| product liability | | used to punitsh the defendant for willful, maliciaous, or outrageous conduct |
| tort | | unauthorized entry onto someone else's real estate |
| trespass | | a dangerous feature or improvement on real estate that is likely to attact young children |
| comparative negligence | | failure of a professional (i.e. doctor, lawyer,etc.) to practice to the prevailing standards of care in the community |
| reasonable person | | land and the improvements and things attached to it |
| attractive nuisance | | a false statemen that is communcated to a third part causing harm to the plaintiff |
| wrongful death | | the legal responsibility of makers and sellers of products fo injuries casused by defects in products they make or sell |
| malpractice | | the standard by which conduct is judged negligent or not |
| defamation | | a civil finding that a death was caused by the neglignence of another party |
| real estate | | the legal responsiblity to do or not todo something |
| tortfeasor | | a portion of the negligence and responsiblity for damages is assigned to the plaintiff |
| battery | | unauthorized touching or striking anothe person |
| negligence | | a person or entity that commits a tort |
| assumption of risk | | a legal defense; where a person is considered to have voluntarily accepted a known risk of danger |
| punitive damages | | a civil wrong |
| conversion | | failure to observe and practice ordinary care in an activity where a duty is breached |
| liability | | the tort equivalent of the crime of theft |