Statutes displaced common law while state courts revolutionized tort liability

Evidence

During the twentieth century, the scope of the common law contracted as statutes and administrative regulations replaced common law in fields such as employer-employee relations. However, since the mid-twentieth century, state appellate courts have introduced revolutionary changes in tort law, the law governing liability for injuries that one has caused (see Chapter 11). — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2838

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines tort law as the law governing liability for injuries one has caused.