http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000280&title=The+Foreign+Claims+Act&source=feed <STRONG>Military &amp; Veterans Law: Tort Liability</STRONG> <P></P> <P></P> <P></P> <P>The Foreign Claims Act (FCA) was enacted in 1982 in order to provide compensation to persons in foreign countries who sustain personal injuries, who die, or... http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000280&title=The+Foreign+Claims+Act&source=feed http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000281&title=No+Strict+Liability+for+Defamation&source=feed <P></P> <P></P> <P><STRONG>No Strict Liability for Defamation</STRONG> </P> <P></P> <P>A lawsuit for defamation has the following basic elements: (1) making a false statement (2) about a person (3) to others, and (4) actual damages (if the harm... http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000281&title=No+Strict+Liability+for+Defamation&source=feed http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000282&title=Tort+Law+--+Financial+Responsibility&source=feed <P></P> <P></P> <P><STRONG>Tort Law -- Financial Responsibility</STRONG> </P> <P></P> <P>Apart from legislation granting a right to sue for a specific harm, personal injury law generally consists of tort law and the civil procedure for enforcing... http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000282&title=Tort+Law+--+Financial+Responsibility&source=feed http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000283&title=Fraud+and+Deceit&source=feed In the business world, making fraudulent or deceitful representations to others may give rise to liability. A "representation" may consist of words or conduct. <P></P> <P></P> <P><STRONG>Liability for certain conduct</STRONG></P> <P></P> <P>In... http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000283&title=Fraud+and+Deceit&source=feed http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000284&title=Claims+against+the+Government&source=feed <STRONG>What is Sovereign Immunity?</STRONG> <P></P> <P></P> <P>Under the legal doctrine of sovereign immunity, the government cannot be sued without its permission. Sovereign immunity protects the federal government, state and local... http://www.scalawfirm.com/newsletters/Personal-Injury/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000284&title=Claims+against+the+Government&source=feed