Tort law covers non-contractual wrongs for which plaintiffs seek damages.

Evidence

Orange case belongs to the category of tort law-that is, cases involving non-contractual wrongs or injuries for which damages are sought. Tort cases may entail, as in the Agent Orange litigation, multiple claims by workers or consumers against the actions or products of a limited number of corporations. More often, though, they involve relatively simple suits for damages by one individual against another, seeking compensation for damages or injuries suffered in, for example, an automobile accident. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2167

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines tort as the branch of civil law covering non-contractual injuries remedied by damages — a core civil-justice term for the course.
• XREF: connects to: Tort law covers both mass claims and simple individual damage suits for injuries — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1046; An injury becomes a lawsuit only when a legal entitlement is violated — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1055; Crime can be redefined as tort requiring repair rather than retribution (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• An injury becomes a lawsuit only when a legal entitlement is violated #expands (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1055
• Intervening tortious acts by third parties break legal liability chains #qualifies (1.00) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 711
• State common-law rulings, not statutes, govern most tort liability #responds-to (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3398
• Common-law courts award damages while equity courts issue injunctions #expands (1.00) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 351
• A wrongdoer cannot be rewarded with the fruit of their tort #complicates (1.00)
• Comparative negligence reduces damages rather than barring partially at-fault plaintiffs. #expands (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3452
• State courts make tort law through common-law elaboration rather than legislation. #expands (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3398
• Crime can be redefined as tort requiring repair rather than retribution #complicates (0.80)
• Adopting negligence doctrine reoriented tort law from redressing injury to deterring blameworthy conduct. #complicates (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3405