One person's interference with the rights of another?
tort
100
This tort can be either accidental or unintentional, but the result is harm.
What is negligence?
100
stalker
What is an "injunction"
100
This occurs when attempting to injure another.
What is "assault"?
100
There are this many elements that must be proven to win a lawsuit for negligence.
What is "4"?
200
Interference with a person's right to be left alone.
What is invasion of privacy?
200
The three types of harm could occur because of someone's actions.
What is financial, physical,or property loss?
200
Pop fly
What is "assumption of risk"?
200
This happens when borrowing your neighbor's Ronco Showtime Rotisserie and keeping it. "Just set it and forget it" doesn't mean forgetting to return it!
What is "conversion"?
200
This element of negligence occurs when hired as a lifeguard.
What is "duty of care"?
300
Describe the difference between the tort of assault and the crime of assault.
What is 'for the tort of assault to occur, the victim must feel threatened'?
300
Although rarely used anymore, this doctrine states that the plaintiff will recover nothing if it is proven the plaintiff was responsible for even 1% of his/her own injuries.
What is "contributory negligence"?
300
He lied about me!
What is "slander"?
300
Experimenting with very "smelly" substances in your backyard in an attempt to discover the next million dollar invention may create this tort.
What is "nuisance"?
300
This element of negligence occurs when you are the reason the injury takes place.
What is "proximate cause"?
400
Failure to act as a reasonable person would in the same situation.
What is breach of duty?
400
This doctrine states that if someone is injured by ultra-hazardous activity regardless of how careful the defendant was, the defendant will be held responsibility for injury to the plaintiff.
What is "strict liability"?
400
Husband, Wives, Children, Parents can
What is suing for "wrongful death"?
400
Sam flew his ultra light plane over his neighbor's house, swooping down close to the neighbor's pond so he could make ripples in the water--he may be sued for this.
What is "trespass"?
400
This element of negligence occurs when you fail to act as a reasonable person would in the same situation.
What is "breach of duty"?
500
In order to figure out whether the defendant's unreasonable conduct was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury, the court will apply this test--just ask Ms. Palsgraf.
What is the "foreseeability test"?
500
This doctrine compares each person's % of responsibility in injuries to a plaintiff when awarding damages.
What is "comparative negligence"?
500
Responsibility for another
What is "duty of care"?
500
Betty was shopping at Smallmart and dropped a candy bar into her purse. The manager noticed her actions and asked her to step into his office for questioning. Betty admitted to steeling. The manager let her go after about 20 minutes upon deciding not to press charges. Betty may try to sue for this tort. Will she be successful?
What is "false imprisonment"?
500
This element of negligence occurs when your neighbor breaks his leg and incurs $5,000 worth of medical bills.