trespass_on_the_case.n.01

'trespass_on_the_case.n.01'

[trespass_on_the_case.n.01] as in: an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss

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Examples:
a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case