The American Law Institute | October 22, 2020 | Torts: Economic Harm
In Barclay v. Castruccio, 230 A.3d 80 (Md. 2020), the Court of Appeals of Maryland decided to recognize the tort of intentional interference with a prospective inheritance or gift, and to adopt the standards for that tort as set forth in Restatement of the Law Third,...
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...
Ward Farnsworth and Pauline Toboulidis | May 9, 2018 | Torts: Economic Harm
When is it a tort to interfere with somebody else’s contract? In this video, project Reporter Ward Farnsworth discusses the development of the tort of interference with economic interests since the Restatement Second of Torts. Included below the video is the...
Ward Farnsworth | February 27, 2018 | Torts: Economic Harm
Project Reporter Ward Farnsworth discusses economic loss in the Economic Harm Torts video below. One of the achievements in this project so far that I’m most pleased with is that I think it’s brought a lot of clarity to the so called economic loss rule or...
Ward Farnsworth | February 19, 2018 | Torts: Economic Harm
Economic Harm Torts Project Reporter Ward Farnsworth discusses interference with economic relationships in the video below. This spring I’ll be presenting work on the law governing interference with contract or related topics, interference with economic...
