standards of tort liability

The duty to mitigate refers to a party’s obligation to make reasonable efforts to limit the harm they suffer from another party’s actions.

Economic torts, also known as business torts, are a category of torts that protect commercial and financial interests rather than personal safety or physical property.

• tort law

Efficiency refers to a result that produces the greatest possible net benefit. To identify the most efficient decision or legal rule, a cost-benefit analysis should be applied to each available option.

The eggshell skull rule, also called the thin skull rule, is a common law doctrine that holds a defendant liable for the full extent of a plaintiff’s

The eggshell skull rule, also called the thin skull rule, is a common law doctrine that holds a defendant liable for the full extent of a plaintiff’s

• tort law

The common-law emergency doctrine, also called the imminent-peril doctrine; sudden-emergency doctrine; sudden-peril doctrine; sudden-peril rule, is a legal principle excusing a person from the ordinary standard of reasonable care if he or she is confronted with an

Emotional distress refers to mental suffering as an emotional response to an experience that arises from the effect or memory of a particular event, occurrence, pattern of events or condition. Emotional distress can usually be discerned from its symptoms (ex. Anxiety, depression, loss of ability to perform tasks, or physical illness).

In business law, entity liability is when a corporation is treated as an independent legal entity, and should be held liable for the liabilities incurred by the business. 

• white-collar crime

Ergo is a Latin term meaning “therefore” or “thus.” It is used to introduce a logical conclusion derived from preceding statements.

An evaluative fact is a fact that is plugged into a rule of law to determine if an action was reasonable or negligent. Here are some examples: