Intentional Torts Against Persons
Assault, Battery, False Imprisonment, Defamation, Invasion of Privacy, and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.
True or false: Trespass means anything interfering with the enjoyment of property
False, trespass means interfering with someone’s real property
True or false? Tort law is based on the idea that everyone in our society has certain rights?
True
What tort can count as both a crime and a tort?
Assault
People have the right to move around freely, however if someone does interfere with this right, then what is it called?
False Imprisonment
What Tort is this: Lidya and her friend Mellissa were having a great conversation. Lidya gets up to use the bathroom. As soon as Lidya gets up to leave, Melissa enters her office and begins searching for any documents or papers that belong to Lidya.
Invasion of privacy
What are the 2 types of Defamation and what is the difference between them?
The two types of Defamation are libel and slander. Libel includes lies about a person either written, printed, or recorded form. While slander is spoken or verbal lies that ruin a person's reputation.
Emma’s family threw her a sweet 16 party outside in their backyard. Many guests came and there was a lot of music and fumes and many neighbors called the police as a noise complaint for this household. What is the Tort and what kind is it?
Tort: Nuisnace
Specifically: Public Nuisance