Exam 2 Flashcards
Tort
Intentional
Negligent
Strict liability
Product liability
Burden of proof Civil
About more than 50% reasonable doubt
Burden of proof criminal
Beyond a reasonable doubt
Assault
Intentional
Conduct
Produces fear
Fear
immediate harm
Produces injury
Battery
Intent
Act
Harmful
Injury
3 defenses against assault and battery
Consent
Justification
Legal excuse
Conversion
Theft - civil
Defamation
Intentional act resulting in injury usually mental
Defense against Defamation
Truth
1at amendment
Conditional privileges
Conditional privileges defense
“Seeking truth”
Invasion of privacy
Unreasonable intrusion into the seclusion of other
Appropriation of likeness of other
Casting another in a false light
Public disclosure of private info
Nuisance
Intentional act of unreasonable interference with another’s use of real property
5 business tort
Interference with contractual/business relationship
Fraud
Disparagement
Appropriation
Disparagement
Defamation of a company/product
Elements to sue
A duty
Trachea
Cause
Damage
Legal duty to help with these criteria
License/certificate
Cause the person to be in peril
Special relationship
Cause in fact
But for test
Proximate cause
Legal
4 comps of damage
Medical bills
Property damage
Pain and suffering
Loss of wages
Discovery
Second step - Avoid surprised and preserve testomonies
Motion for summary judgement
no genuine issue of facts so Court can decide case
before trial based on agreed facts and affidavits instead of a full trial
Motion in limine
motion to limit, keeps out irrelevant/prejudicial facts
Pre-Trial
3rd step
Burden of proof in a civil case
“by a preponderance of the evidence” (majority)
Motion for Directed verdict
final binding determination on the merits of the case
made by the judge before the jury renders a verdict
Reverse and remand
overturn and send back to trial court
Reverse and render
–overturn and substitute new judgment
Appeal
5th step
Pleading
1st step
Voir dire
: an examination by the attorneys of the potential jurors
5 activities of Strict Liability
Wild animals
explosives
impounding water
pesticides