Compensation for damages and restoration of the status quo are the two most important principles of tort law. Governmental bodies enact laws that designate certain wrongs as criminal acts to protect citizens. Many acts that result in harm to other persons are not crimes. The act of a motorist behaving negligently and causing a motor […]
Well-known personal injury attorney Melvin Belli was known as the “King of Torts.” At the time I first heard this moniker used to describe Mr. Belli, my father was a second-generation attorney serving the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area, specializing in personal injury and workers’ compensation. Thus, I knew exactly the “kingdom” that Melvin Belli ruled, as I […]
