Torts

Intentional Tort

act that is intented to hurt, embarrass, or scare another person or to damage another person's property. Assault, Battery, Defamation, Intentional infliction of emotional distress, False imprisonment, Invasion os privacy.

Punitive Damage

are addition damage. The ammount they come out with ment to punish the defendent not compensate the plaintiff.

Strict Liability

exist even if the defendent is not negligence. 1.) if you engae in abnormally dangerous activity.EX: target practice,blasting,crop dusting,ect. 2.) ownership of dangerous animals, using explosives, storing toxic, or flammable materials.

Negligence

is a tort that occurrs due to carelessness.It is an accident. The injury wan not intended. there are 4 elementes of negligence. the defendent owns the plaintiff a duty of care. the defendent committed a breach of that duty. the breach of duty was the proximate cause of harm. the plaintiff suffered actual harm.

Proximate Cause

is the cause that immediately and directly results in a specific event. if a person can eleminate any one of the 4 elemants, the lawsuit will not be successful.

Comparitive Negligence

is when the negligence of the victim is compared to that of the defendent. A victim who is partially responsible may collect only partial damage.

Contributory Negligence

is when the victim did something that helped cause his or her own injury

Compensatory (Actual) Damage

it is a monitary award given to the injury party to compensate fo rhteir loss as if the tort never accurd.

Intentional Inflication of Emotional Distress

occurrs when one person purposely causes another person mental anguish.

Invation of Privacy

occurrs when someone violates this right.

Assualt

occurs when an individual threatens to harm an innocent person using words, gestures, or both.

Defamation

occurs when one person lies about another in a way that damage his or her reputation. There is 2 types, libel(written) and slander(spoken)

False Imprisonment

occurs when one person unlawfully restraints another from maving freely. It may invove physical restraint or merely a show on force.

Battery

occurs when someone deliberately touches another person or that person's clothing against his or her wishes.

Assumption od Risk

occurs when the victim understood the risk involving in an activity and took the chance of being injured.

Tort

private wrong committed by 1 persomn against another person or another person's property. A person who commits a tort is called a tortfeasor.The tortfeasor is the defeandent and the victim is the plaintiff.