Terms
What are damages?
Money awarded to compensate a victim for loss or injury
A legal obligation owed to another
What is a duty
In civil law, the injured party is known as
Plaintiff
Also known as liability without fault
Strict Liability
A contract is an agreement between 2 parties to exchange something of value
What is true
Negligence
Failure to act with reasonable care, resulting in harm to another
The violation of a legal or moral obligation
What is a breach of duty
A breach of an obligation, causing harm or injury to someone
What is a tort
Is the legal responsibility of manufacturers for injuries caused by defective products
Product Liability
An intentional tort is a wrongdoing intended to harm someone else
What is true
False statements that harm a person's reputation
What are the 4 elements of negligence
Duty, Breach of duty, causation, and damages
Actions taken to deliberately harm another or another's property
Intentional Tort
What is a contract?
What is "a contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty"
All drug companies are exempt from strict liability simply because the benefits outweigh damages as a result of their drugs
False
Strict Liability
Liability without for certain dangerous activities or defective products
Awarded to plaintiff to punish the defendant
Punitive Damages
Oral Statements that harm reputation
Slander
Confining or restraining a person without their consent in a specific area; a type of trespass to another person
False Imprisonment
In a strict liability case, the defendant is liable, regardless of fault, even if they acted in a reasonable manner
True
Master Servant Rule
An employer may be liable for the actions of an employee performed within the scope of employment
A courts decision in a civil law case
What is a judgement
To unlawfully exercise control over the personal property of another
What is conversion
_______ is defamation through verbal communications, whereas __________ is defamation in written form
Slander and Libel
Minors are not allowed to enter into a contract
False