TORTS – Fall 2006 “G” = something that Goldwasser said in class 01. INTRODUCTION TO TORT LAW (p.2) • set of rules regarding liability and compensation for personal injury‚ death‚ and property damage that one party causes to another - rules for shifting losses from injured victims to the persons and companies causing injuries • grew out of a focus on bodily injury and physical property damage - now extended to include harm to reputation‚ privacy‚ emotional well-being‚ and economic losses
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Torts are civil wrongs recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. These wrongs result in an injury or harm constituting the basis for a claim by the injured party. While some torts are also crimes punishable with imprisonment‚ the primary aim of tort law is to provide relief for the damages incurred and deter others from committing the same harms. The injured person may sue for an injunction to prevent the continuation of the tortious conduct or for monetary damages. Among the types of damages
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THE ROLE OF TORT LAW Compensatory Function: -Compensation for people who are injured by a wrong‚ injury to the person ‚ or to the property Torts law can be divided into trespass action on the case and statutory torts TORT LAW REFORM Torts law used to be judge made‚ similar to common law 20th century statues came in Workers Compensation scheme‚ Motor Accidents Scheme‚ Occupational Health and Safety (Factories Act)‚ Dust Diseases Schemes. Drug Compensation Schemes (uk). Characteristics
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TORTS CAN – FALL 2010 - GOOLD Lecture 1: Introduction to the Law of Torts Tort= area of law that deals with wrongdoing. Criminal=public wrongs‚ tort=private Tort= law concerned w/ rights & remedies associated with legal relationships between individuals. - What is wrong with this definition of torts? Fails to take into account key aspects of tort law. Three ways to define torts: (1) Areas of law recognised by courts as torts (e.g. the subjects in the syllabus) (2) Area of law concerned
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PARTICIPATION ASSIGNMENT JS 230-020 CHAPTER 7: TORT LAW CASE PROBLEMS 1. Smiley‚ a buyer for Carrefour Fashions‚ entered the store of a rival firm‚ Boulevard Boutique‚ in order to find out what latest lines they were carrying. He was recognized by Maldini‚ the manager of Boulevard Boutique‚ who called the store detective‚ Rocco‚ and ordered him to “keep an eye” on Smiley while he‚ Maldini‚ called the police. Maldini called the police and informed them he had a “suspected shoplifter”
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English tort law English tort law concerns civil wrongs‚ as distinguished from criminal wrongs‚ in the law of England and Wales. Some wrongs are the concern of the state‚ and so the police can enforce the law on the wrongdoers in court – in a criminal case. A tort is not enforced by the police‚ and it is a civil action taken by one citizen against another‚ and tried in a court in front of a judge (only rarely‚ in certain cases of defamation‚ with a jury). Tort derives from middle English for
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in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. WIRETIME‚ Inc. places an ad in a magazine stating that BUGusa devices were low quality and did not work for more than a month. The tort is defamation. Defamation occurs when one party makes a false statement about another. A third party heard or read the statement must be about a particular party‚ and damages
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Negligent and Intentional Tort Barry University EDU 674 The Legal Environment in Education Timothy D. Blevins‚ J. D. While conducting a tort walk at one of the local middle schools we identified several possible torts. One was of a building code violation‚ another in the way money was handled in the lunch room. I am going to pursue the building code violation and what the possible injury could be if not corrected. Upon our tort walk we discovered several windows open to the common
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Torts Outline Exam Analysis Chart out all of the torts that are in the fact pattern. Who are the plaintiffs and defendants? Make the prima facie case. Raise the defenses to the prima facie case. General considerations‚ if any. Vicarious liability Joint tortfeasors Intentional Torts – Attacking the fact pattern Always treat the plaintiff as an average person (no super sensitivities except when D is aware of them.) Everyone is liable for an intentional tort! 1 Torts Outline 1) Introduction
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while drinking. The defendants’ did not outwardly make it know that they were kidding‚ the husband even whispered to his wife. 2. Suppose the defendants really did think the whole thing was a kind of joke. Would that make any difference? If would not make a difference if the defendants really were joking as they did not make it known to the
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