TORT LAW DEFINITIONS

Tort Law Definitions

• Intentional Torts
• Assault
• Battery
• Transferred Intent Doctrine
• Substantial Certainty Doctrine
• False Imprisonment
• Intentional Infliction of Emotional or Mental Distress
• Trespass to Land
• Trespass to Chattel
• Conversion
• Trespass Ab Initio
• Private Nuisance
• Public Nuisance
• Defenses to Intentional Torts
• Consent
• The Defense of Self-Defense
• The Defense of Defense of Others
• Step-in-Shoes Jurisdiction
• (Defense of Others)
• Reasonable Appearances
• Jurisdictions
• (Defense of Others)
• The Defense of Defense of Property
• The Defense of Prevention of Crime
• The Defense of Recovery of Property
• Re-entry Upon Land Aspect
• Recapture of Chattel Aspect
• Shopkeeper’s Rule Aspect
• Fresh Pursuit
• The Defense of Legal Authority
• The Defense of Necessity
• Reasonableness
• Negligence
• Elements of Negligence
• General Duty
• Cardozo Rule on Duty
• The Andrews Rule on Duty
• Owner Liability Statues
• Duty Owed to a Guest Passenger
• Duty Owed to Those Injured by Drunk Driver
• Family Purpose Doctrine
• Duty Owed to a Rescuer
• Duty Owed by a Good Samaritan
• Omission to Act
• Business Invitee
• Public Invitee
• Licensee
• Trespasser
• Constant Trespasser Upon a Limited Area
• Duty Owed to a Business Invitee
• Duty Owed to Licensee
• Duty Owed to a Trespasser
• Duty Owed to a Constant Trespasser Upon a Limited Area
• Duty Owed to the Child
• Trespasser
• Attractive Nuisance Doctrine
• Duty Owed to Persons Off the Premises
• Rowland v. Christian
• Natural Conditions
• Res Ipsa Loquitur
• Actual Cause or Cause in Fact
• Proximate Cause
• Independent Intervening Act
• Dependent Intervening Act The “But For” Test
• The “Substantial Factor” Test
• Negligence Per Se
• Contributory Negligence
• Comparative Negligence
• The Doctrine of Avoidable Consequence
• Last Clear Chance Doctrine
• Assumption of the Risk
• Vicarious Liability
• Joint Tortfeasors
• Concurrent Tortfeasors
• Successive Tortfeasors
• Joint and Several Liability Contribution
• Indemnity
• Husband-Wife Immunity
• Parent-Child Immunity
• Governmental Immunity
• Charitable Immunity
• Wrongful Death Statutes
• Survival Statutes
• Wrongful Birth
• Pre-Natal Injuries
• Negligent Supervision
• Strict Liability
• Rylands v. Fletcher
• Products Liability
• MacPherson v. Buick
• Products Liability (Negligence)
• Products Liability (Breach of Warranty)
• Products Liability (Strict Liability)
• Misrepresentation Deceit
• Negligent Misrepresentation
• Defamation
• Inducement and innuendo
• Colloquium
• Libel
• Libel Per Se
• Libel Per Quod
• Slander
• Slander Per Se
• Special Damages
• Retraction Requirement
• Absolute Privileges
• Qualified Privileges
• Fair Comment Privilege
• New York Times v. Sullivan
• Invasion of Privacy
• Malicious Prosecution
• Abuse of Process
• Disparagement
• Interference With an Economic Relation
• Special Damages
• General Damages
• Punitive or Exemplary Damages
• Out of Pocket Damages (Misrepresentation)
• Loss of the Benefit of the Bargain Theory (Misrepresentation)
• Intentional Torts
• Strict Liability
• Negligence
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• Nuisance–Public and private
• Defamation
• Privacy
• Misrepresentation