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| The intentional creation of immediate apprehension of injury or lack of physical activity. |
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| Negligence doctrine that bars the recovery of damages by an injured party on the ground that such a party acted with actual or construction knowledge of the hazard causing the injury. |
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| The cause of action for physical contact that is not consented to and is offensive. |
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| The actual cause of an event; the instrument that is the responsible force for the occurrence of a certain event. |
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| Comparative Responsibility |
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| A doctrine that compares the plaintiff's contributory fault with the defendants fault and allows the jury to reduce the plaintiffs verdict by the percentage of the plaintiffs fault. |
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| An agreement whereby an attorney is compensated for services in a lawsuit according to the agreed percentage of the amount of money received. |
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| A failure to use reasonable care by the plaintiff in a negligence suit. |
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| An unlawful exercise of dominion and control over anothers property that substantially interferes with property rights. |
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| The publication of anything injurious to the good name or reputation of another. |
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| A defect arising when a product does not meet society's expectation for a safely designed product. |
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| Statutes adopted in many states that imposes strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons. |
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| A legal obligation imposed by law. |
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| The rule that limits an injured employee's claim against the employer to workers compensation. |
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| The tort of an intentional, unjustified confinement of a non-consenting person who knows of the confinement. |
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| A false representation of fact made with the intent to deceive another that is justifiably relied upon to injury of that person. |
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| Infliction of Mental Distress |
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| An intentional tort of the emotions that causes both mental distress and physical symptoms as a result of the defendant's outrageous behavior. |
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| An action for recovery of damages that have resulted to person, property, or reputation from previous unsuccessful civil or criminal proceedings that were persecuted without probable cause and with malice. |
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| A tort based on misappropriation of name or likeliness, intrusion upon physical solitude, or public disclosure of objectionable, private information. |
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| A defamatory written statement communicated to a third party. |
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| A person's failure to exercise reasonable care that forseeably causes another injury. |
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| A defect arising when a product does not meet its manufacturer's own standards. |
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| A tort law and legal requirement that an act forseeably causes an injury. |
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| Monetary damages in excess of a compensatory award, usually granted only in intentional tort cases where defendants conduct involved some element deserving punishment. |
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| An oral defamatory statement communicated to a third person. |
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| A defense that the defendant's product or practice was compatible with the current state of technology available at the time of the event in question. |
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| A statute that applies to product liability cases. It prohibits initiation of litigation involving products more than a certain number of years (e.g. 25) following their manufacture. |
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| The doctrine under which a party may be required to respond in tort damages without regard to such party's use of due care. |
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| A civil wrong other than a breach of contract. |
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| An act done in an unlawful manner so as to cause injury to another; an unauthorized entry upon another's land. |
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| Willful and Wanton Negligence |
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| Extremely unreasonable behavior that causes injury. |
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| A plan for compensation for occupatinoal disease, accidental injury, and deaths of employees that arise out of employment. |
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| A statement of untruth that causes injury or damage to the party against whom it is made. |
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| Intentional Interference with Contractual Relations |
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| A business tort in which persons are induced to breach of contract binding agreements. |
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