| False Imprisonment |
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| Have you ever been detained for questioning at a department store because an item in your shopping bag set off an alarm at the exit? If so, you may have considered suing the store for false imprisonment. However, in most cases, you would lose.More... |
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| TORT LIABILITY OF MUNCIPALITIES |
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| When a municipality is acting within its governmental capacity or is performing a governmental function, such as providing water or utility services, it is generally not liable for negligence with regard to the governmental function. However, if the municipality is acting is a proprietary manner, that is, when it owns or maintains real or personal property, the municipality may be liable for the negligence of its representatives, agents, and employees.More... |
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| RULES REGARDING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MOTOR VEHICLES |
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| A right-of-way with regard to a motor vehicle means that the vehicle has the privilege of the immediate use of a highway or a roadway. When one driver has the right-of-way, another driver must yield to the driver with the right-of-way.More... |
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| THE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES' CLAIMS ACT |
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| The Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act (PCA) was enacted in 1964 in order to provide relief to service members and to other federal civilian employees for personal property that is lost, damaged, or destroyed as a result of the employees' service with the United States government.More... |
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| DEFENSES TO TORTS INVOLVING INTERFERENCE WITH A MARITAL RELATIONSHIP |
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| Even though most torts involving interference with a marital relationship have been abolished in most states and are rare in states that still allow a cause of action for the torts, a third party who is accused of such torts has certain defenses or privileges with regard to the torts. Such defenses or privileges include when the third party is merely giving advice or when a spouse consents to or condones the third party's conduct.
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