The attractive nuisance doctrine applies to the law of torts in some jurisdictions. It states that a landowner may be held liable for injuries to children...
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Attraction (redirect from Attractive)
with Attraction All pages with titles containing Attraction Attractive nuisance doctrine Attract (disambiguation) Law of attraction (disambiguation) This...
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Lynch v. Nurdin (category English nuisance cases)
the attractive nuisance doctrine and was cited by later sources in the United States and the Commonwealth of Nations in developing the doctrine. Lord...
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In English criminal law, public nuisance is a act, condition or thing that is illegal because it interferes with the rights of the general public. In Kent...
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Nuisance (from archaic nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, "to hurt") is a common law tort. It means something which causes offence...
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been abandoned on private property for more than six months. Attractive nuisance doctrine Decrepit car Getaway car Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property...
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Res ipsa loquitur (category Legal doctrines and principles)
applied the doctrine. In Hanrahan v. Merck, Sharp & Dohme (Ireland) Ltd. [1988] ILRM 629 the supreme court held that in cases of nuisance the burden of...
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Court decided United Zinc & Chemical Co. v. Britt, modifying the attractive nuisance doctrine in common law, which held a landowner responsible for the injuries...
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any accident resulting from the operation of hazardous activity. Attractive nuisance – A landowner may be liable for injuries to children trespassing...
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Transferred intent (redirect from Transferred Intent Doctrine)
transferred mens rea, or transferred malice, in English law) is a legal doctrine that holds that, when the intention to harm one individual inadvertently...
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Negligence (category Legal doctrines and principles)
Margaret A. (1977). "The Essentials of Nuisance: A Discussion of Recent New Zealand Developments in the Tort of Nuisance". Otago Law Review: 60–61. Walker...
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Ex turpi causa non oritur actio (category Legal doctrines and principles)
(Latin "action does not arise from a dishonourable cause") is a legal doctrine which states that a plaintiff will be unable to pursue legal relief and...
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off the roof an ambulance-chasing lawyer sues Jim under the attractive nuisance doctrine. With Hunter von Leer, John Morgan Evans, Rudy Bond, Paul Sorensen...
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trespassers. The court held that a landowner was not liable under the attractive nuisance doctrine if the child had not been attracted to the land by the condition...
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land that might be attractive to young children, the trespass may be deemed "anticipated" under the doctrine of attractive nuisance such that the child...
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work product – Attorney–client privilege – Attorney-in-fact – Attractive nuisance doctrine – Audit – Auditor – Australian Constitution – Australian Constitutional...
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Eggshell skull (redirect from Egg-shell skull doctrine)
qualem rule) is a well-established legal doctrine in common law, used in some tort law systems, with a similar doctrine applicable to criminal law. The rule...
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Respondeat superior (category Legal doctrines and principles)
(Latin: "let the master answer"; plural: respondeant superiores) is a doctrine that a party is responsible for (and has vicarious liability for) acts...
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though less attractive, courses of action exist. Appropriation (economics) Trespass on the case Trespass in English law Castle doctrine Countryside and...
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In the USA, the rescue doctrine of the law of torts holds that if a tortfeasor creates a circumstance that places the tort victim in danger, the tortfeasor...
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Vicarious liability (category Legal doctrines and principles)
form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility of the superior for...
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Last clear chance (redirect from Doctrine of last clear chance)
The last clear chance doctrine of tort law is applicable to negligence cases in jurisdictions that apply rules of contributory negligence in lieu of comparative...
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unfair or harsh, as in Re Polemis. Under the English law of negligence and nuisance, even where tortious liability is strict, the defendant may sometimes be...
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Contributory negligence (category Legal doctrines and principles)
injury through their own negligence. Because the contributory negligence doctrine can lead to harsh results, many common law jurisdictions have abolished...
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conduct. The costs associated with discovery in frivolous lawsuits are a nuisance for individuals against whom such litigation is brought in bad faith. Curtailing...
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of liability came to be known as the "turntable doctrine" and later the attractive nuisance doctrine by the case Keffe v. Milwaukee & St. Paul R.R. Co...
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Duty to rescue (redirect from Public duty doctrine)
illustrates the parameters around the legal necessity of a duty to act Rescue doctrine – in U.S. tort law, the principle that a tortfeasor who places the tort...
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modification of the common law doctrine of nuisance. Common law nuisances are seen as private or public nuisances. A public nuisance impairs the health, safety...
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realm of the tort of passing off. A commonly cited justification for this doctrine, from a policy standpoint, is the notion of natural rights and the idea...
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