Select a landmark precedent or statutory code below to review your fundamental rights.
Everyone is responsible for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person.
Establishes a firm 2-year statute of limitations for an individual to file a civil action for assault, battery, or injury to, or for the death of, an individual caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another.
The specific section mandating a driver shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent. Forms the absolute baseline for rear-end collision fault.
Removes the requirement to prove the manufacturer was negligent—only that their product was defective and unreasonably dangerous, causing you harm.
Allows for brutal financial multipliers on damages when the defendant is guilty of oppression, fraud, or malice. Often used against drunk drivers and bad-faith insurers.
No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic, and the surface and width of the highway.
Strict guidelines noting when an employee is limited to WC claims, and the rare exceptions where we can sue the employer directly in civil court for intentional harm.
In any action for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death, the liability of each defendant for non-economic damages shall be several only and shall not be joint.
Established the concept of proximate cause. We use this to prove the chain of negligence leading to your injury.
The infamous 'hot coffee' case that redefined product liability and corporate duty to warn consumers.
Established severe liability standards for trucking corporations ignoring log-book mandates.