product liability | | used to punitsh the defendant for willful, maliciaous, or outrageous conduct |
tort | | unauthorized entry onto someone else's real estate |
trespass | | a dangerous feature or improvement on real estate that is likely to attact young children |
comparative negligence | | failure of a professional (i.e. doctor, lawyer,etc.) to practice to the prevailing standards of care in the community |
reasonable person | | land and the improvements and things attached to it |
attractive nuisance | | a false statemen that is communcated to a third part causing harm to the plaintiff |
wrongful death | | the legal responsibility of makers and sellers of products fo injuries casused by defects in products they make or sell |
malpractice | | the standard by which conduct is judged negligent or not |
defamation | | a civil finding that a death was caused by the neglignence of another party |
real estate | | the legal responsiblity to do or not todo something |
tortfeasor | | a portion of the negligence and responsiblity for damages is assigned to the plaintiff |
battery | | unauthorized touching or striking anothe person |
negligence | | a person or entity that commits a tort |
assumption of risk | | a legal defense; where a person is considered to have voluntarily accepted a known risk of danger |
punitive damages | | a civil wrong |
conversion | | failure to observe and practice ordinary care in an activity where a duty is breached |
liability | | the tort equivalent of the crime of theft |