Table of contents

1. * New York CPLR § 3018(b) and Other Standard Defenses

1. Elements

2. Defenses


2. Abuse of Process

1. Elements

2. Defenses


3. Account Stated

1. Elements

2. Defenses


4. Accountant Malpractice

1. Elements

2. Defenses


5. Accounting

1. Elements

2. Defenses


6. Assault

1. Elements

2. Defenses


7. Battery

1. Elements

2. Defenses


8. Breach Anticipatory

1. Elements

2. Defenses


9. Breach of Contract – Implied In Fact

1. Elements

2. Defenses


10. Breach of Contract – Implied In Law

1. Elements

2. Defenses


11. Breach Of Fiduciary Duty, Aiding And Abetting

1. Elements

2. Defenses


12. Breach of Joint Venture Agreement

1. Elements

2. Defenses


13. Breach of Promissory Note

1. Elements

2. Defenses


14. Breach: 01. Breach of Contract

1. Elements

2. Defenses


15. Breach: 02. Breach of Third-Party Beneficiary Contract

1. Elements

2. Defenses


16. Breach: 03. Breach Implied Covenant of Good Faith & Fair Dealing

1. Elements

2. Defenses


17. Breach: 04. Breach of Express Warranty

1. Elements

2. Defenses


18. Breach: 05. Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability

1. Elements

2. Defenses


19. Breach: 06. Breach of Implied Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose

1. Elements

2. Defenses


20. Breach: 07. Breach of Fiduciary Duty

1. Elements

2. Defenses


21. Civil Conspiracy

1. Elements

2. Defenses


22. Contracting With Minors/Infants

1. Elements

2. Defenses


23. Contribution

1. Elements

2. Defenses


24. Conversion

1. Elements

2. Defenses


25. Copyright Infringement

1. Elements

2. Defenses


26. Custodial Interference

1. Elements

2. Defenses


27. Declaratory Judgment

1. Elements

2. Defenses


28. Defamation By Implication

1. Elements

2. Defenses


29. Defamation Libel

1. Elements

2. Defenses


30. Defamation Per Se

1. Elements

2. Defenses


31. Defamation Product Disparagement

1. Elements

2. Defenses


32. Defamation Slander

1. Elements

2. Defenses


33. Dog Bite Liability

1. Elements

2. Defenses


34. Emotional Distress, Intentional Infliction

1. Elements

2. Defenses


35. Emotional Distress, Negligent Infliction

1. Elements

2. Defenses


36. Estoppel, Equitable

1. Elements

2. Defenses


37. Estoppel, Promissory

1. Elements

2. Defenses


38. False Advertisement

1. Elements

2. Defenses


39. False Imprisonment

1. Elements

2. Defenses


40. Fraud

1. Elements

2. Defenses


41. Fraud – Constructive

1. Elements

2. Defenses


42. Fraud – Fraudulent Inducement

1. Elements

2. Defenses


43. Fraud – Negligent Misrepresentation

1. Elements

2. Defenses


44. Fraud, Aiding And Abetting

1. Elements

2. Defenses


45. Fraudulent Concealment By Fiduciary

1. Elements

2. Defenses


46. Fraudulent Misrepresentatione

1. Elements

2. Defenses


47. Goods Sold And Delivered

1. Elements

2. Defenses


48. Indemnification

1. Elements

2. Defenses


49. Injurious Falsehood

1. Elements

2. Defenses


50. Insurance – Bad Faith

1. Elements

2. Defenses


51. Intentional Or Malicious Harm To Another Person (Prima Facie Tort)

1. Elements

2. Defenses


52. Invasion of Privacy – Improper Use Name, Picture or Likeness

1. Elements

2. Defenses


53. Inverse Condemnation

1. Elements

2. Defenses


54. Labor Law 240

1. Elements

2. Defenses


55. Labor Law 241

1. Elements

2. Defenses


56. Legal Malpractice

1. Elements

2. Defenses


57. Loss of Consortium

1. Elements

2. Defenses


58. Loss of Sepulcher

1. Elements

2. Defenses


59. Malicious Prosecution

1. Elements

2. Defenses


60. Money Lent

1. Elements

2. Defenses


61. Negligence

1. Elements

2. Defenses


62. Negligence – Fall Down

1. Elements

2. Defenses


63. Negligence – Retention

1. Elements

2. Defenses


64. Negligence – Spoliation

1. Elements

2. Defenses


65. Negligence: Stillbirth

1. Elements

2. Defenses


66. Negligent Entrustment of Motor Vehicle

1. Elements

2. Defenses


67. Negligent Security

1. Elements

2. Defenses


68. Negligent Supervision

1. Elements

2. Defenses


69. Negotiable Instrument

1. Elements

2. Defenses


70. New York State Disclaimer Statute

1. Elements

2. Defenses


71. New York State Prompt Pay Act

1. Elements

2. Defenses


72. Parental Liability

1. Elements

2. Defenses


73. Prima Facie Tort

1. Elements

2. Defenses


74. Private Nuisance

1. Elements

2. Defenses


75. Public Nuisance

1. Elements

2. Defenses


76. Quantum Meruit

1. Elements

2. Defenses


77. Rescission

1. Elements

2. Defenses


78. Right of Sepulcher

1. Elements

2. Defenses


79. Slander of Title

1. Elements

2. Defenses


80. Specific Performance

1. Elements

2. Defenses


81. Strict Liability Design Defect

1. Elements

2. Defenses


82. Strict Liability Failure to Warn

1. Elements

2. Defenses


83. Strict Liability – Manufacturing Defect

1. Elements

2. Defenses


84. Subrogation, Equitable

1. Elements

2. Defenses


85. Tortious Interference: 1. With Advantageous Business Relationship

1. Elements

2. Defenses


86. Tortious Interference: 2. With a Contractual Right

1. Elements

2. Defenses


87. Trespass

1. Elements

2. Defenses


88. Trust, Constructive

1. Elements

2. Defenses


89. Trust, Resulting

1. Elements

2. Defenses


90. Unfair Competition

1. Elements

2. Defenses


91. Unfair Competition – Copyright Infringement

1. Elements

2. Defenses


92. Unfair Competition – Trade Dress Infringement

1. Elements

2. Defenses


93. Unjust Enrichment

1. Elements

2. Defenses


94. Usury

1. Elements

2. Defenses


95. Wrongful Birth

1. Elements

2. Defenses


96. Wrongful Death

1. Elements

2. Defenses