The attractive nuisance doctrine applies to the law of torts in some jurisdictions. It states that a landowner may be held liable for injuries to children...
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Attraction (redirect from Attractive)
with Attraction All pages with titles containing Attraction Attractive nuisance doctrine Attract (disambiguation) Law of attraction (disambiguation) This...
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Nuisance (from archaic nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, "to hurt") is a common law tort. It means something which causes offence...
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Lynch v. Nurdin (category English nuisance cases)
the attractive nuisance doctrine and was cited by later sources in the United States and the Commonwealth of Nations in developing the doctrine. Lord...
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been abandoned on private property for more than six months. Attractive nuisance doctrine Decrepit car Getaway car Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property...
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off the roof an ambulance-chasing lawyer sues Jim under the attractive nuisance doctrine. With Hunter von Leer, John Morgan Evans, Rudy Bond, Paul Sorensen...
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Duty to rescue (redirect from Public duty doctrine)
illustrates the parameters around the legal necessity of a duty to act Rescue doctrine – in U.S. tort law, the principle that a tortfeasor who places the tort...
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work product – Attorney–client privilege – Attorney-in-fact – Attractive nuisance doctrine – Audit – Auditor – Australian Constitution – Australian Constitutional...
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land that might be attractive to young children, the trespass may be deemed "anticipated" under the doctrine of attractive nuisance such that the child...
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Last clear chance (redirect from Doctrine of last clear chance)
The last clear chance doctrine of tort law is applicable to negligence cases in jurisdictions that apply rules of contributory negligence in lieu of comparative...
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any accident resulting from the operation of hazardous activity. Attractive nuisance – A landowner may be liable for injuries to children trespassing...
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In English criminal law, public nuisance is an act, condition or thing that is illegal because it interferes with the rights of the general public. In...
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trespassers. The court held that a landowner was not liable under the attractive nuisance doctrine if the child had not been attracted to the land by the condition...
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Negligence (category Legal doctrines and principles)
Margaret A. (1977). "The Essentials of Nuisance: A Discussion of Recent New Zealand Developments in the Tort of Nuisance". Otago Law Review: 60–61. Walker...
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Crumbling skull rule (category Legal doctrines and principles)
The crumbling skull rule is a well-established legal doctrine used in some tort law systems. It holds that where a plaintiff had a condition or injury...
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Respondeat superior (category Legal doctrines and principles)
(Latin: "let the master answer"; plural: respondeant superiores) is a doctrine that a party is responsible for (and has vicarious liability for) acts...
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Res ipsa loquitur (category Legal doctrines and principles)
applied the doctrine. In Hanrahan v. Merck, Sharp & Dohme (Ireland) Ltd. [1988] ILRM 629 the supreme court held that in cases of nuisance the burden of...
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Eggshell skull (redirect from Egg-shell skull doctrine)
qualem rule) is a well-established legal doctrine in common law, used in some tort law systems, with a similar doctrine applicable to criminal law. The rule...
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Ex turpi causa non oritur actio (category Legal doctrines and principles)
(Latin "action does not arise from a dishonourable cause") is a legal doctrine which states that a plaintiff will be unable to pursue legal relief and...
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Transferred intent (redirect from Transferred Intent Doctrine)
transferred mens rea, or transferred malice, in English law) is a legal doctrine that holds that, when the intention to harm one individual inadvertently...
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Comparative negligence (category Legal doctrines and principles)
contributed to cause the plaintiff's damages. It is a modification of the doctrine of contributory negligence that disallows any recovery by a plaintiff whose...
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rights over the land. While private nuisance is always actionable, public nuisance is not. A claimant of public nuisance has to establish special loss over...
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Assumption of risk (category Legal doctrines and principles)
plaintiff from the particular risk of harm that caused the injury—the doctrine continues to operate as a complete bar to the plaintiff's recovery. In...
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Reasonable person (category Legal doctrines and principles)
with a local safety statute may also constitute negligence. The related doctrine of negligence per se addresses the circumstances under which the law of...
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realm of the tort of passing off. A commonly cited justification for this doctrine, from a policy standpoint, is the notion of natural rights and the idea...
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Restitutio ad integrum Rescue doctrine Duty to rescue Comparative responsibility Contributory negligence Attractive nuisance Strict and absolute liability...
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Vicarious liability (category Legal doctrines and principles)
form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility of the superior for...
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In the USA, the rescue doctrine of the law of torts holds that if a tortfeasor creates a circumstance that places the tort victim in danger, the tortfeasor...
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conduct. The costs associated with discovery in frivolous lawsuits are a nuisance for individuals against whom such litigation is brought in bad faith. Curtailing...
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