Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language *(Revised for Fall '25)

Section 4 . 2 . 1 . 2

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Misfeasance or an Affirmative Act Compared to Nonfeasance or a Failure to Aid or Protect

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

Generally speaking, risking harm incurs a duty but the possibility of averting harm does not

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