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Misrepresentation - Part I, Fleming James, Oscar S. Gray
Misrepresentation - Part I, Fleming James, Oscar S. Gray
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The Highly Blameworthy Manufacturer: Implications On Rules Of Liability And Defense In Products Liability Actions, David Owen
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Property And Tort In Nuclear Law Today, Kazimierz Grzybowski, William Dobishinski
Property And Tort In Nuclear Law Today, Kazimierz Grzybowski, William Dobishinski
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Fraudulently Induced Consent To Intentional Torts, David A. Fischer
Fraudulently Induced Consent To Intentional Torts, David A. Fischer
Faculty Publications
This article will first proceed with a brief discussion of the nature of consent, the origin and application of the Restatement rule, and the exceptions to the rule which limit its application. A detailed analysis of the cases will follow.
Kentucky Law Survey: Torts, Richard C. Ausness
Kentucky Law Survey: Torts, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This issue of the Survey of Kentucky tort law includes recent decisions on false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and products liability. The first case, Consolidated Sales Co. v. Malone, held that Kentucky's shoplifter detention statute authorized a personal search of suspected shoplifters by store personnel. In the second case, Eigelbach v. Watts, the Kentucky Supreme Court adhered to its longstanding rule that physical impact was essential to an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Finally, in the third decision, McMichael v. American Red Cross, the Court, utilizing the Restatement's “unavoidably unsafe” rationale, refused to impose …