Tort Law Deskbook

Section 4.4 Conduct Deemed to Be Extreme and Outrageous
Section 12.60 Public Officers and Common Carriers
Section 5.38 Refusal to Retract Is Not Actual Malice
Section 18.50 Limitations
Section 20.10 Compliance With Statute Gives Rise to Negligent Act or Omission
Section 14.8 Requirements for Settling or Trying the Action
Section 19.124 Railroad Crossing
Section 15.27 Use of Expert Witness
Section 15.9 Product "Sold" in the Course of Defendant’s Business
Section 12.10 Local Option Statutory Fence Laws
Section 15.5 Types of Strict Liability Claims
Section 12.32 Plaintiff’s Verdict Director
Section 19.73 MAI 37.01 Modification
Section 8.10 Representation Must Be Material
Section 10.47 Statute of Limitations
Section 13.5 Scope of Invitation
Section 4.10 Foreseeability
Section 11.33 Time Limitation on Suit Clauses
Section 3.17 Proof of Malice Necessary for Recovery of Punitive Damages
Section 18.8 Trespass
Section 19.60 Federal Employers’ Liability Act
Section 18.25 Interest
Section 1.6 Chapter 4—Infliction of Emotional Distress
Section 21.31 Discovery Rule
Section 18.23 Motor Vehicles
Section 17.66 Private and Public Nuisance Distinguished
Section 21.9 General Rule
Section 9.24 Relevant Circumstances
Section 9.48 Point of Impact
Section 10.40 Class Actions
Section 15.3 Brief Introduction to Strict Liability
Section 12.24 Background
Section 17.4 Intent
Section 13.20 Swimming Areas
Section 7.6 Knowledge Established Even if Defendant Mistakenly Believes Contract Is Unenforceable
Section 5.53 Fair Reports Privilege
Section 13.71 Private Sidewalks
Section 11.1 Scope of Chapter
Section 18.7 Strict Liability
Section 13.12 Crimes on Public Streets
Section 19.72 MAI 19.01
Section 3.10 Acquittal
Section 17.71 Nuisance Per Se
Section 18.35 Particular Facts Determine the Correct Measure in Leasing Cases
Section 13.16 Causation
Section 10.85 National Transportation Safety Board Investigations, Reports, and Testimony
Section 14.27 Wrongful Death Interrogatories
Section 3.36 Restraint by Civilians
Section 19.35 Pleadings
Section 5.37 A Public Official/Figure’s Denial Does Not Create Actual Malice
Section 3.27 Definition—Malice in Law
Section 21.52 Evidentiary Considerations
Section 1.9 Chapter 7—Tortious Interference With Contracts or Business Relationships
Section 21.47 Venue
Section 19.66 Disjunctive Submissions
Section 5.44 Actual
Section 17.100 Tenant’s Agents and Employees
Section 10.80 Flight Instruction
Section 10.74 Security
Section 15.46 Negligence and Strict Liability Distinguished
Section 15.4 Sale of Used Products
Section 12.8 Animal Trespass
Section 2.3 Defendant’s Intent
Section 1.28 Special Collection and Apportionment Rules for Medical Malpractice Actions
Section 20.5 Injuries of a Type Statute Was Designed to Prevent
Section 10.17 Comparative Fault and Assumption of the Risk
Section 21.30 Minority of Claimant
Section 3.48 Sovereign and Official Immunity
Section 2.16 Vicarious Liability
Section 9.49 Hearsay Statements
Section 6.21 Dual Aspect of the Tort
Section 10.22 Who Is an Air Carrier?
Section 4.8 Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress’s Relationship to Other Laws and Torts
Section 16.18 Inherently Dangerous Activity and Collateral Negligence
Section 17.28 Additional References
Section 12.38 There Is a Causal Relationship Between the Injury-Causing Act and the Animal’s Dangerous Tendency
Table of Contents
Section 13.25 History
Section 7.4 Valid Business Relationship or Expectancy
Section 21.4 Governing Law
Section 19.50 Comparative Fault Not Submissible
Section 9.12 Independent Contractor
Section 5.71 Jury Instructions
Section 13.39 Latent Defect on Premises at Time of Letting
Section 13.8 Implied Invitation
Section 13.64 Knowledge of Defendant
Section 17.97 Equitable Waste
Section 18.42 Personal Property
Section 10.42 Application and Liability Caps
Section 14.17 Absence of Defendant as a Tolling Factor
Section 18.37 Hybrid Approach Allowed When Different Types of Defects Exist
Section 1.24 Chapter 19—Comparative Fault
Section 21.11 Military Personnel
Section 6.15 Private Facts
Section 17.27 Defenses
Section 13.77 Obstructions on Public Sidewalks
Section 15.31 Loss of Consortium
Section 12.29 Comparative Fault
Section 9.57 Pedestrians
Section 22.13 Generally, and the Incorporation of Federal Employers’ Liability Act
Section 19.9 Conduct of Defendant
Section 14.24 Wrongful Death Petition in Vehicular Collision
Section 10.30 Security
Section 11.39 Generally
Section 10.14 Liability of Nonoperating Owners and Lessors
Section 1.22 Chapter 17—Property Rights
Section 19.88 Harmless Error—No Fault Assessed to Defendant
Section 18.20 Loss of Use
Section 6.32 Jury Instructions
Section 12.11 Adopting the Local Option
Section 7.13 Tortious Interference Between Two Contracting Parties
Section 5.7 Intracorporate Publication
Section 9.47 Police Officers
Section 22.3 Liability
Section 3.13 Termination of Prior Litigation in Favor of Malicious Prosecution Plaintiff
Section 15.30 Lost Income
Section 18.32 Real Property, Structures, and Crops
Section 17.107 Requirement of Vested Future Interest
Section 10.16 Defenses
Section 3.24 Advice of Counsel
Section 15.50 Statute of Limitations
Section 17.49 Consequential Damages
Section 11.18 Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors
Section 17.19 Definition
Section 19.107 Joint Venture
Section 2.19 Statute of Limitations
Section 17.102 Stranger Not Liable
Section 15.43 Statute of Repose
Section 5.77 Protection for Anonymous Internet Postings
Section 17.21 Surrender of Possession
Section 13.38 Leased Premises
Section 13.21 Skating Rinks
Section 9.4 Breach
Section 5.65 Issues of Law vs. Issues of Fact
Section 22.22 Value of Vessel and Pending Freight
Section 19.87 Costs
Section 13.13 Specific Prior Crimes on Premises
Section 18.17 Liquidated Damages
Section 20.9 Legal Excuse or Justification
Section 19.119 Nature of Danger
Section 5.1 Preface
Section 4.2 Instruction
Section 10.60 Liabilities of Remote Sellers and Distributors
Section 5.66 Jurisdiction and Venue
Section 17.14 Measure of Damages
Section 13.78 Vestibules
Section 10.44 "Accident"
Section 12.46 Section 322.145, RSMo
Section 13.40 Repairs
Section 19.93 Substantial Evidence to Support the Verdict
Section 15.49 Exploding Bottle Cases
Section 10.65 Crashworthiness
Section 10.90 Interested Parties
Section 13.48 Landlord’s Duty to Protect Tenants From Criminal Activities of Third Persons
Section 5.61 Constitutional Privilege
Section 2.11 Employer-Employee—Inappropriate Contact
Section 9.53 Practical Considerations
Section 2.18 Liability for Assault Under The Workers’ Compensation Law
Section 10.95 Aircraft Owner’s Records
Section 3.26 Plaintiff’s Verdict-Directing Instruction
Section 1.5 Chapter 3—Malicious Prosecution and False Imprisonment
Section 5.2 Distinction Between Libel and Slander
Section 19.39 Fault of Nonparties
Section 17.85 Equitable Relief
Section 10.3 Federal Aviation Act Preemption
Section 19.91 Preservation of Instructional Error at Trial
Section 5.56 Libel-Proof" Plaintiff Defense
Section 8.3 Relief and Remedies in General
Section 18.45 Parties
Section 9.55 Settlement
Section 18.22 Crops
Section 15.24 Circumstantial Evidence
Section 22.23 Owners and Operators
Section 21.51 Defenses Available to the United States
Section 19.61 MAI 22.03
Section 17.44 Mistake
Section 7.3 Valid Contract
Section 5.24 Public Figures
Section 12.59 Trespass
Section 2.36 Exclusion for Intentional Assault in School Context
Section 10.18 Emergency
Section 13.65 Knowledge of Plaintiff
Section 14.19 Savings Statute for Refiling Action
Section 3.15 Malice
Section 19.11 Product Liability Claims
Section 17.106 Exceptions to Liability
Section 2.28 Punitive Damages
Section 21.48 Matters Under the Federal Tort Claims Act Are Tried by the District Court Sitting Without a Jury
Section 10.77 Rescue Services
Section 7.14 Jury Instructions
Section 16.27 Public Duty
Section 13.70 Comparative Fault of Plaintiff
Section 14.6 Actual Damages
Section 3.2 Relationship to False Imprisonment and Abuse of Process
Section 9.30 Obscured View
Section 1.26 Who May Be Assessed Fault—Immune Tortfeasors
Section 1.11 Summary
Section 21.12 Illegal Activity by Off-Duty Police Officers
Section 14.25 Wrongful Death Petition in Nursing Home Negligence Case
Section 18.48 Trial