Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

It is becoming almost impossible to avoid being exposed to multiple different chemicals on a daily basis. Companies use them to make their environments look and smell cleaner, to keep pests away, and ...

This article highlights two recent appellate cases where the injured plaintiffs were denied summary judgment for liability against the defendants as a direct result of their own conduct. New York's ...

On Tuesday July 7, 2026, the Arizona Supreme Court issued an opinion in a product liability case that defined the elements of a strict product liability claim. In Maywald v. Toyota Motor Corporation, ...

New Delhi, August 13, 2026: The Supreme Court has ruled that electricity authorities can be held strictly liable for deaths and injuries caused by electrocution, but said such liability cannot be ...

Surely you noticed the centrality of the notion of a product being “unreasonably dangerous,” right? And surely, Pennsylvania jury instructions must explain what that notion means, right? Wrong.

As a small-business owner, you can protect yourself and your business from costly litigation by recognizing situations that expose you to tort liability. A tort is a civil wrong causing injury to ...

Strict liability might not work, could curtail open source AI development, and might even push AI companies to move into ...

This concise revision summary on strict liability in criminal law outlines key strict liability elements such as the lack of defences available and the presumption of mens rea along with key case law ...

From Illinois Appellate Court Judge David Ellis's concurring opinion two weeks ago in People v. Lee: I believe that the State is required to prove that the defendant [who is charged with possessing a ...