Torts Flashcards
Parent-Child liability – SAD
S- Supervision failure
A- Agency for family
D- Dangerous instrumentality
Proof not required – BAFTD
B- Battery A- Assault F- False imprisonment T- Trespass to land D- Defamation
Transferred intent between torts – BAFTT
B- Battery A- Assault F- False imprisonment T- Trespass to land T- Trespass to chattels
Defenses to imminent harm – SOP
S- defense of Self
O- defense of Others
P- defense of Property
Negligence elements – ABCD
A- A D’s legal duty to foreseeable Ps
B- Breach of duty
C- Causation “but for” and “proximate” harm
D- Damages to P
Fraud contract defense elements – FIRD
F- False statement of material fact by P
I- Intention/scienter to deceive
R- reasonable Reliance by P on D’s falsity
D- Damages to P
Product defense balancing test – RAD
R- Reasonable
A- Alternative
D- Design
Product liability defenses – SCAAM
S- State of the art C- Comparative fault A- Assumption of the risk A- Alteration downstream M- Misuse or overuse
Defamation defintion – FPID
F- False statement of fact concerning P
P- Publicized to a third person with a wrongful
I- Intention or at least negligence in exposing the P to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or disgrace creating
D- Damages to P’s reputation and good name
Per se defamation damage categories – LUNI
L- Loathsome disease
U- Unchastity or other serious sexual misconduct
N- Notorious criminal allegation
I- Injury in trade, business, or profession
Defamation defenses – TEMPR
T- Truth E- Express or implied consent M- Mere subjective opinion P- Privilege R- Retraction
Invasion of privacy torts – PAPI
P- Public disclosure of private matter
A- Appropriation of commercial likeness
P- Publication in a false light
I- Intrusion upon seclusion
