Environmental torts are made up of elements from both common law and environmental law. Although common law doesn’t recognize environmental torts as a class of torts with any special distinction, the term is used as a catch-all to describe torts that have an environmental-law component. In this lesson, you’ll learn about issues that are unique to environmental torts, including proving causation, overcoming the issue of latency of harm, and assessing damages.

Common-law tort claims like...