Because the chain of events leading to Coleman’s injury was extraordinary and unforeseeable, the court concluded that Via could not be held liable as a matter of law. Accordingly, the trial court’s ...

Conventional wisdom dictates that a lawyer being sued for legal malpractice in New York will rarely win a motion to dismiss based on lack of causation. Nevertheless, the case law suggests that a ...

The initial step to a solution is correctly identifying the problem. If the true nature of a problem isn’t determined, any implemented solution will be ineffective. So obvious, it can precipitate a ...

In their Trial Practice column, Robert Kelner and Gail Kelner discuss a recent Court of Appeals decision that addressed the issue of whether a worker was the sole proximate cause of his own injury by ...

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 ...

Kyler Sherman-Wilkins, Ph.D. With the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which at least 19 children and two teachers were massacred, American exceptionalism is again on full display. As of ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Joe Sternberg, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters/Tom Williams/Zuma Press/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP ...