What is a tort? A plain guide to intentional torts, negligence and strict liability, the elements of negligence, famous cases ...

Often times, both contract and tort claims co-exist in a subrogation matter and the line between the two can be blurred. This is especially true in the context of damages resulting from new home ...

In Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust v Hadfield Healthcare Partnership Ltd and others, the Technology and Construction Court provides helpful guidance about the use of standstill agreements ...

Historically, the Commonwealth Courts of Pennsylvania have been loathe to blur the distinction ­between tort and contract. The gist of the action doctrine, well formed and frequently litigated, ...

Law360 ( March 28, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Parties to a contract often attempt to transform an ordinary breach of contract claim into a tort claim of fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation.

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 two ...

Harvard Law School Professor John C.P. Goldberg, an expert in tort law, tort theory, and political philosophy, is devoting much of his time to a book on torts that he is co-authoring with Fordham Law ...

Beth McNellie (Miami, 1986) [Partner at Baker & Hostetler, LLP]: Going to Columbia for law school, I was very concerned that my classmates coming from the real Ivy Leagues would have a leg up on me, ...