a breach of contract action, one very important, often misunderstood, legal doctrine is the economic loss doctrine. In general, the purpose of this legal doctrine is to prevent a ...

Several jurisdictions do not permit a plaintiff to recover both tort and contract damages for the same loss and therefore the plaintiff must elect to proceed under tort or contract (Acadia, Cal ...

In Trustees of Boston University v. Clough, Harbour & Associates LLP, SJC issues important opinion on application of statute of repose relating to indemnification cl ...

Legal reform group seeks US probe of D.C. contracts with law firms. By Mike Scarcella. April 16, 2025 7:43 PM UTC Updated April ... The American Tort Reform Association and other conservative non ...