NEVADA CAUSES OF ACTION, ELEMENTS OF CLAIMS, REMEDIES, THEORIES OF LIABILITY, AND DEFENSES
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A
- Abuse of Process
- Abuse/Exploitation of Elderly
- Accord and Satisfaction
- Account Stated
- Accounting, a Remedy
- Agent, Negligence of
- Aiding and Abetting
- Aiding and Abetting Another’s Breach of a Fiduciary Duty
- Alter Ego; Piercing the Corporate Veil
- Anticipatory Repudiation
- Appointment Of A Receiver
- Appropriation of the Name or Likeness of Another; Invasion of Privacy
- Assault
- Attorney Fees, Pleading as Special Damages
B
- Bad Faith; Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing—Contract
- Bad Faith Discharge; Wrongful Termination; Tortious Discharge
- Bailment; Negligent Entrustment
- Battery
- Breach of Confidential Relationship
- Breach of Contract
- Breach of Duty of Loyalty
- Breach of Express Warranty
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Aiding and Abetting Another’s
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Breach of the Duty of Loyalty; Usurpation of Corporate Opportunity; the Corporate Opportunity Doctrine
- Breach of Implied Warranty of Habitability
- Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability
- Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing—Contract
- Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing—Tort
- Breach of the Covenant Not To Compete; Anti-Competition Covenant; Restrictive Covenant
- Breach of Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose
- Business Disparagement
- Business Judgment Rule
C
- Civil Conspiracy
- Civil Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
- Comparative Negligence
- Compete, Breach of the Covenant Not To; Anti-Competition Covenant; Restrictive Covenant
- Competition, Unfair; Lanham Act Violation; False Designation of Origin, Description, and Dilution
- Concert of Action
- Constructive Discharge; Tortious Discharge; Wrongful Discharge
- Constructive Fraud
- Constructive Trust
- Contract: Specific Performance; a Remedy
- Contract Ambiguity; Contra Proferentem; The Ambiguity Doctrine
- Contract Construction and Interpretation by Courts
- Contract Damages Analysis
- Contract Law: A Digest
- Contract Repudiation; Anticipatory Repudiation
- Conversion (Theft)
- Corporate Opportunity Doctrine; Breach of the Duty of Loyalty; Usurpation of Corporate Opportunity
- Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing—Contract; Breach of
- Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing—Tort; Breach of
D
- Death, Wrongful
- Deceptive Trade Practices Act
- Declaratory Relief
- Defamation
- Defamation; Business Disparagement
- Defamation by Libel
- Defamation by Slander
- Defamation Per Se
- Defect, Strict Product Liability
- Defect, Strict Product Liability (with caselaw)
- Deficiency Judgment
- Discharge, Bad Faith; Wrongful Termination; Tortious Discharge Discharge, Tortious; Constructive Discharge; Wrongful Discharge
- Discrimination, Employment
- Discrimination, Employment; Retaliatory Discharge; Wrongful Termination
- Disgorgement of Profits; a Remedy
- Disparagement of a Business
- Disputable Presumptions
E
- Elder Abuse or Exploitation
- Election of Remedies
- Emotional Distress, Intentional Infliction of; Tort of Outrage
- Emotional Distress, Negligent Infliction of
- Employment; Negligent Hiring, Retention, and Supervision
- Employment; Tortious Discharge; Constructive Discharge; Wrongful Discharge
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Discrimination; Retaliatory Discharge; Wrongful Termination
- Equitable Estoppel; Promissory Estoppel
- Equitable Liens
- Exploitation of the Elderly; Elder Abuse
F
- False Advertising; Lanham Act Violation; Unfair Competition
- False Imprisonment
- False Designation of Origin, Description, and Dilution; Lanham Act Violation; Unfair Competition
- False Light, Disclosure of; Invasion of Privacy
- Fraud (Intentional Misrepresentation)
- Fraud; Promise Without Intent To Perform
- Fraud, Constructive
- Fraud In The Inducement
- Fraudulent Concealment
- Fraudulent Transfer
- Frustration of Purpose Defense
G
H
I
- Imprisonment, False
- Impossibility of Performance Defense
- Indemnity
- Infliction of Emotional Distress, Intentional; Tort of Outrage
- Infliction of Emotional Distress, Negligent
- Injunctions: NRS Chapter 33
- Injunctive Relief (Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary and Permanent Injunction)
- Intentional Misrepresentation (Fraud)
- Interference With Contractual Relations
- Interference With Prospective Economic Advantage or Prospective Contractual Relationship
- Intrusion Upon the Seclusion of Another; Invasion of Privacy
- Invasion of Privacy Through Disclosure of False Light
- Invasion of the Right of Publicity; Appropriation of the Name or Likeness of Another
K
L
- Laches; a Defense
- Lanham Act Violation; False Advertising; Unfair Competition
- Lanham Act Violation; False Designation of Origin, Description, and Dilution; Unfair Competition
- Libel
- Libel Per Se
- Lien, Equitable
- Liquidated Damages; A Remedy
- Lis Pendens
- Lost Profits, a Remedy Loyalty, Breach of the Duty of; Usurpation of Corporate
- Opportunity; the Corporate Opportunity Doctrine
M
- Malicious Prosecution
- Malpractice; Professional Negligence
- Merchantability; Breach of Implied Warranty of
- Misappropriation of Trade Secrets; Uniform Trade Secrets Act
- Violation; NRS Chapter 600A
- Mistake, Mutual; a Defense
- Mistake, Unilateral; a Defense
- Misrepresentation, Intentional (Fraud)
- Misrepresentation, Negligent
- Misrepresentation, Negligent (With Caselaw)
- Mitigation of Damages; a Defense
- Mutual Mistake; a Defense
N
- Negligence
- Negligence, Comparative
- Negligence, Gross
- Negligence of Agent/Agency Relationship
- Negligence Per Se
- Negligent Entrustment; Bailment
- Negligent Hiring, Retention, and Supervision
- Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
- Negligent Misrepresentation
- Negligent Misrepresentation (With Caselaw)
- Nuisance
O
P
- Parol Evidence Rule
- Per Se Defamation
- Per Se Negligence
- Premises Liability
- Presumptions, Disputable
- Prima Facie Tort
- Privacy, Invasion of; Disclosure of False Light
- Privacy, Invasion of; Intrusion Upon the Seclusion of Another
- Process, Abuse of
- Product Defect Liability
- Product Defect Liability (with caselaw)
- Professional Negligence (Malpractice)
- Profits, Disgorgement of; a Remedy
- Promissory Estoppel; Equitable Estoppel
- Prosecution, Malicious
- Publicity, Invasion of the Right of; Appropriation of the Name or Likeness of Another
- Punitive Damages
R
- Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
- Receiver, Appointment of
- Receiver Statute: NRS Chapter 32
- Repudiation, Anticipatory
- Res Ipsa Loquitur
- Rescission, a Remedy
- Restraining Orders: Injunctive Relief (Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary and Permanent Injunction)
- Respondeat Superior; Vicarious Liability
- Retaliatory Discharge, Employment Discrimination, Wrongful Termination
- RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
S
T
U
- Unclean Hands; a Defense
- Unfair Competition; False Advertising; Lanham Act Violation
- Unfair Competition; False Designation of Origin, Description, and Dilution; Lanham Act Violation
- Uniform Trade Secrets Act Violation; NRS Chapter 600A; Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
- Unilateral Mistake; a Defense
- Unjust Enrichment; Quantum Meruit; Quasi Contract
- Usury in Nevada
- Usurpation of Corporate Opportunity; the Corporate
- Opportunity Doctrine; Breach of the Duty of Loyalty
W
- Waiver; a Defense
- Warranty, Breach of Express
- Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose, Breach of
- Warranty of Habitability, Breach of the Implied
- Warranty of Merchantability; Breach of
- Waste
- Wrongful Death
- Wrongful Discharge; Tortious Discharge; Constructive Discharge
- Wrongful Termination; Bad Faith Discharge; Tortious Discharge
- Wrongful Termination; Retaliatory Discharge, Employment Discrimination
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