That doesn't matter in a tort action, Commander.

This is a tort action, so the question did not actually involve a claim for misrepresentation inducing a contract.

As we will see in Chapter 12, the courts have also gone to great lengths to make it difficult to bring tort actions against regulatory bodies.

One can also sue for fraudulent misrepresentation in a tort action.

The court stated that public school districts should not be immune from civil tort action.

They filed a tort action in state court against several third parties, seeking compensatory damages for their injuries.

Consumer Attorneys of California is an organization with more than 3,000 lawyers that represents plaintiffs in tort actions.

Justice Stevens: Yeah, it might be used in a tort action against a street car company.

Prior to 1932 the courts refused to allow the chain of contracts to be disturbed by tort actions.

Generally speaking, there is no tort action where the product is merely defective and has not caused any physical damage.