Search results for: “tort liability”

  • Tort Liability

    Tort Liability Dimensions of Tort Liability There is a clear moral basis for recovery through the legal system where the defendant has been careless (negligent) or has intentionally caused harm. Using the concepts that we are free and autonomous beings with basic rights, we can see that when others interfere with either our freedom or…

  • Tort and Product Liability

    Tort and Product Liability: Summary In this entry, Tort and Product Liability covers: Elements of a Tort Unintentional Torts (Negligence) Special and Limited Duties Joint and Several Liability Defenses Punitive Damages Contingency Fee System Product Liability Mass Torts

  • Elements of a Tort

    Elements of a Tort Elements of a Tort Explained References See Also Tort (in international or comparative law) Product Liability (in international or comparative law) Resources See Also Tort Product Liability

  • Unintentional Torts

    Unintentional Torts (Negligence): Main Elements The coverage of Unintentional Torts (Negligence) includes the following element(s): Duty Owed For detailed information on this issue, please read the corresponding entry. References See Also Tort (in international or comparative law) Product […]

  • Unintentional Torts

    Unintentional Torts (Negligence): Main Elements The coverage of Unintentional Torts (Negligence) includes the following element(s): Duty Owed For detailed information on this issue, please read the corresponding entry. References See Also Tort (in international or comparative law) Product […]

  • Joint Liability

    Resources See Also Contribution Indemnity Joinder Joint and several liability Joint tort-feasors Liability

  • Tort Reform

    Tort Reform Explained in the United States of America (In the U.S. law) References See Also Tort (in international or comparative law) Product Liability (in international or comparative law) Resources See Also Tort Product Liability

  • Tort Reform

    Tort Reform Explained in the United States of America (In the U.S. law) References See Also Tort (in international or comparative law) Product Liability (in international or comparative law) Resources See Also Tort Product Liability

  • Apportionment of Liability

    Description of Apportionment of Liability In this reference work, apportionment of liability is a sort of the Torts category. Resources See Also Negligence Torts Torts

  • Apportionment of Liability

    Description of Apportionment of Liability In this reference work, apportionment of liability is a sort of the Torts category. Resources See Also Negligence Torts Torts

  • Products Liability

    Kinds of Torts: Other Torts Products Liability Introduction to Products Liability Under the tort of products liability, when a product causes injury due to a fault in design or manufacture, or a failure to warn or instruct about a danger, the manufacturer (or any other commercial party […]

  • Products Liability

    Kinds of Torts: Other Torts Products Liability Introduction to Products Liability Under the tort of products liability, when a product causes injury due to a fault in design or manufacture, or a failure to warn or instruct about a danger, the manufacturer (or any other commercial party […]

  • Law Applicable to Products Liability

    Law Applicable to Products Liability In the Convention on Law Applicable to Products Liability Article 4 This is the first of the key articles in the Convention that are concerned with the choice of the applicable law. Under this article, the applicable law is the internal law of the State of the place of injury,…

  • Law Applicable to Products Liability

    Law Applicable to Products Liability In the Convention on Law Applicable to Products Liability Article 4 This is the first of the key articles in the Convention that are concerned with the choice of the applicable law. Under this article, the applicable law is the internal law of the State of the place of injury,…

  • Convention on the Law Applicable to Products Liability

    Convention on the Law Applicable to Products Liability The Final Act of the Convention was signed on the 21st of October 1972 (Actes et Documents, Douzième session (1972) Tome I). Analyisis of the Convention on Law Applicable to Products Liability History of the Convention The law governing products liability was first suggested as a possible…