Intentional Torts
What is the intentional act that causes another person to reasonably fear an imminent harmful or offensive contact
What is assault?
What are the four elements required to prove negligence?
What are duty, breach, causation, and damages
What is strict liability?
What is liability without fault?
What defense applies when a plaintiff consents to the defendant’s conduct?
A: What is consent
What tort is committed when someone makes a false and defamatory statement about another person?
A: What is defamation?
Name the tort where someone intentionally causes harmful or offensive contact with another person.
What is battery?
What is the term for the foreseeable legal cause of harm in a negligence case?
What is proximate cause
What type of animals generally impose strict liability on owners for injuries they cause?
What are wild animals?
What defense allows a person to use reasonable force to prevent harm to themselves?
A: What is self-defense?
What is the legal term for monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff for losses?
A: What are damages?
A: What are damages?
What intentional tort involves unlawfully restraining a person without consent or legal justification?
What is false imprisonment?
What is res ipsa loquitur?
What is a doctrine that allows negligence to be inferred when the accident would not normally occur without negligence
What kind of activity imposes strict liability due to high risk, even when precautions are taken?
What is an abnormally dangerous activity?
What is the defense called when a plaintiff voluntarily assumes a known risk?
A: What is assumption of risk?
What kind of damages are meant to punish the defendant for egregious conduct?
A: What are punitive damages?
What is intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED)?
Tort arises when someone uses extreme and outrageous conduct to intentionally or recklessly cause severe emotional distress
If a plaintiff is partially at fault, but their recovery is reduced by their percentage of fault, what system is this
What is comparative negligence?
What is the main justification for imposing strict liability in product liability cases?
What is consumer protection from defective products?
What is defense of property?
What is defense may be used if a person uses force to protect their property
What term describes liability assigned to one person for the acts of another, such as an employer for an employee?
A: What is vicarious liability
A person sets a trap on their property that causes serious injury to a trespasser, intending to deter future trespassers. The injured party sues for damages. What legal principle determines whether the property owner is liable for an intentional tort?
A: What is the use of deadly force to protect property is not privileged?
What is the term for a duty of care owed to entrants that depends on their legal status as invitee, licensee, or trespasser?
What is premises liability?
In a strict products liability case, the plaintiff must prove the product was defective in what three ways?
What are manufacturing defect, design defect, and failure to warn?
A defendant uses force to prevent someone from entering their home, mistakenly believing that person is a burglar. It turns out the person was a lost neighbor looking for help. Can the defendant claim self-defense, and under what condition might the defense still succeed?
A: What is yes, if the belief in the threat was reasonable, even if mistaken?
A developer emits noxious fumes during the construction of a commercial building, which severely disrupts nearby homeowners’ ability to enjoy their property. What tort might the homeowners assert, and what must they prove?
A: What is private nuisance, and they must prove the interference with use and enjoyment was substantial and unreasonable?