Chapter 7 Definitions

_____is the intentional publication of embarrassing private affairs.

Disclosure

A_____claim represents the loss by one spouse of the other spouse's companionship, services, or affection

Loss of consortium

Spoken defamation is known as

Slander

The _____allows plaintiffs to recover proportionately from a group of manufacturers when the identity of the specific manufacturer responsible for the harm is unknown.

Market share theory

The _____is an authoritative secondary source, written by a group of legal scholars, summarizing the existing common law of torts, as well as suggesting what the law should be.

Restatement of the law of torts, second

If a person directs a tortious act towards A but instead harms B, the intent to act against A is transferred to B; this is the legal fiction known as

Transferred intent

An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive physical contact is known as an

Assault

Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger is known as

Assumption of the risk

_____is the publication of false statements that harm a person's reputation.

Defamation

Written defamation is known as

Libel

The defense to a products liability claim that states that product was not being used for its intended purpose of in a dangerous manner, is known as

Product misuse