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Tort Damages: Compensation, Punitive Awards, Wrongful Death, and Survival
How tort law values personal injury, property loss, death, and deterrence without double recovery.
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Comparative Fault, Assumption of Risk, and Shared Liability
How plaintiff fault and multiple defendants affect recovery after the prima facie case is proved.
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Vicarious Liability and Immunities: Employers, Contractors, Government, and Families
When one person answers for another's tort and when status limits otherwise valid liability.
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Strict Liability and Products Liability: Animals, Dangerous Activities, and Defective Products
Liability without proof of negligence - and the limits that keep strict liability from becoming absolute liability.
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Trespass to Chattels and Conversion: Interference with Personal Property
A side-by-side guide to impairment, deprivation, serious dominion, damages, and good-faith mistakes.