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intentional torts
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What tort interferes with a person's right to be left alone

invasion of privacy 

100

what tort is committed when loud music is being played from a house nearby

nusiance 

100

what is an intentional tort?

actions that deliverately hurt, embarrass, or scare people. Some are considered more serious than others.

100

T/F: It would be considered tresspassing if someone interferes with flowers grown on somebodys property

True 

200

___ is interfering with somebody's real property

tresspass

200

what tort is committed when you lend your computer to your friend and they never return it

conversion

200

public or private nusience: If it affects multiple people in a neighborhood

public

200
A mother recieves a phone call at work telling her that her daughter got hurt. The mother rushes home to find her daughter studying for a test. She is most likely to file a lawsuit against the defendant for the intentional lawsuit of ___

intentional infliction of emotional distress

300

What tort occurs when someone lies about another person in a way that hurts the innocent person's reputation 

defamation

300

what tort is comitted when a security guard falsely accuses a person of shoplifting 

false imprisonment 

300

public or private: if the tort affects only one person/household

private

300

Nurses, lawyers, teachers, etc cant let outsiders see or talk about confidential records because it is ____

an invasion of privacy 

400

5 torts that injures a person

Battery, assault, intentional infliction/emotional distress, false imprisonment, defamation

400

what tort is comitted when a person lies about their identity through someone else's  

defamation 

400

T/F: Slander consists of spoken lies that damage a persons reputation

True

400

Why is it hard for movie stars, famous athletes, and politicians to win libel suits?

Because the Supreme Court ruled that public figures must prove that lies about them are told with actual malice

500

6 intentional torts

 Battery, conversion, assault, intentional infliction/emotional distress, trespassing


500

what tort is committed when a person lies about the quality or ownership of a car they are selling

dispargement

500

What does libel defamation consist of?

Libel consists of lies about a person in written, printed, or recorded form. Including television shows, magazines, websites/emails.
500

what are the 4 intentional torts against property

Tresspassing, conversión, nusiance, and dispargement