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tort

[tawrt] / tɔrt /








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That means if an AI company faces a mass tort and runs out of money, its shareholders should have to pay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Decisively linking extreme weather to emissions would bolster billion-dollar tort claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

He said he anticipates filing around 80 tort claims stemming from the immigration enforcement actions there.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

In recent months, advocacy organizations have prepared practice advisories for attorneys interested in filing tort claims, and law groups across the country have begun holding training sessions on the process.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

I was far more excited about the prospect of my brother taking his wedding vows, in other words, than I was about reviewing what constituted a tort.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

But mass torts won’t solve this complex cultural problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Of course a lot of people disagree with them, but the statute is designed to give us the right to make those policy judgments,’” said Benjamin Zipursky, a Fordham University law professor who studies torts.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

I’d been invited to speak because I’m a national expert on mass torts, but no one really wanted me there.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

Now a new Federal Rule of Civil Procedure adopted by the Judicial Conference of the U.S. will discourage some of the litigation abuse that mars mass torts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Hence a set of nominate torts, characterized by intentional aggression, is supplemented by liability for negligence, and the latter becomes the more important source of legal liability in practice.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound




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