Remedies Flashcards

Remedies

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Rule: Legal Remedies Available in Tort Action

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The legal remedies for tort actions are Compensatory Damages, Nominal Damages, Punitive Damages, Restitution, Replevin, Ejectment

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What legal remedy is available to recover chattels?

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Replevin is a legal remedy available to recover chattels.

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What legal remedy is availble to regain possession of land?

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Ejectment is a legal remedy available to regain possession of land.

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Rule: Nominal Damages

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Nominal damages are awarded to vindicate a plaintiff’s rights in the absence of actual harm.

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Rule: Compensatory damages (tort)

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Compensatory damages are awarded to put a plaintiff back into the position as though the tort didn’t occur.

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Rule: Equitable Remedies in a tort action

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Equitable remedies for a tort action are Constructive Trust, Equitable Lien, Temporary Restraining Order, Temporary Injunction, Permanent Injunction

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Rule: Punitive Damages

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Punitive damages are awarded where defendant has displayed wilful, wnaton, or malicious tortious conduct

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Are restitution damages available if plaintiff has received compensatory damages?

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No

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Rule: Restitution Damages

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Restitution damages are money damages awarded to a plaintiff equal to the value of the benefit received by the defendant.

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Rule: Equitable Restitution - When can it be awarded?

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Award damaged when a remedy at law is inadequate.

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Types of Equitable Restitution

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Constructive Trust, Equitable Lien

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What does plaintiff get if court creates constructive trust?

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Legal title to the unjustly retained property

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What does a plaintiff get if the court creates an equitable lien?

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a lien on the unjustly retained property (not in full satisfaction)

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When should P pursue Constructive Trust? Equitable Lien

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Constructive Trust: Value of property has increased. Equitable Lien: When value of property has decreased

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What remedy is available to keep one party from performing an act?

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Injunction

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What are the types of injunctions?

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Temporary restraining order, prelimianry injunction, permanent injunction

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Rule: showiong needed for TRO

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irreperable harm, likelihood of success on merits, inadequate legal remedy, balancing hardships, no defenses) (Irish Lads Inhale Beer in Dublin)

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Rule: Defenses to a TRO

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Laches (Time Delay); Unclean Hands (Plaintiff in bad faith)

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Purpose of preliminary injunction

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preserve status quo before trial

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What is a permanent Injunction and when is it awarded?

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Court orders one to perform act or stop performing after full trial on the merits.

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What remedies are available to plaintiffs in contract actions?

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Legal damages - Expectation, consequential, incidental, reliance, liquidated, nominal, punitive; legal restitution; equitable remedies (recission, reformation); injunction

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Expectation Damages

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Remedy that compensates plaintiff for value of benefit plaintiff expected to receive

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Consequential Damages

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Remedy that compensates plaintiff that are a direct and forseeale consequence of the contract not being performed.

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Incidental damages

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Remedy for costs reasonably incurred when other party is in breach

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Reliance damages
Damages that put plaintiff in same position he would have been had the contract never been made
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Can plaintiff get both reliance and expectation damages?
No.
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Liquidated damages
Damages that are stipulated to in a clause in the contract
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Nominal damages
Damages awarded to declare contract has been breached, but plaintiff has sustained no loss