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Ch. 4 Flashcards

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Some torts, like assault and trespassing originated in the….

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English common law

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Many of the lawsuits brought by or against business firms are based on the

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Tort theories

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Business tort

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Wrongful interference with another’s business Rights and relationships. Also Include vague concepts like unfair competition and wrongfully interfering with the business relations of another.

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Cyber tort

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A tort committed via the Internet

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To notions serve as the basis of all torts:

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Wrongs and compensation

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Tort law is designed to

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Compensate those who have suffered a loss or injury due to another person’s wrongful act

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Damages

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Monetary award sought as a remedy for a breach of contract or a tortuous action

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The purpose of tort law

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To provide remedies for the invasion of various protected interests

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Compensatory damages

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A monetary award equivalent to the actual value of injuries or damage sustained by the aggrieved party

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Special damages

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Compensate the plaintiff for quantifiable monetary losses like medical expenses, lost wages and benefits, extra costs, loss of your replaceable items etc.

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General damages

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Compensate individuals (not companies) for nonmonetary aspects such as pain and suffering

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Punitive damages

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Monetary damages that may be awarded to the plaintiff to punish the defendant and deter similar conduct in the future

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Punitive damages are available mainly in

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Intentional tort actions

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Gross negligence

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Intentional failure to perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard of the consequences of such a failure for the life or property of another

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Measures to reduce the number of tort cases include

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  1. limiting the amount of punitive damages and general damages that can be awarded
  2. Capping the amount that attorneys can collect in contingency fees
  3. Requiring the losing party to pay both the plaintiff and the defendant’s expenses
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Forum shopping

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Looking for a state court known to be sympathetic to their clients cause and predisposed to award large damages

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Two broad classifications of torts

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  1. Intentional torts

2. Unintentional torts (Torts involving negligence)

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Intentional tort

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A wrongful act knowingly committed

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Tortfeasor

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One who commits a tort

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Assault

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Any word or action intended to make another person fearful of immediate physical harm – a reasonably believable threat

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Battery

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Unexcused, harmful or offensive, physical contact with another that is intentionally performed

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Defense

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A reason offered in alleged by a defendant in an action or lawsuit as to why the plaintiff should not recover or establish what she or he seeks

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The reasonable person standard

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And objective test of how a reasonable person would have acted under the same circumstances

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False imprisonment

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The intentional confinement or restraint of another person’s activities without justification

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Actionable

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Capable of serving as the basis of a lawsuit. An actionable claim can be pursued in a lawsuit or other court action

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Intentional infliction of emotional distress

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An extreme and outrageous act, intentionally committed, that results in severe emotional distress to another.

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Defamation

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Anything published or publicly spoken that causes injury to another’s good name, reputation, or character

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Libel

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Defamation in writing or another form having the quality of permanence. Such as a digital recording

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Slander

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Defamation in an oral form

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The following four types of false utterances are considered to be slander per se

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  1. A statement that another has a loathsome disease
  2. A statement that another has committed improprieties while engaging in a business, profession, or trade
  3. A statement that another has committed or has been imprisoned for a serious crime
  4. A statement that a person is unchaste or has engaged in serious sexual misconduct
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Privilege

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A special right, advantage, or immunity granted to a person or a class of persons, such as the judges absolute privilege to avoid liability for defamation over statements made in the court room during a trial.

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Two types of privileged communications

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  1. Absolute

2. Qualified

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An example of absolute privileges

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Statements made in a court room by attorneys and judges during a trial

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An example of qualified privilege

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An employer’s statements in written evaluations of employees

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Actual malice

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Deliberate intent to cause harm that exists when a person makes a statement with either knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard of the truth. Required to establish defamation against public figures

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Appropriation

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The use by one person of another person’s name, likeness, or other identifying characteristic without permission and for the benefit of the user

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Fraudulent misrepresentation

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Any misrepresentation, either by misstatement or by omission of a material fact, knowingly made with the intention of deceiving another and on which a reasonable person would and does rely to his or her detriment.

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Puffery

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A sales person’s often exaggerated claims concerning the quality of property offered for sale. Such claims involve opinions rather than facts and are not legally binding promises or warranties

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Three elements that are necessary for wrongful interference with a contractual relationship to occur

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  1. Invalid, enforceable contract must exist between two parties
  2. A third-party must know that the contract exists
  3. The third-party must intentionally induce a party to breach the contract
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Real property

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Land and things “permanently” attached to the land

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Personal property

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All other items, which are basically movable. For example furniture, cash, Stocks, and bonds

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Trespass to land

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Entry onto, above, or below the surface of land owned by another without the owners permission or legal authorization

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Trespass to personal property

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Wrongfully taking or harming the personal property of another or otherwise interfering with the lawful owners possession of personal property

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Conversion

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Wrongfully taking or retaining possession of an individual’s personal property and placing it in the service of another

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Disparagement of property

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An economically injurious false hood about another’s product or property

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Slander of quality (trade libel)

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The publication of false information about another’s product, alleging that it is not worth what its seller claims

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Slander of title

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The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another’s legal ownership of any property, causing financial loss to the property’s owner

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Negligence

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Failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances

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To succeed any negligence action the plaintiff must prove each of the following:

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  1. Duty. That the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff
  2. Breach. That the defendant breached that duty
  3. Causation. That the defendants breach cause the plaintiffs injury
  4. Damages. That the plaintiff suffered a legally recognizable injury
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Duty of care

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The duty of all persons, as established by tort law, to exercise a reasonable amount of care in their dealings with others.

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Business invitee

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A person, such as a customer or a client, who is invited onto business premises by the owner of those premises for business purposes

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Malpractice

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Professional misconduct or the lack of the requisite degree of skill as a professional.

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Causation in fact

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An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.

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Tort

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A wrongful action

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Proximate case

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Legal cause. It exists when the connection between an act and an injury is strong enough to justify imposing liability.

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Assumption of risk

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A defense to negligence. A plaintiff may not recover for injuries or damage suffered from risks he or she knows of and has voluntarily assumed.

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Contributory negligence

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A rule in tort law, used in only a few states but completely bars the plaintiff from covering any damages if the damage suffered is partly the plaintiffs own fault

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Comparative negligence

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A rule in tort law, used in the majority of states that reduces the plaintiffs recovery in proportion to the plaintiffs degree of fault, rather than barring recovery completely

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Res Ipsa Loquitur

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Meaning “The facts speak for themselves”, a doctrine under which negligence may be inferred simply because an event occurred, if it is the type of event that would not occur in the absence of negligence

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Negligence per se

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Per se meaning “in or of itself”. An action or failure to act in violation of a statutory requirement

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Good Samaritan statutes

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A state statute stipulating that persons who provide emergency services to, or rescue, someone in peril cannot be sued for negligence unless they act recklessly, thereby causing further harm.

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Dram shop act

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A state statute that imposes liability on the owners of bars and taverns, as well as those who serve alcoholic drinks the public, for injuries resulting from accidents caused by intoxicated persons.

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Strict liability

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Liability regardless of fault, which is imposed on those engaged in abnormally dangerous activities, on persons who keep dangerous animals, and on manufacturers or sellers that introduce into commerce defective and unreasonably dangerous goods

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