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| intentional harmful or offensive physical contact with another person without legal justification |
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| an intentional threat of force against another person that creates a well-founded apprehension of immediate bodily contact |
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| the restraint or confinement of a person without consent or legal authority |
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| the seizure or forcible restraint of a person without legal authority |
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| Intentional infliction of emotional distress |
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| an intentional act causing mental anguish that result in physical injury |
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| Negligent infliction of emotional distress |
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| an unintentional act causing mental anguish that result in physical injury |
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| a false written or oral statement that harms another’s reputation |
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| a false oral statement that harms a person’s reputation |
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| in tort law, the communication of a defamatory statement to another person |
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| Slander that raises a presumption of malice and that, therefore, requires no proof of harm |
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| a false written or printed statement that harms a person’s reputation |
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| a false written or printed statement that tends to degrade or disgrace a person and that requires no proof of harm |
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| Product disparagement, or trade libel |
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| an intentional false or misleading statement about the quality of a plaintiff’s product, resulting in financial damage to the plaintiff |
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| Invasion of the right of privacy, or invasion of privacy |
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| interference with a person’s right to be free from unwarranted public intrusion |
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| an intentional or reckless act, extreme or outrageous in nature, causing severe emotional distress that results in physical injury; generally applied in suits for breach of insurance contracts |
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| a group of torts involving disparagement that causes harm to any kind of legally protected intangible property right |
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| Malicious interference with prospective economic advantage |
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| a tort involving intentional interference with another’s business or with another’s expected economic advantage |
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| the intent to do a wrongful act without justification or excuse |
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| Use of wrongful or fraudulent practices by a business to gain an unfair advantage over competitors |
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| Interference with employment |
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| an unjustified intentional act that interferes with another’s valid or expected business relationship |
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| Interference with employment |
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| an unjustified intentional act that interferes with another’s valid or expected business relationship |
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| a lawsuit by or on behalf of a child with birth defects, alleging that, but for the doctor-defendant’s negligent advice, the parents would not have conceived the child or would have terminated the pregnancy so as to avoid the pain and suffering resulting from the child’s defects |
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| Wrongful-pregnancy action, or wrongful-conception action |
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| a lawsuit by a parent for damages resulting from a pregnancy following a failed sterilization |
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| the improper institution of legal proceedings against another |
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| the grounds that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the plaintiff committed the act for which the defendant is suing |
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| Malicious abuse of process |
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| the use of civil or criminal procedures for a purpose for which they were not designed |
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| the unlawful exercise of control over another person’s personal property to the detriment of the owner |
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| tangible, movable personal property |
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| an unreasonable and unlawful interference with another’s use or enjoyment of his or her real property |
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| purposeful interference with another party’s enjoyment of his or her property |
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| an act, occupation, or structure that is a nuisance at all times and under any conditions, regardless of location or surroundings |
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| an act, occupation, or structure that affects the public at large or a substantial segment of the public, interfering with public enjoyment or rights regarding property |
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