If a loss caused by two or more tortfeasors is indivisible, or cannot be apportioned among the defendants, the tortfeasors bear ____ liability. (Identifying such a situation in a hypothetical, and how damages in such a case might be apportioned, would be a good essay question.)
Proponents of tort reform argue that increased tort liability has increased the practice of ___ medicine.
The concept of respondeat superior applies to negligent torts, intentional torts, and strict liability claims. The employee must be acting within the _____ and in furtherance of their employment for the employer to be vicariously liable for their actions. (A hypothetical requiring determination of whether the employer would be vicariously liable would be a good essay question.)
An employer can even be vicariously liable for an action that they have specifically ____ the employee from engaging in, if that action was done within the scope and in furtherance of the employment.
Dr. John Hasnas believes that we are better off with the dynamic but imperfect system of the ___ law.
Parents can be held liable for the intentional torts of their children under statutes that impute liability to the parents under a theory of ______ supervision.
Where there is joint and several liability, a defendant who pays more than his pro rata share of damages is entitled to _____, or partial reimbursement, from other defendants.
The goal of classical reformers was to create rules in the tort system that favored ___.
Whether one is considered an independent contractor or an employee for the purpose of determining whether vicarious liability applies usually comes down to a question of the level of ______ the employer has over the work of person in question.
Tort law exposes incompetence, corruption, and other forms of ___.
The doctrine of ______ superior makes an employer vicariously liable for the tortious conduct of its employees.
Litigation rates are not significantly ___ in the US than they are in other industrialized countries.
The goal of reformers in the Progressive Era was to create rules in the tort system that favor ___.
A joint tortfeasor who agrees to ___ another joint tortfeasor accepts all financial responsibility on behalf of that tortfeasor.
Under the rule of joint and several liability, each joint ___ can be held responsible for the entire harm or any designated portion of the harm, and the plaintiff may recover from one or all of the joint tortfeasors, though limited in total recovery by the total amount of damages.
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