As we all know, insurance is a transfer of risk to another party. The risk is transferred most times because of financial considerations; the insured either cannot afford or does not want to take her ...

In Swigart v. Bruno, 2017 No. D071072, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, relied on the primary assumption of risk doctrine in affirming summary judgment against a plaintiff injured by a ...

The legal issue is whether sitting on the patio of the golf club constitutes assumption of the risk—a concept firmly entrenched with respect to golfers but apparently not as clear with regard to drink ...

Under Maryland personal injury law, defendants alleged to have negligently caused harm can not only dispute the plaintiff’s claim but can raise affirmative defenses against the plaintiff. In Maryland ...

Why are the prices of stocks and other assets so volatile? Efficient capital markets theory implies that stock prices should be much less volatile than actually observed, reflecting an unrealistic ...

"Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss." - Charles Duhigg, American journalist While watching with interest some additional "sucker ...

With all honesty, I must characterize this article today as a veritable OFF-TANGENT. I was in my first year of law school when I heard, for the first time, the legal principle in Civil Law called ...