This text covers in detail developments affecting product liability, legal and medical malpractice, comparative negligence, emotional distress, strict liability, and consumer torts and the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. Pocket parts update recent court decisions, including cases on legal malpractice and employment retaliation. Look to Tort Law for detailed guidance on Massachusetts' substantive law of torts. Topics include the latest developments in product liability and professional malpractice, as well as:

• Consumer torts and the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act

• Comparative negligence

• Strict liability

• Liability of cities and towns

• Actions under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act

• Damages

• Employment discrimination

• Product liability, legal and medical malpractice, comparative negligence, and emotional distress