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
