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Chap. 5 Flashcards

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A tort feasor

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Person who commits tort

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Tort

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Civil wrong other than a breach of contract for which the law will provide a remedy

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Intentional

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Tort feasor acts deliberately with the desire to harm the plaintiff

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Punitive

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Award designed to punish the defendant and to deter similar conduct

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Battery

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Direct use of force

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Assault

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Person intending to cause a harmful or offensive contact

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False imprisonment

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A person who has intentionally confines another within fixed boundaries

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Defamation

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Hurts personal reputation

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Libel defamation

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Written or printed words

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Slander defamation

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Spoken words

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Right to privacy

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Right to be left alone
Intentional
Wrongful
Publicity portraying

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Trespass

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Interfering with someone’s property

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Nuisance

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Harmful or annoying to neighboring landowners

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Public nuisance

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Invasion of public rights

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Private nuisance

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Protect against private interest in the use and enjoyment of land

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Conversion

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Person intentionally exercises control over someone else’s belonging

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Negligence

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Occurs when a person does something that a reasonable person would not

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Reasonable person

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Person with common knowledge

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Contributory negligence

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Plaintiff negligence combined with dependent negligence causes plaintiff harm

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Assumption of the risk

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Plaintiff voluntarily assumed the risk of harm caused by the defendants negligent conduct

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Comparative fault

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The negligent plaintiff is awarded damages

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Public invitee

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Member of public invited to stay on property

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Business invitee

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Person invited to enter or remain on the premise to conduct business

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Attractive nuisance

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Young children getting hurt

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