Since the 1980s, there has been a significant increase in “tort law,” which means A) civil cases. B) maritime law. C) criminal cases that involve the death penalty. D) criminal cases that involve crossing state lines.

A)civil cases

Explanation:

A tort law is the area which covers most of the civil cases and it is based on  wrongful act that resulting any kind of damages or wrongful acts.

Tort law usually ensures that person who comitted wrongful act provides full compensation for proved harms to damaged and injured person who receive among other,  the financial compensation.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals