The Council approved the initiation of this project in October 2024. ALI members may join the Members Consultative Group.

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The Council approved the initiation of this project in October 2022. ALI members may join the Members Consultative Group.

* Preliminary Drafts and Council Drafts are available only to participants and the Council. Discussion Drafts and Tentative Drafts are available to the public after the Annual Meeting.

** Once it is approved by the Membership at an Annual Meeting, a Tentative Draft or Proposed Final Draft represents the most current statement of The American Law Institute's position on the subject and may be cited in opinions or briefs until the official text is published.

*** Chapter numbers are those used in the most recent draft or in the latest projected overall table of contents and may not correspond to the chapter numbers used in earlier drafts. 

Drafting of this project is completed; preparation of the official text is in progress.

The Council approved the initiation of this project in January 2019. Beginning with the drafts for the 2023 Annual Meeting, material on medical liability was produced separately as the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Medical Malpractice.

At the 2026 Annual Meeting, the membership voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 5, containing Topic 3 of Chapter 1 on Compensatory Damages, as well as an addition to a previously approved Section—§ 6 on scope of liability—and one Section in Chapter 3—§ 59 on recovering personal property. This vote marked the final membership approval of this project.

At the 2025 Annual Meeting, the membership voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 4, containing material from Topic 1, Injunctions, of Chapter 3 on Injunctions and Other Forms of Specific Relief, as well as two new Comments to previously approved sections—Comment h to § 43 (Availability of Injunctions) and Comment c to § 44 (Scope of Injunctions). 

At the 2024 Annual Meeting, the membership voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 3, which includes the remainder of Topics 1 and 2 of Chapter 1 (Compensatory Damages), all of Chapter 2 (Other Monetary Remedies), and material from Chapter 3 (Injunctions and Other Forms of Specific Relief).

At the 2023 Annual Meeting, the membership voted to approve portions of Tentative Draft No. 2, which contains sections from Chapter 1, Topic 1, General Rules for Measuring Compensatory Damages; all of Chapter 1, Topic 2, Injury to the Person; and a portion of Chapter 3, Topic 1, Injunctions. Sections 11, 26, and 27 were discussed but not presented for voting.

At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the following actions were taken on Tentative Draft No. 1:

• A motion to amend § 8 failed.
• A second motion to amend § 8 was withdrawn.

The membership voted to approve §§ 1-4, 6-8 of Tentative Draft No. 1. After discussion with the membership, Reporters agreed to present a revised § 5 at a future Meeting. Accordingly, there was no vote on § 5. The remaining sections of TD No. 1 that were not discussed due to time constraints will be presented at a future Annual Meeting.

All draft approvals are subject to the discussion at the meeting and usual editorial prerogative.

For more detailed information on this project please visit the Torts: Remedies page on The ALI Adviser. 

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The Council approved the initiation of this project in January 2019. ALI members may join the Members Consultative Group.

* Preliminary Drafts and Council Drafts are available only to participants and the Council. Discussion Drafts and Tentative Drafts are available to the public after the Annual Meeting.

** Once it is approved by the Membership at an Annual Meeting, a Tentative Draft or Proposed Final Draft represents the most current statement of The American Law Institute's position on the subject and may be cited in opinions or briefs until the official text is published.

*** Chapter numbers are those used in the most recent draft or in the latest projected overall table of contents and may not correspond to the chapter numbers used in earlier drafts.