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Negligent Torts
Intentional Torts
Capacity to Contracts
Contract Elements
Consumer Protection
100
A negligent tort means the injury was an
accident
100
Who has to pay the initial court fee in a tort trial?
the plaintiff
100
Duress is
When someone forces someone else into a contract
100
These are the three parts of a contract
offer, acceptance, consideration
100
Who is responsible for checking to make sure that the merchandise is good quality in a public sale? What about in a private sale?
public - the seller private - the buyer
200
What are the 5 main elements to a negligent tort trial
duty, breech, cause-in-fact, proximate cause, damages
200
Battery is when
Someone physically harms someone else
200
A contract must have lawful purpose means
That a contract can't break the law
200
An implied contract is when
A contract is entered into without words, and uses actions instead. Example, giving money to use the bus
200
If Carol is selling a car to Bob, and Bob sends a letter of acceptance on Sept. 5, but in the meantime, Carol sells the car to Susan on Sept. 6 before she got the letter, who has the rights to the car?
Bob
300
A hamburger company didn't check their food before being sent out to consumers, and a woman ate the hamburger, causing severe food poisoning. What was the duty, breech, and cause in fact in this scenerio
duty - to check the food before it was sent out breech - the food wasn't checked like how it was supposed to cause-in-fact - a woman ate the hamburger, causing severe food poisoning
300
The three elements of an intentional tort trial are
Intention, act, actual cause
300
In Saskatchewan, the age of majority (the age someone can enter into a binding contract) is
18
300
These are the six ways that a contract can be offered or accepted
email, mail, over the phone, in person, fax, on the internet
300
These are three things that copyright law applies to
songs, novels, plays, magazine articles, computer programs
400
A man left his golf club on the sidewalk, which then caused another man walking by to trip and break his ankle. the man who fell was then struck by lightning. is there proximate cause for both of the injuries.
Yes for the ankles, but not for the lightning
400
If a police officer arrests a suspect with no evidence, the officer could be charged with this
false imprisonment
400
Minors can cancel contracts if
the contract is for "non-necessities" such as food, shelter, and necessary clothing
400
If someone doesn't hold up their end of a contract, the main thing you can do is
sue them in small claims court
400
If a song is public domain, this means
That anyone can legally use it
500
Small claims court is anything under this amount
25,000 - 30,000 dollars
500
What is the difference between slander and libel?
slander is ruining someone's reputation verbally, and libel is ruining someone's reputation in writing.
500
A minor has to do this with non-nessecary merchandise if they cannot hold up their end of the contract
return it to where they bought it from
500
Give three examples of contracts that NEED to be in writing
buying land, job contracts, contracts that involve someone taking over another's debt, marriage contracts, landlord and tenant agreements, sale agreements over 50 dollars
500
Skimming is
when a thief has a person swipe their card twice, once in the store card reader, and once in their own, and then then will steal the PIN. This allows them to shop for anything online, or to make their own card