Lauren Klosinski | June 17, 2019 | Torts: Economic Harm
The California Supreme Court cited the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm in its recent decision involving the issue of whether a gas company had a tort duty to guard against purely economic losses.The case, Southern California Gas...
Emily Buss, Solangel Maldonado and Clare Huntington | August 25, 2017 | Children and the Law
Project Reporters Emily Buss, Solangel Maldonado, and Clare Huntington discuss issues of pluralism in the Children and the Law Restatement in the video below. One of the things about working and writing in the area of children’s law, everybody, whether it has...
Tom Baker and Kyle D. Logue | May 17, 2017 | Liability Insurance
Abstract For most non-contractual legal claims for damages that are brought against individuals or firms, there is some form of liability insurance coverage. The Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance is the American Law Institute’s first effort to “restate” the...
Kyle D. Logue and Tom Baker | April 20, 2017 | Liability Insurance
As a follow up to our post on the Council Draft text of this section, we now present the test from the Proposed Final Draft of Section § 24 – The Insurer’s Duty to Make Reasonable Settlement Decisions. The Black Letter and Comment were modified from what...
Larry P. Schiffer | March 31, 2017 | Liability Insurance
Notice requirements in liability insurance policies typically require that notice of a claim or lawsuit be given as soon as practicable and in writing to the insurance company. While the exact language differs from policy to policy, the concept of written notice to...
