You have probably heard the claim that people sue too much today. A previous entry, How Torts Protect Us, discussed how bringing lawsuits can actually provide protection for us and others. So before jumping on the bandwagon complaining about a sue-happy society, consider the benefits you gain from lawsuits you or others bring. This article [...]

To anyone familiar with law terminology, protection through torts may seem like a contradictory phrase, maybe a bit of an oxymoron. Isn’t a tort, after all, a cause of action (or, in other words, a lawsuit) that arises from some type of wrongdoing? How then, you may ask, can suffering some kind of wrong serve [...]

There are many great leaders in the world.  Perhaps you are one of them.  Leaders like you possess many varying qualities that make them great leaders, but one characteristic that is common among great leaders is their ability to be proactive.  To better understand the ability to be proactive we must determine what it means [...]

Parents generally want to do what is best for their children, but at times they allow their personal desires to override their good sense.  When parents get caught up in divorce litigation or custody litigation, the children are often the ones who suffer because the parent is simply focused on getting what they want.  To [...]