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Chapter 1: Agency or Fiduciary Based Causes of Action
1-1 Agent Breaching Fiduciary Duty to Principal
1-2 Agent’s Liability to Third Parties
1-3 Bailments
1-4 Breach of Fiduciary Duty
1-5 Charitable Organization Liable for Wrongdoing
1-6 Co-Sureties Contributing on Debt Default
1-7 Escrow Agent Improperly Disbursing Funds
Chapter 2: Attorney and Legal Services Causes of Action
2-1 Attorney Malpractice
2-2 Legal Fraud
2-3 Claim for Attorneys’ Fees
2-4 Attorney Charging Lien
Chapter 3: Banking, Commercial Paper
3-1 Wrongful Refusal to Honor Check
3-2 Letters of Credit
3-3 Holder in Due Course
3-4 Enforcement of Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Instrument
3-5 Employer’s Responsibility for Fraudulent Endorsement by Employee
3-6 Collecting Bank Late Objection to Negotiable Instrument
3-7 Bank’s Wrongful Failure to Honor Stop Payment
3-8 Death or Incapacity of Customer
3-9 Liability for Improper Payment by Bank Because of Revoked or Limited Power of Attorney
3-10 Liability for Payment of Forged or Altered Checks
3-11 Modification or Revocation of Letters of Credit
3-12 Letters of Credit: Fraud and Forgery
Chapter 4: Constitutional Causes of Action
4-1 Eminent Domain
4-2 Invasion of Privacy
4-3 Inverse Condemnation (aka “De Facto Taking”)
4-4 Waiver of Sovereign Immunity
4-5 Claim for Violation of Free Speech Rights
Chapter 5: Contract or Quasi-Contract Causes of Action
5-1 Accounting
5-2 Account Stated
5-3 Anticipatory Breach of Contract
5-4 Avoidance of Contract by Child
5-5 Breach of Contract
5-6 Buyer’s Damages for Accepted Goods
5-7 Buyer’s Damages for Non-Delivery or Repudiation
5-8 Buyer’s Recovering Specifically Identified Goods
5-9 Buyer’s Remedies for Breach in General
5-10 Buyer’s Right to Replevy Goods Identified to the Contract
5-11 Confusing Language in Written Contract
5-12 Contract
5-13 Enforceability of Contract for Sale of Goods for the Price of $500 or More (Statute of Frauds)
5-14 Constructive Fraud in Contract
5-15 Contract Rescission Based on Misrepresentation
5-16 Duress
5-17 Express Warranty
5-18 Failure to Cooperate in Performance
5-19 Firm Offers
5-20 Gist of the Action Doctrine
5-21 Implied-In-Fact Contract
5-22 Implied-In-Law Contract/Quasi-contract
5-23 Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
5-24 Implied Warranty of Fitness for Particular Purpose
5-25 Implied Warranty of Merchantability
5-26 Intentional Interference with Contractual Relations
5-27 Mutual Mistake
5-28 Open Price Term
5-29 Output and Requirements Contracts
5-30 Promissory Estoppel (Detrimental Reliance)
5-31 Seller’s Action for the Price
5-32 Seller’s Remedies for Breach in General
5-33 Seller’s Remedies Upon Discovery of Buyer’s Insolvency
5-34 Settlement Agreements as Contracts
5-35 Specific Performance
5-36 Substantial Performance
5-37 Suretyship
5-38 Unconscionability
5-39 Unilateral Mistake
5-40 Unjust Enrichment (Quantum Meruit)
5-41 Warranty of Title
Chapter 6: Corporate- and Partnership-Based Causes of Action
6-1 Association and Membership Liability
6-2 Breach of Fiduciary Duty
6-3 Business Judgment Rule
6-4 Corporate Liability in Tort
6-5 Custodians
6-6 Derivative Suits
6-7 Involuntary Dissolution
6-8 Participation Theory of Liability
6-9 Partnership Liability
6-10 Piercing the Corporate Veil
6-11 Receivers
6-12 Shareholder Access to Corporate Records
6-13 Shareholder Oppression
6-14 Successor Liability
6-15 Venue
6-16 Forum Non Conveniens
Chapter 7: Damage-Related Causes of Action
7-1 Contribution
7-2 Indemnification
7-3 Delay Damages/Interest
7-4 Punitive Damages
7-5 Damages Against Political Subdivisions
7-6 Declaratory Relief; Unresolved Damages
Chapter 8: Employer- and Employee-Based Causes of Action
8-1 Discrimination
8-2 Hostile Work Environment
8-3 Negligent Hiring and Negligent Supervision
8-4 Pennsylvania Human Relations Act
8-5 Quantum Meruit
8-6 Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment
8-7 Respondeat Superior Liability
8-8 Restrictive Covenants
8-9 Retaliation
8-10 Vicarious Liability
8-11 Wage Payment and Collection Law
8-12 Wrongful Discharge
Chapter 9: Equitable Causes of Action
9-1 Equitable Rescission and Reformation of Contract
9-2 Economic Duress
9-3 Unconscionability
9-4 Action for Specific Performance of Contract
9-5 Action to Enforce Restrictive Covenant
9-6 Action on Contract Implied-In-Law
9-7 Promissory Estoppel
9-8 Unjust Enrichment
9-9 Reformation of Contracts
9-10 Constructive Trust
9-11 Injunctions
9-12 Equitable Subrogation
9-13 Implied Indemnification
Chapter 10: Family and Matrimonial Causes of Action
10-1 Adoption
10-2 Annulment
10-2:1 Void Marriages
10-2:2 Voidable Marriages
10-3 Custody
10-3:1 Types of Custody
10-3:2 Custody Factors
10-3:3 Grandparents
10-3:4 Enforcement of Visitation
10-3:5 Relocation
10-4 Divorce
10-4:1 Jurisdiction
10-4:2 Grounds for Divorce
10-4:3 Fault Grounds
10-4:4 Institutionalization
10-4:5 Mutual Consent
10-4:6 Irretrievable Breakdown
10-4:7 Marital Property
10-5 Protection from Abuse
10-5:1 Requirements
10-5:2 Temporary Orders
10-5:3 Relief
10-6 Standby Guardianship
10-7 Support
Chapter 11: Insurance-Based Causes of Action
11-1 Insurance-Carrier Bad-Faith Actions
11-2 Insurance Carrier’s Duty to Defend/Declaratory Judgment Action
11-3 Insurance Policy Terminated Without Notice to Insured
11-4 Insurer’s Fraudulent-Misrepresentation Defense
11-5 Negligence
11-6 Negligent Misrepresentation
11-7 Subrogation
Chapter 12: Judicial Based Causes of Action
12-1 Abuse of Process
12-2 Agricultural Crop Destruction
12-3 Alteration or Destruction of Evidence (Spoliation of Evidence)
12-4 Assault with Biological Agent on Animal, Fowl, or Honey Bees
12-5 Civil Rights Violations
12-6 Concert of Action
12-7 Commemorative Service Demonstrations
12-8 Conversion of Timber
12-9 Dilatory, Obdurate or Vexatious Conduct
12-10 Disgorgement of Criminal Profits
12-11 Drug-Related Nuisances
12-12 Ecoterrorism
12-13 Extraordinary Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
12-14 Invalidity of Agreements with Injured Persons
12-15 King’s Bench Petitions
12-16 Malicious Use of Process (Dragonetti Act Violation)
12-17 Mandamus and Prohibition
12-18 Quo Warranto
12-19 Sale of Drugs to Minors
12-20 Special Damages for Passing Bad Checks
12-21 Terrorism
12-22 Theft of Leased Property
12-23 Unauthorized Use of Name or Likeness
Chapter 13: Real Property Causes of Action
13-1 Land-Related Causes of Action
13-1:1 Adverse Possession
13-1:2 Action to Enjoin Conveyance of Land Dedicated to Public Use
13-1:3 Express Easement
13-1:4 Prescriptive Easement
13-1:5 Implied Easement
13-1:6 Easement by Necessity
13-1:7 Violation of Restrictive Covenant in Deed
13-1:8 Replevin of Wrongfully Severed Fixtures
13-1:9 Action to Quiet Title
13-1:10 Abandonment of Easement
13-1:11 Claim for Broker’s Commission
13-1:12 Partition of Real Property
13-1:13 Action to Prevent Waste
13-2 Landlord-Tenant Causes of Action
13-2:1 Breach of the Implied Warranty of Habitability
13-2:2 Breach of Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
13-2:3 Breach of Landlord’s Obligation to Provide Security
13-2:4 Condemnation of Leased Premises
13-2:5 Claim for Security Deposit
13-2:6 Claim for Slander of Title
13-2:7 Claim for Public Nuisance
13-2:8 Claim for Private Nuisance
13-2:9 Constructive Eviction
13-2:10 Injuries to Third Persons
13-2:11 Action in Ejectment
13-2:12 Fixtures
13-2:13 Eviction by Landlord
13-2:14 Liability of Landlord for Repairs by Tenant
13-2:15 Liability for Wrongful Subletting
Chapter 14: Statutory Causes of Action
14-1 Dilution of Trademark
14-2 Action to Enjoin Trademark Infringement
14-3 Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
14-4 Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection
14-5 Mechanics Lien
14-6 Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings (Dragonetti Act)
14-7 Dram Shop Act Liability
14-8 Fair Credit Extension Uniformity Act
14-9 Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act
14-10 Pennsylvania Automobile Lemon Law
14-11 Pennsylvania Home Improvement Consumer Protection Law
Chapter 15: Tort Causes of Action
15-1 Business Torts
15-1:1 Professional Malpractice
15-1:2 Accountant Malpractice
15-1:3 Tortious Interference with Business Relations and Prospective Business Relations
15-1:3.1 Tortious Interference with Prospective Business Relations
15-1:3.2 Tortious Interference with Business Relations
15-2 Defamation Torts
15-2:1 Injurious Falsehood
15-2:2 Libel
15-2:3 Slander
15-2:4 Commercial Disparagement
15-2:5 Negligent Misrepresentation
15-3 Fraud Torts
15-3:1 Conversion
15-3:2 Deceit
15-3:3 Fraud
15-4 Intellectual Property Torts
15-4:1 Common Law Copyright
15-4:2 Idea Misappropriation
15-4:3 Trade Secret Misappropriation
15-5 Personal Injury Torts
15-5:1 Assault
15-5:2 Battery
15-5:3 Dram Shop—Liability for Service of Alcoholic Beverages
15-5:4 Emotional Distress (Intentionally Inflicted)
15-5:5 Emotional Distress (Negligently Inflicted)
15-5:5.1 Close Family Member Circumstance
15-5:5.2 Zone of Danger Circumstance
15-5:6 Failure to Warn and Protect from a Violent Patient
15-5:7 False Arrest and Imprisonment
15-5:8 Loss of Consortium
15-5:9 Medical Malpractice
15-5:10 Negligence
15-5:10.1 Corporate Negligence
15-5:11 Negligence—Condition of Premises
15-5:11.1 Invitee Injured
15-5:11.1a Independent Contractor Exception
15-5:11.1b Commercial Property Owner
15-5:11.2 Licensee Injured
15-5:11.3 Trespasser Injured
15-5:12 Negligent Performance of Undertaking To Render Services
15-5:13 Liability to Third Person for Negligent Performance of Undertaking
15-5:14 Ultrahazardous Activity
15-5:15 Products Liability
15-5:15.1 Theories of Product Defect
15-5:16 Negligent Design Defect
15-5:17 Adverse Events from Vaccines
15-5:18 Survival Action
15-5:19 Wrongful Death
15-5:20 Wrongful Birth
15-5:21 Wrongful Life
15-5:22 Automobile Accidents—Recovery of Damages Where Limited Tort Option is Applicable
15-5:23 Automobile Accidents—Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Actions After Koken
15-5:24 Automobile Accidents—Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law
15-5:25 Automobile Accidents—Distracted Driving
15-6 Personal Property Torts
15-6:1 Hotel Liability for Personalty Loss
15-6:2 Property Disparagement
15-6:3 Property Tortiously Damaged
15-6:4 Recovery of a Chattel (Replevin)
15-6:5 Repossessing/Reclamation of Goods
15-6:6 Trespass on Land
15-6:7 Trespass to Personal Property/Chattel
15-7 Status Torts
15-7:1 Aiding and Abetting the Commission of a Tort (Concerted Tortious Conduct)
15-7:2 Common Carrier Liability
15-7:3 Conspiracy
15-7:4 Indivisible Harm Caused by Separate Tortfeasors
15-7:5 Negligent Entrustment
15-7:6 Respondeat Superior
15-7:7 Vicarious Liability
15-7:8 Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law
15-8 Actions Against State, Local and Federal Governments
15-8:1 Actions Against the Federal Government
15-8:2 Actions Against the State and Local Municipalities
Chapter 16: Trust and Estate Causes of Action
16-1 Removal of Executor for Waste and Mismanagement
16-2 Wrongful Action of Trustee
16-3 Action for Accounting from Trustee
16-4 Torts Committed by Trustee
16-5 Claim Against Trustee for Mismanagement of Trust Assets
16-6 Claim for Undue Influence
16-7 Claim for Undue Influence Based on Confidential Relationship
16-8 Removal of Executor for Antagonism to Beneficiaries
16-9 Removal of Executor for Self-Dealing Without Court Approval
16-10 Removal for Failure to File Account
16-11 Creditor Claim Against Estate
16-12 Executor Claim for Compensation
16-13 Gifts Causa Mortis
16-14 Gifts Inter Vivos
Chapter 17: Defenses
17-1 Absolute Privilege
17-2 Accord and Satisfaction
17-3 Acquiescence
17-4 Adverse Possession
17-5 Arbitration and Award
17-6 Assumption of the Risk
17-7 Champerty and Maintenance
17-8 Collateral Estoppel
17-9 Comparative Negligence
17-10 Conditional Privilege
17-11 Contributory Negligence
17-12 Discharge in Bankruptcy
17-13 Economic Loss Doctrine
17-14 Equitable Estoppel
17-15 Estoppel by Deed
17-16 Failure of Consideration
17-17 Fair Share Act (2011)
17-18 Gist of the Action Doctrine
17-19 Good Samaritan Immunity
17-20 Impossibility of Performance
17-21 In Pari Delicto
17-22 Justification
17-23 Laches
17-24 New Matter
17-25 Novation
17-26 Recoupment
17-27 Res Judicata
17-28 Statute of Frauds
17-29 Statute of Limitations
17-30 Statute of Repose
17-31 Release
17-32 Unclean Hands
17-33 Waiver
17-34 Federal Tort Claim Act Defenses
17-35 Sophisticated User/Purchaser
17-36 Learned Intermediary
17-37 Statutory Employer
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