tort damages

A consumer expectations test is a standard used for determining if a design defect exists in a products liability tort case.

• products liability

A contingent fee, also known as a contingency fee, is a method of compensation for legal services. A lawyer who works on contingency receives a percentage of their client’s monetary award as compensation rather than billing a fixed hourly rate.

Continuing trespass broadly can refer to any recurring infringement of another person’s rights. While sometimes trespass is used in this broad sense, continued trespass in the modern context generally refers to trespass onto the land or property of another repetitiously or without ever ceasing.

Contra proferentem is a rule of contract interpretation that states an ambiguous contract term should be construed against the drafter of the contract. The term contra proferentem is derived from a Latin phrase meaning “against the offeror.”  

• contracts

See Adhesion contract.

Contribution is an important term in the fields of business and tort law. 

• llcs-corporations-partnerships

Contributory negligence is a common law tort rule which bars plaintiffs from recovering for the negligence of others if they too were negligent in causing the harm.

Conversion is an intentional tort which occurs when a party takes the chattel property of another with the intent to deprive them of it. Conversion is not applicable to real property. 

Counts refer to the basis for bringing a case, including each cause of action in civil cases or charge in criminal cases. Lawsuits can involve multiple counts in which someone can be held liable.

In civil cases, damages are the remedy that a party requests the court award in order to try to make the injured party whole. Typically damage awards are in the form of monetary compensation to the harmed party. Damages are imposed if the court finds that a party breached a duty under contract or violated some right.

• damages
• tort law
• contract law
• injunctive relief
• monetary relief
• specific performance