USA Law

Tag: Tort

  • Punitive Damages

    Punitive Damages in the United States Punitive Damages Definition Punitive damages are those damages awarded in case of willful, wanton, or malicious conduct. They may even be available in cases of reckless negligence if the damages are particularly severe or in cases of fraudulent acts. […]

  • Remedies

    Remedies in United States It is a maxim of law that for every wrong there is a remedy. Remedies are those legal aids that may be invoked by plaintiffs to cure the injuries done to them by defendants. There are a variety of remedies: monetary damages, injunctions, specific performance, and […]

  • Remedies

    Remedies in United States It is a maxim of law that for every wrong there is a remedy. Remedies are those legal aids that may be invoked by plaintiffs to cure the injuries done to them by defendants. There are a variety of remedies: monetary damages, injunctions, specific performance, and […]

  • Tort Reform

    Tort Reform in the United States Introduction Business advocates claim the American tort system—products-liability law included—is broken and corrupted by grasping plaintiffs’ lawyers; plaintiffs’ lawyers say businesses are greedy and careless and need to be smacked into recognition of its […]

  • Tort Reform

    Tort Reform in the United States Introduction Business advocates claim the American tort system—products-liability law included—is broken and corrupted by grasping plaintiffs’ lawyers; plaintiffs’ lawyers say businesses are greedy and careless and need to be smacked into recognition of its […]

  • Defenses

    Defenses in the United States Personal and Real Defenses Personal defenses include conditional or equitable defenses, and are good when pleaded by a person as against his immediate successor, or as against someone who is not a holder in due course. The real or absolute defenses attack the […]

  • Defenses

    Defenses in the United States Personal and Real Defenses Personal defenses include conditional or equitable defenses, and are good when pleaded by a person as against his immediate successor, or as against someone who is not a holder in due course. The real or absolute defenses attack the […]

  • Criminal Law

    Criminal Law in the United States Law that deals with formally forbidden conduct. Criminal law both declares what conduct is illegal and sets forth the penalties for violations. The purpose of criminal law is the prevention of harm to the community and the protection of public safety. […]

  • Criminal Law

    Criminal Law in the United States Law that deals with formally forbidden conduct. Criminal law both declares what conduct is illegal and sets forth the penalties for violations. The purpose of criminal law is the prevention of harm to the community and the protection of public safety. […]

  • Special and Limited Duties

    Special and Limited Duties in the United States Special and Limited Duties: Main Elements The coverage of Special and Limited Duties includes the following main elements: Reasonable Person Standard Find out an overview of this topic, in relation to Special and Limited Duties, in the legal […]

  • Special and Limited Duties

    Special and Limited Duties in the United States Special and Limited Duties: Main Elements The coverage of Special and Limited Duties includes the following main elements: Reasonable Person Standard Find out an overview of this topic, in relation to Special and Limited Duties, in the legal […]

  • Product Liability

    Product Liability in the United States Consumer product recalls-including tainted pet foods and faulty baby cribs- dominated the news in 2007. The global economy, which has led to increased overseas manufacturing and international competition, contributed to the wave of recalls and impacted […]

  • Product Liability

    Product Liability in the United States Consumer product recalls-including tainted pet foods and faulty baby cribs- dominated the news in 2007. The global economy, which has led to increased overseas manufacturing and international competition, contributed to the wave of recalls and impacted […]

  • Duty Owed

    Duty Owed in the United States Leading Case Law Among the main judicial decisions on this topic: Weirum v. RKO General Information about this important court opinion is available in this American legal Encyclopedia. References See Also Tort Product Liability

  • Duty Owed

    Duty Owed in the United States Leading Case Law Among the main judicial decisions on this topic: Weirum v. RKO General Information about this important court opinion is available in this American legal Encyclopedia. References See Also Tort Product Liability