A landmark case involving a Texas landlord and the US Postal Service is set to challenge the agency's exemption from the Federal Tort Claims Act. The case, now before the US Supreme Court, questions ...

These days, orders placed for home delivery usually arrive without a problem, but there are always exceptions. This is ...

On Oct. 8 in U.S. Postal Service v. Konan, the court will weigh in on a disagreement among the federal courts of appeals over when the government can be sued over undelivered mail in a case that ...

A Texas landlord’s case before the U.S. Supreme Court is challenging the U.S. Postal Service’s exemption from lawsuits over lost or mishandled mail.

In a dissent Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court's longstanding bar against tort suits from members of the military, known as the "Feres doctrine," has no basis in law.

"Even under the 'narrowest' test for determining whether a claim is for a 'personal injury tort,' assault and battery clearly constitute personal injury torts," said Judge Cynthia A. Norton, who ...

It's not every day that you find U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor in agreement about the ...