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Cases that set a rule of civil liability for a wrong done to another person outside of contract, most centrally the modern duty of care in negligence. Belongs here: foundational negligence and civil-liability doctrine. Does not belong here: a claim against the state framed as tort but decided on constitutional or administrative grounds, classified by that holding instead.

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