Torts

Torts has become a convenient label for a wide variety of wrongs redressed through civil litigation. During the year being reviewed, the California courts touched on almost every conceivable phase of this subject. However, the space allotted does not permit even a cursory treatment of all the decisions that might be regarded as pertinent or significant. The discussion which follows is therefore limited and, in so limiting it, we have tried to emphasize those areas where the decisions indicate either that change may be taking place, or is needed