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  2. United States tort law - Wikipedia

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    In tort law, there are generally five areas in which transferred intent is applicable: battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to land, and trespass to chattels. Generally, any intent to cause any one of these five torts which results in the completion of any of the five tortious acts will be considered an intentional act, even if the ...

  3. Tort - Wikipedia

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    Tort law is referred to as the law of delict in Scots and Roman Dutch law, and resembles tort law in common law jurisdictions in that rules regarding civil liability are established primarily by precedent and theory rather than an exhaustive code. However, like other civil law jurisdictions, the underlying principles are drawn from Roman law.

  4. Outline of tort law - Wikipedia

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    Union of India, in Indian tort law is a unique outgrowth of the doctrine of strict liability for ultrahazardous activities. Under this principle of absolute liability, an enterprise is absolutely liable without exceptions to compensate everyone affected by any accident resulting from the operation of hazardous activity.

  5. Duty of care - Wikipedia

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    Usually city government has a duty of care to repair and maintain the sidewalk. In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation that is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care to avoid careless acts that could foreseeably harm others, and lead to claim in negligence.

  6. Sovereign immunity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government and nearly every state have passed tort claims acts allowing them to be sued for the negligence, but not intentional wrongs [citation needed], of government employees. The common-law tort doctrine of respondeat superior makes employers generally responsible for the torts of their employees. In the absence of this waiver ...

  7. Transferred intent - Wikipedia

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    Generally, any intent to cause any one of these five torts which results in the completion of any of the five tortious acts will be considered an intentional act, even if the actual target of the tort is one other than the intended target of the original tort. See cases of Carnes v. Thompson, 48 S.W.2d 903 (Mo. 1932) and Bunyan v.

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    Ingredients. 1 burger bun. 1/3 oz butter. 7 oz fresh ground Wagyu beef, formed into a patty. 3 slices fresh tomato. 2 pieces of Gem lettuce. 3 sweet pickles, sliced

  9. Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York

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    Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), is an opinion given by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court overruled Monroe v. Pape by holding that a local government is a "person" subject to suit under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code: Civil action for deprivation of rights. [1]