USA Law

Tag: Tort

  • Unintentional Torts

    Unintentional Torts in the United States Unintentional Torts (Negligence): Main Elements The coverage of Unintentional Torts (Negligence) includes the following element(s): Duty Owed Find out an overview of this topic, in relation to Unintentional Torts (Negligence), in the legal Ecyclopedia. […]

  • Unintentional Torts

    Unintentional Torts in the United States Unintentional Torts (Negligence): Main Elements The coverage of Unintentional Torts (Negligence) includes the following element(s): Duty Owed Find out an overview of this topic, in relation to Unintentional Torts (Negligence), in the legal Ecyclopedia. […]

  • Mass Torts

    Mass Torts in United States Mass torts  A mass tort is a collective tort, that is an injury to a group of persons. Factually speaking there appear to be two instances of mass torts: one source of injury at one point in time, such as an airline accident, or several victims with several […]

  • Mass Torts

    Mass Torts in United States Mass torts  A mass tort is a collective tort, that is an injury to a group of persons. Factually speaking there appear to be two instances of mass torts: one source of injury at one point in time, such as an airline accident, or several victims with several […]

  • Reasonable Person Standard

    Reasonable Person Standard in the United States Reasonable Person Standard Explained References See Also Tort Product Liability Duties

  • Reasonable Person Standard

    Reasonable Person Standard in the United States Reasonable Person Standard Explained References See Also Tort Product Liability Duties

  • Joint and Several Liability

    Joint and Several Liability in United States Joint and  Several Liability  Where two plaintiffs contribute to the defendants injury and where either plaintiffs conduct would have led to the injury they are both liable as as joint-tortfeasors. The plaintiff can recover against either of them […]

  • Intentional torts

    Intentional torts in United States Introduction For every intentional tort there is a corresponding crime. Thus the tort of assault / the crime of assault, the tort of battery / the crime of battery etc. The intentional torts are those torts committed not through negligence or under a […]

  • Contingency Fee System

    Contingency Fee System in the United States Contingency Fee System Explained References See Also Tort Product Liability

  • Limited Duties

    Limited Duties in the United States Special and Limited Duties Leading Case Law Among the main judicial decisions on this topic: Benejam v. Detroit Tigers, Inc. Information about this important court opinion is available in this American legal Encyclopedia. References See Also Tort Product […]

  • Elements of A Tort

    Elements of A Tort in the United States Elements of a Tort Explained References See Also Tort Product Liability

  • Causation

    Causation in United States Causation  The notion that one event leads to another. Law distinguishes between remote causes which while necessary were not sufficient and material causes i.e. necessary and sufficient causes. Those causes but for which the accident would not have occurred are […]

  • Informed Consent

    Informed Consent in the United States Introduction to Informed Consent (State statute topic) The purpose of Informed Consent is to provide a broad appreciation of the Informed Consent legal topic. Select from the list of U.S. legal topics for information (other than Informed Consent). Concept […]