While parents are required by law to support a destitute adult child if they are financially able to do so, that does not mean they have an independent cause of action against the tortfeasor who ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Diane Costagliola is a researcher, librarian, instructor, and writer who has published ...

Settlement with one tortfeasor resulted in claims against another tortfeasor being released too, which was not what the claimant had intended. In this regard, the Court of Appeal highlighted the ...

In 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided the matter of Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Domtar Paper, 113 A.3d 1230 (Pa. 2015). The issue before the court was whether Section 319 of the Pennsylvania ...

An auto insurer who seeks reimbursement from a tortfeasor after paying personal injury protection benefits to its policyholder is entitled under the state No-Fault Act to arbitration of any dispute ...

For more than thirty years, Arizona law has allowed juries to allocate fault among all who contribute to an injury. On July 18, 2016, the Arizona Supreme Court unanimously re-affirmed Arizona’s ...

On March 26, the Supreme Court of New Jersey, in a 3-2 decision, reversed an Appellate Division decision which had held that a plaintiff's medical expenses, over and above those paid by his PIP option ...

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has refused to strike a third-party claim against a soccer coach and her club for pressuring and allowing their student to compete in a national tournament despite the ...

An interesting question that has split state courts; here’s a summary from Whetstone v. Binner (Ohio Ct. App. July 7, 2014) (2-to-1 vote) (some paragraph breaks added, some deleted): The majority of ...

In 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided the matter of Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Domtar Paper, 113 A.3d 1230 (Pa. 2015). The issue before the court was whether Section 319 of the Pennsylvania ...