Chapter 6 Flashcards

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a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
“public nuisance is a crime as well as a tort”

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tort

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What’s the difference between damage and damages

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Damage refers to harm or injury to persons or property, damages refers to monetary compensation for such harm or injury.

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Damages that reimburse for actual osses

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compensatory damages

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What’s the difference between special damages and general damages (both compensatory damages)

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Special damages are quantifiable losses where general damages are non monetary, such as pain and suffering.

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damages meant to punish the wrongdoer and deter others from similar wrongdoings.

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punitive damages

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Any intentional unexcused threat of immediate harmful or offensive contact

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assault

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Unexcused and harmful or offensive physical contact intentionally performed

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battery

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involves wrongfully hurting a person’s good reputation.

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Defamation

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What are the two types of defamation and how are they different

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Libel is a permanent form of defamation such as writing where slander is verbal defamation

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A statement made with clear knowledge of it’s falsity or a reckless disregard for the truth.

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Actual Malice

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Someone who invited or allowed on the property of another for their benefit

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Licensee

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Any act that deprives an owner of personal property or of the use of that property without the owners permission and without just cause

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Conversion

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Occurs when someone suffers injury because of another’s failure to live up to a required duty of care

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Negligence

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The understanding that people can act as they wish as long as it doesn’t infringe on another’s rights

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duty of care

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