Understanding TortsThis treatise is the perfect complement to first-year tort courses & is suitable for use with any tort casebook. Concise & authoritative, |
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... Doctrine Under the mistake doctrine , if a defendant intends to do acts which would constitute a tort , it is no defense that the defendant mistakes , even reasonably , the identity of the property or person he acts upon or believes ...
... Doctrine Under the mistake doctrine , if a defendant intends to do acts which would constitute a tort , it is no defense that the defendant mistakes , even reasonably , the identity of the property or person he acts upon or believes ...
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... doctrine " is a more descriptive title than the " attractive nuisance doctrine . " Second , the doctrine is quite narrow . It does not apply to cases where the trespassing child is harmed by a natural condition on the defendant's ...
... doctrine " is a more descriptive title than the " attractive nuisance doctrine . " Second , the doctrine is quite narrow . It does not apply to cases where the trespassing child is harmed by a natural condition on the defendant's ...
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... doctrine of last clear chance is based purely on chronology . 24 If the defendant was negligent after the plaintiff , the plaintiff's contributory negligence is ignored and the plaintiff can receive a complete recovery . 25 This doctrine ...
... doctrine of last clear chance is based purely on chronology . 24 If the defendant was negligent after the plaintiff , the plaintiff's contributory negligence is ignored and the plaintiff can receive a complete recovery . 25 This doctrine ...
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INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCES WITH PERSONS | 1 |
3 Omissions | 2 |
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accident action approach assumption of risk award breach of duty burden causation chattel child claim common law comparative negligence compensation constitute context contributory negligence court held criminal culpable custom decision defamation defective defendant defendant's conduct determination doctrine duty owed economic loss emotional distress establish evidence example failure fault foreseeable immunity impose liability infra intentional torts intervening force jurisdictions jury justified land possessor licensee limited loss of consortium manufacturer medical malpractice mental distress negligently inflicted nuisance Overview Palsgraf permitted personal injury physical physician plaintiff potential privilege protect proximate cause punitive damages reasonable person recover recovery res ipsa loquitur responsibility Restatement result rule seller standard of care statute strict liability supra Supreme Court third party tort liability tortfeasors tortious transferred intent trespass trespass to chattel type of harm unreasonable victim warn warranty wrongful birth wrongful death
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A Proper Dyaloge Betwene a Gentillman and an Husbandman Douglas Harold Parker No preview available - 1996 |