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The doctrine of unclean hands is an affirmative defense that “prevents one who has engaged in improper conduct regarding the subject matter

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In the wake of the Bermel decision, the pendulum of the ‘Economic Loss Rule’ in Colorado is now swinging back in favor of tort law

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Nuisance law is not the model of clarity.

Wrongful death isn’t really a separate tort—in practice, it is normally an underlying negligence tort.

Premises liability is a common-law tort, but in most states (including Colorado) it has been replaced by statute.

Product liability is a complex area of law.

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Yes, mayhem is a tort, reaching back to the Coventry Act of seventeenth century England.