Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Abuse of Process

Chapter 2: Alienation of Affections

Chapter 3: Amusement Parks

Chapter 4: Animal Control Officer’s Rule

Chapter 5: Animals

Chapter 6: Assault and Battery

Chapter 7: Assumption of Risk

Chapter 8: Attorney’s Fees

Chapter 9: Attorney’s Lien

Chapter 10: Bad Faith Failure of Insurer to Pay First Party Claim (Statutory Cause of Action)

Chapter 11: Bad Faith Failure to Settle (Common Law Claim)

Chapter 12: Breach of Promise to Marry

Chapter 13: Causation

Chapter 14: Charitable Immunity

Chapter 15: Comparative Fault

Chapter 16: Confidential Relationship

Chapter 17: Conflict of Laws in Tort Cases

Chapter 18: Contribution

Chapter 19: Conspiracy

Chapter 20: Constructive Fraud

Chapter 21: Conversion

Chapter 22: Criminal Conversation

Chapter 23: Damages

Chapter 24: Defamation

Chapter 25: Duty

Chapter 26: Expert Witnesses

Chapter 27: False Imprisonment

Chapter 28: Family Purpose Doctrine

Chapter 29: Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA)

Chapter 30: Fraud

Chapter 31: Governmental Tort Liability Act

Chapter 32: Gross Negligence

Chapter 33: Imputed Negligence

Chapter 34: Independent Contractor

Chapter 35: Intentional Infliction of Emotional DistresS (Outrageous Conduct)

Chapter 36: Intentional Interference with Business Relationship

Chapter 37: Intentional Interference with Contractual Relationships

Chapter 38: Interference With and Mishandling Human Remains

Chapter 39: Invasion of Privacy

Chapter 40: Last Clear Chance Rule

Chapter 41: Legal Malpractice

Chapter 42: Limitation of Actions

Chapter 43: Liquor Liability

Chapter 44: Loss of Consortium (Personal Injury Cases)

Chapter 45: Malicious Harassment

Chapter 46: Malicious Prosecution

Chapter 47: Medical Negligence

Chapter 48: Misrepresentation by Concealment

Chapter 49: Motor Vehicle Cases

Chapter 50: Negligence by a Child

Chapter 51: Negligence Per Se

Chapter 52: Negligent Bailment

Chapter 53: Negligent Entrustment

Chapter 54: Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress

Chapter 55: Negligent Misrepresentation

Chapter 56: Nuisance

Chapter 57: Parent – Child Immunity

Chapter 58: Personal Property

Chapter 59: Physician – Patient Confidentiality

Chapter 60: Physical or Mental Disability

Chapter 61: Policeman and Fireman’s Rule

Chapter 62: Premises Liability

Chapter 63: Products Liability

Chapter 64: Punitive Damages

Chapter 65: Rescue Doctrine

Chapter 66: Res Ipsa Loquitor in Non-Medical Negligence Cases

Chapter 67: Savings Statute

Chapter 68: Spousal Immunity

Chapter 69: State of Tennessee

Chapter 70: Strict Liability

Chapter 71: Subrogation

Chapter 72: Subsequent Medical Negligence, Liability of Original Tortfeasor

Chapter 73: Sudden Emergency Doctrine

Chapter 74: Trespass

Chapter 75: Unavoidable Accident

Chapter 76: Unfair Competition

Chapter 77: Vicarious Liability

Chapter 78: Wrongful Death

Chapter 79: Wrongful Pregnancy