An intentional tort is a category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor (alleged wrongdoer)...

Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe...

are three general categories of torts: intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability torts. Intentional torts involve situations in which the defendant...

offensive contact. Assault requires intent, it is considered an intentional tort, as opposed to a tort of negligence. Actual ability to carry out the apprehended...

Torts may be categorised in several ways, with a particularly common division between negligent and intentional torts. Quasi-torts are unusual tort actions...

Assault (tort) – intentionally and voluntarily causing the reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive contact. Battery (tort) – Bringing...

legally responsible. The two main subcategories of tort law are intentional torts and unintentional torts. Similarly in Québec, there are four conditions...

duty". The FTCA also exempts a number of intentional torts. However, the FTCA does not exempt intentional torts committed by "investigative or law enforcement...

battery is a tort falling under the umbrella term 'trespass to the person'. Entailing unlawful contact which is directed and intentional, or reckless...

agreement. Intentional torts are any intentional acts that are reasonably foreseeable to cause harm to an individual, and that do so. Intentional torts have...

Economic torts, which are also called business torts, are torts that provide the common law rules on liability which arise out of business transactions...

also known as intentional interference with contractual relations, in the common law of torts, occurs when one person intentionally damages someone...

dignitary torts is more closely associated with secondary dignitary torts, most notably defamation (slander and libel), false light, intentional infliction...

prosecution is a common law intentional tort. Like the tort of abuse of process, its elements include (1) intentionally (and maliciously) instituting...

lawsuits are motivating factors for tort reform advocates. With regard to torts other than intentional torts, tort law is based on the principle of fault...

In common law it is classified as a tort distinct from the intentional tort of malicious prosecution. It is a tort that involves misuse of the public right...

The tort of seduction was a civil wrong or tort in common law legal systems, and still exists in some jurisdictions. Originally, it allowed an unmarried...

care expected to be exercised in similar circumstances. Within the scope of tort law, negligence pertains to harm caused by the violation of a duty of care...

The system of tort law in Australia is broadly similar to that in other common law countries. However, some divergences in approach have occurred as its...

50% of the responsibility for the injury. It is not a defense to any intentional tort. In England and Wales, it is not possible to defeat a claim under contributory...

contributory liability, another form of secondary liability, which is rooted in the tort theory of enterprise liability because, unlike contributory infringement...

matter how careful the defendant is safeguarding them. In the field of torts, prominent examples of strict liability may include product liability, abnormally...

tortious acts and to distinguish negligence from intentional torts. Its said to have been the leading tort law in world from the time of the Tang Dynasty...

may be no liability. This rule does not usually apply to intentional torts (for example, tort of deceit), and also has stunted applicability to the quantum...

The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages...

Hall Ltd to better cover intentional torts, such as sexual assault and deceit. Historically, it was held that most intentional wrongdoings were not in...

defendant typically invokes the defense of necessity only against the intentional torts of trespass to chattels, trespass to land, or conversion. The Latin...

In common law it is classified as a tort distinct from the intentional tort of malicious prosecution. It is a tort that involves misuse of the public right...

have developed out of common law concepts of property, trespass and intentional tort. Thus personality rights are, generally speaking, judge-made law, though...

standard of care. This is a higher standard than ordinary negligence under tort law. In the U.K., a conviction for gross negligence manslaughter requires...