Hammontree v. Jenner
97 Cal. Rptr. 739 (Cal. App. 1971)
Torts
Torts Law handles situations involving harm or injury caused by someone’s actions.
Throughout this course, our Case Briefs will examine incidents like negligence, intentional harm, and determining legal responsibility. We’ll learn the crucial concepts such as (duty of care, causing harm, and compensating for damages etc.) — These briefs will showcase how this law functions in real-life scenarios, using legal cases to illustrate the application of Torts Law.
Explore the Cases Below
Harnish v. Children’s Hospital Medical Center
439 N.E.2d 240 (1982)
Harris v. Board of Education of Howard County
825 A.2d 365 (2003)
Harry Stoller & Co. v. City of Lowell
587 N.E.2d 780 (1992)
Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
8 F.3d 1222 (1993)
Herskovits v. Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
99 Wash.2d 609, 664 P.2d 474 (1983)
Hinman v. Westinghouse
471 P.2d 988 (1970)
Hood v. Ryobi America Corp.
181 F.3d 608 (1999)
Hughes v. Magic Chef, Inc.
288 N.W.2d 542 (1980)
Hurley v. Eddingfield
156 Ind. 416, 59 N.E. 1058 (1901)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
485 U.S. 46, 108 S.Ct. 876 (1988)
Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly & Co.
73 N.Y.2d 487 (1989)
Indiana Consolidated Insurance Co. v. Mathew
402 N.E.2d 1000 (1980)
Indiana Harbor Belt R.R. v. American Cyanamid Co.
916 F.2d 1174 (1990)
Intel Corporation v. Hamidi
71 P.3d 296 (2003)
International News Service v. Associated Press
248 U.S. 215 (1918)
Jowers v. BOC Group
608 F.Supp.2d 724 (2009)
Katko v. Briney
183 N.W.2d 657 (1971)
Kemezy v. Peters
79 F.3d 33 (7th Cir. 1996)
Kennedy v. Cannon
182 A.2d 54 (Md. 1962)
Kentucky River Medical Center v. McIntosh
319 S.W.3d 385 (2010)
Kingston v. Chicago & N.W. Ry. Co.
211 N.W. 913 (1927)
Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment Corp.
439 F.2d 477 (1970)
Knitz v. Minster Machine Co.
432 N.E.2d 814 (1982)
Laidlaw v. Organ
15 U.S. 178 (1817)
Lama v. Borras
16 F.3d 473 (1st Cir. 1994)
Lamson v. American Axe & Tool Co.
177 Mass. 144, 58 N.E. 585 (1900)
Landers v. East Texas Salt Water Disposal Co.
248 S.W.2d 731 (1952)
Laney v. Vance
112 So. 3d 1079 (2013)
Langlois v. Town of Proctor
113 A.3d 44 (2014)
Lasley v. Combined Transport, Inc.
261 P.3d 1215 (2011)
Lee v. Crookston Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
188 N.W.2d 426 (1971)
LeRoy Fibre Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
232 U.S. 340 (1914)
Li v. Yellow Cab Co.
13 Cal.3d 804, 119 Cal.Rptr. 858, 532 P.2d 1226 (1975)
Licari v. Elliott
441 N.E.2d 1088 (1982)
Linegar v. Armour of America, Inc.
909 F.2d 1150 (1990)
Liriano v. Hobart Corp.
700 N.E.2d 303 (1998)
Loomis v. Amazon.com LLC
63 Cal.App.5th 466 (2021)
Lumley v. Gye
118 Eng. Rep. 749 (Q.B. 1853)
Lyons v. Midnight Sun Transportation Services, Inc.
928 P.2d 1202 (1996)
MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
475 N.E.2d 65 (1985)
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
111 N.E. 1050 (1916)
Marcus v. Staubs
736 S.E.2d 360 (2012)
Marquay v. Eno
139 N.H. 708 (1995)
Marshall v. Nugent and Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.
222 F.2d 604 (1955)
Martin v. Herzog
126 N.E. 814 (1920)
Martin v. United States
471 F. Supp. 6 (1979)
Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc.
347 F.3d 672 (2003)
Mavrikidis v. Petullo
707 A.2d 977 (1998)
Mayhew v. Sullivan Mining Co.
76 Me. 100 (1884)
McCann v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
210 F.3d 51 (2000)
McCarthy v. Olin Corporation
119 F.3d 148 (1997)
McDermott, Inc. v. AmClyde
511 U.S. 202, 114 S.Ct. 1461, 128 L.Ed.2d 148 (1994)
McDougald v. Garber
73 N.Y.2d 246, 536 N.E.2d 372 (1989)
McElhaney v. Thomas
405 P.3d 1214 (2017)
McGuire v. Almy
8 N.E.2d 760 (1937)
Minnich v. Med-Waste, Inc.
564 S.E.2d 98 (2002)
Mitchell v. Rochester Railway
45 N.E. 354 (N.Y. 1896)
Mohr v. Grantham
262 P.3d 490 (2011)
Montague v. AMN Healthcare, Inc.
168 Cal. Rptr. 3d 123 (2014)
Montgomery v. National Convoy Trucking Co.
195 S.E.247 (S.C. 1938)
Moore v. Hartley Motors, Inc.
36 P.3d 628 (2001)
Moore v. Regents of the University of California
793 P.2d 479 (1990)
Moorman Manufacturing Company v. National Tank Company
435 N.E.2d 443 (1982)
Mosler Safe Co. v. Ely-Norris Safe Co.
273 U.S. 132 (1927)
Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co.
250 N.Y. 479, 166 N.E. 173 (1929)
Nader v. General Motors Corp.
25 N.Y.2d 560 (N.Y. 1970)
Navarro v. Block
72 F.3d 712 (1995)
NBA v. Motorola
105 F.3d 841 (1997)
Neel v. Sewell
834 F. Supp. 2d 648 (2011)
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
376 U.S. 254 (1964)
O’Banner v. McDonald’s Corp.
670 N.E.2d 632 (1996)
O’Brien v. Cunard S.S. Co.
154 Mass. 272, 28 N.E. 266 (1891)
O’Guin v. Bingham County
122 P.3d 308 (2005)
O’Shea v. Riverway Towing Co.
677 F.2d 1194 (1982)
Ollerman v. O’Rourke Co., Inc.
288 N.W.2d 95 (1980)
Osborne v. McMasters
41 N.W. 543 (Minn. 1889)
Overseas Tankship v. Miller Steamship Co.
Privy Council Appeal No.7 of 1964
Pagelsdorf v. Safeco Insurance Co.
284 N.W.2d 55 (1979)
Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R.
248 N.Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99 (1928)
People Express Airlines v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
495 A.2d 107 (1985)
Philadelphia Newspapers v. Hepps
475 U.S. 767 (1986)
Pinnick v. Cleary
271 N.E.2d 592 (Mass. 1971)
Pipher v. Parsell
930 A.2d 890 (2007)
Ploof v. Putnam
81 Vt. 471, 71 A. 188 (1908)
Podias v. Mairs
926 A.2d 859 (2007)
Poggi v. Scott
139 P. 815 (1914)
Pohl v. County of Furnas
682 F.3d 745 (2012)
Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.
292 U.S. 98, 54 S.Ct. 580, 78 L.Ed. 1149 (1934)
Posas v. Horton
228 P.3d 457 (2010)
Posecai v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
752 So.2d 762 (1999)
Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
863 P.2d 795 (1993)
Purcell v. United States
656 F.3d 463 (2011)
Pusey v. Bator
762 N.E.2d 968 (2002)
Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co.
514 U.S. 159 (1995)
Re Arbitration: Polemis and Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd.
3 KB 560 (Court of Appeal, 1921)
Remy v. MacDonald
801 N.E.2d 260 (2004), 440 Mass. 675
Renner v. Retzer Resources, Inc.
236 So.3d 810 (2017)
Right v. Breen
890 A.2d 1287 (2006)