4) Damages

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Tort Law Mind Map on 4) Damages, created by Alex Cooper on 07/07/2013.
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Mind Map by Alex Cooper, updated more than 1 year ago
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4) Damages
  1. EGG SHELL PRINCIPLE
    1. NY: P'S RECOVERY REDUCED BY AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES
      1. EQUITABLE REMEDIES & INJUNCTIONS
        1. Remedies & Injunctions available
          1. Preliminary injunctions
            1. i) Show likelihood of success on the merits
              1. ii) Show irreparable harm
              2. Permanent injunction - issued at end of litigation
                1. Negative / prohibitory injunction - i.e. X enjoined from doing something
                  1. Mandatory injunctions
                  2. TEST
                    1. 1) P must show no "adequate remedy at law"
                      1. money damages will not provide adequate remedy i.e. where tortious conduct repetitive / on going (trespass)
                        1. Note: court can give injunction + money damages
                      2. 2) P must show the he has a protectable right involved in this particular law suit
                        1. 'free square'
                        2. 3) Injunction must be enforceable
                          1. Issue with affirmative or mandatory injunction
                          2. 4) Balance of hardships - benefit to P must outweigh hardship to D
                          3. Defenses against injunction (not liablity)
                            1. i) P has unclean hands
                              1. ii) Laches - prejudicial delay in bringing request for injunction
                                1. iii) 1st Amendment - there can be no prior restraint
                              2. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
                                1. Common law - majority abolished + in NY
                                  1. Contributory negligence
                                    1. Bars P's right to recovery
                                      1. Exception: Last clear chance
                                        1. Imputed contributory negligence
                                      2. Assumption of risk
                                        1. NY: Primary assumption of risk - applies only to participants or spectators of formal recreational activities
                                          1. Duty to retrain from reckless conduct - lower duty
                                            1. You "assume the risk"
                                        2. Majority rule + NY: Doctrine of comparative negligence
                                          1. i) D must show P failed to exercise proper care for his own safety (reasonable prudence)
                                            1. ii) D must show P is expected to observe self-protecting statues (e.g. don't jade walk)
                                              1. Remedies
                                                1. Pure comparative negligence
                                                  1. Damages allocated by percentage of fault
                                                    1. P always recovers something
                                                  2. Modified or partial comparative negligence
                                                    1. If P's fault over 50% - absolute bar to recovery
                                                      1. P's fault under 50% - recovery reduced by %
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