tort
o :# tortus- crooked, dubious, twisted. Some type of interference with someone or
someones property that results in insert to persons or property
Examples of tort
o :# trespassing, littering
What is the aim of tort
o :# recover costs of restoring the damage
Tort vs crime
o :# tort is ...
o :# tortus- crooked, dubious, twisted. Some type of interference with someone or
someones property that results in insert to persons or property
Examples of tort
o :# trespassing, littering
What is the aim of tort
o :# recover costs of restoring the damage
Tort vs crime
o :# tort is a private wrong. With tort, the party who was injured is entitled to
collect compensation for the damages from the wrongdoer for the private wrong.
Crime is public and wrongdoer must pay debt to society
intentional tort
o :# deliberate action- battery
negligance tort
o :# accidental tort
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strict tort liability
o :# you are responsible no matter what?, product liability... company can be
heard liable for injuries when a customer misuses product from not enough
warnings
defamation
o :# an true statement made by one party or another about a third party. slander is
verbal, libel is written
elements of defamation:
1. a statement about a persons reputation, honesty, or integrity, that is untrue
2. publication
3. a statement that is directed at a particular person
4. damages
5. in some cases, proof of malice
Grand resort Hotel v TripAdvisor LLC
o :#
Privilege speech
o :# strong public interest supports protecting the speech regardless of whether it is
true. eg, speaking in court, a town meeting, police office
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absolute privilege
o :# a defense to defamation- can say what they want
quantified privilege
o :# provide limited liability for defamation- whistle blowers, made in good faith,
verification is critical
contract interference
o :# tort where parties are not allowed the freedom to contract without
interference from third parties
tortious interference with contracts
o :# tort where parties are not allowed the freedom to contract without
interference from third parties
tortus interference
o :# someone intentionally persuades another to break a contract already in
existence
false imprisonment
o :# detention of a person for any period of time- such as if someone shoplifts
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Shopkeeper's Privilege
o :# right of a store owner to detain a suspected shoplifter based on reasonable
cause and for a reasonable time without resulting liability for false imprisonment
intentional infliction of emotional distress
o :# debtors who were harassed by creditors
intrusion into plaintiffs private affairs
o :# stalkers photographing
3 torts invasion of privacy
o :# 1. intrusion into the Plaintiff's Private affairs
2.Public Disclosue of private facts
3.Appropriation of Another's name, likeness, or image for commercial advantage
Bullard v MRA Holdings
o :# -14 year old exposed herself to two men video taping her, ended upon girls
gone wild. They did not obtain her permission. She sued
two types of negligence
o :# -contributory negligence
-comperative negligence
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