Vocab
When someone commits a wrong in civil law
A tort
Harmful/offensive touching
Battery
The most common defense to torts?
Consent
Ishkhan punched and broke Berat's nose for no reason
Battery
The three types of torts
intentional acts, acts of negligence, strict liability.
To be legally responsible for something
Liable
Entering another person's private property without permission.
Trespassing
The use of certain force to protect one's person or property.
Self-dense/defense of property
A store owner falsely accusing their employee of stealing money from the register and detaining them in the office.
False imprisonment
The percent of cases that end in settlement instead of going to trial.
90%
The person who files a lawsuit
The plaintiff
Acting with purpose to hurt a person or their property
Intentional tort
Using reasonable force to protect another
Defense of others
Threatening someone and causing them emotional harm
Assault/IIMD
If your case is taken to trial, who are the results up to?
Payment meant to punish the defendant
Punitive Damages
When someone fails to use reasonable care and someone else is injured.
Negligence
Justifies behavior that would otherwise be a tort when it serves the public interest?
Privilege
Someone is intentionally spreading about you and it gets you fired from your job. What type of tort is this?
Slander
Two separate elements of causation
cause in fact and proximate cause
When someone interferes with your ability to use and enjoy your own property, even if the person has never physically entered your property.
Nuisance
Writing untruthful information to injure reputation
Libel
When the defendant and the plaintiff split the loss according to how much each person was at fault.
Comparative negligence
Conversion/ intentional tort
All four elements that must exist for a plaintiff to win a negligence action
Duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages.