Torts
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Introduction
A tort is a civil action for money damamges for a private injury.
Intentional Torts
Battery
Assault
Trespass to Land
Trespass to Chattle
Conversion
Intentional Tort Defenses
Consent
Defense of Self
Defense of Others
Defense of Property
Recapture of Chattle
Necessity
Arrest/Authority of Law
Negligence
Negligence is defined as an act or ommission which constitutes a breach of some duty recognized by law, which is the cause in fact and a proximate cause of some damage to another.
Duty
Breach
Causation
Damages
Negligence Defenses
Primary Assumption of the Risk
Comparative/Contributory Negligence
Intoxication/Commission of a Felony
Tort Immunities
Strict Liability Torts
Abnormally Dangerous Activity
Wild/Domestic Animals
Strict Liability Defenses
===Comparative/Contrrbutory Negligence