Crimes Against People
A neighbor playing loud music at night is this specific intentional tort.
What is nuisance?
A wrongful injury to, or interference with, the property of another
Give one example of an activity that falls under the category of strict liability.
What is using explosives, keeping wild animals, bungee jumping...?
The failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in the same circumstances
What is negligence?
A wrong committed against an individual
What is a tort?
False imprisonment and disparagement are this type of tort.
What is intentional?
When a person borrows an item and later claims it as their own.
What is conversion?
Behavior by the plaintiff that helped to cause the injury
What is contributory negligence?
The legal connection between unreasonable conduct and the resulting harm
What is proximate cause?
Another name for the defendant in a lawsuit.
What is a tortfeasor?
Public officials must prove actual malice to succeed in this type of lawsuit.
What is defamation?
This tort involves lies about objects.
What is disparagement?
People who are engaged in extremely dangerous activities may be held liable even without negligence or malice.
What is strict liability?
The obligation to use a reasonable standard to prevent injury to others.
What is duty of care?
The remedies available in tort law usually include this.
What is financial compensation / money?
A false statement made orally to a third party.
What is slander?
Actions that are deliberate and cause hurt or embarrassment to others.
What is an intentional tort?
The negligence defense that might be used by a baseball club that is sued by a spectator who was hit by a fly ball.
What is assumption of risk?
To determine if the defendant's conduct was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury, this test is applied.
What is the foreseeability test?
A crime is committed against the public good while a tort is committed against this.
What is a person or property?
Interfering with a person's right to be left alone is which intentional tort against persons?
What is invasion of privacy?
In tort law, damages can be paid for pain and suffering, to pay medical expenses, replace damaged property, or this reason.
What is 'pay for lost wages?'
In this defense to negligence, the amount of the plaintiff's recovery is reduced by the % of his negligence.
What is comparative negligence?
The fourth requirement in the elements of negligence.
What is actual harm?
A person who commits a tort, interferes with another person's ___________.
What is 'rights?'