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Example sentences for: tort

How can you use “tort” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Plaintiffs' tort lawyers have nearly killed off Norplant, scaring away many women and doctors, by a torrent of personal-injury suits against its manufacturer.
For one thing, there is something called Tort Law (malpractice) that discourages even the most dyed-in-the-wool supporters of "death with dignity" from actually prescribing any suicide cocktail.
Meanwhile, Gore's stock suffers from his tight associations with tort lawyers, who often bring stockholder suits against startups when their stock tanks.
Or it may be an external event that involves interaction between an entity and its environment, such as a transaction with another entity, an act of nature, theft, vandalism, a tort caused by negligence, or an accident.
Voluntarily sticking to higher standards of ethics will raise societal respect for the industry (currently being battered for greed) and attract a more talented workforce, and may even help the current efforts to reform the tort law.