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| assault | An act that creates in the plaintiff immediate fear of an attempted battery. |
| battery | A harmful, offensive touching of another?s person. |
| conversion | Taking property that belongs to another and using it as one?s own. |
| defamation | An intentional false communication, either published or publicly spoken, that injuries another?s reputation or good name. |
| extra-hazardous activity | One that carries the likelihood of causing some type of damage even if reasonable care is exercised. |
| fraud | A false statement of a material fact with the intent to deceive, which statement is relied upon and is intended to be relied upon to cause a loss to the victim. |
| malpractice | Professional misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill, a violation of a standard of care. |
| misrepresentation | A false statement of material fact which is relied upon and is intended to be relied upon to cause a loss to the victim. |
| nuisance | Activity which arises from unreasonable, unwarranted or unlawful use by a person of his own property, working obstruction or injury to rights of another, or to the public and producing such material annoyance, inconvenience and discomfort that law will presume resulting damage. |
| personal injury | The term usually applied to describe the kind of suit filed to recover damages for a physical injury. |
| products liability | Legal responsibility of manufacturers and sellers to buyers, users, and bystanders for damages or injuries suffered because of defects in goods. |
| slander | Damage to a person?s reputation by spoken information. |
| strict liability | Concept applied by the courts in products liability cases that when a manufacturer presents goods for public sale the manufacturer is representing that they are suitable for their intended use. |
| tort | A private or civil wrong or injury for which the court provides a remedy through an action for damages. |
| tortfeasor | A wrong-doer; an individual or business that commits or is guilty of a tort. |
| trespass | Illegal entry upon the land of another. |
| wrongful death | Type of lawsuit brought on behalf of a deceased person?s beneficiaries that alleges that death was attributable to the willful or negligent act of another. |
