Part 2 (battery,etc)

Question 1

What is Intent?

Answer 1

to use a certain means to achieve an end result

Question 2

What are the 2 varieties of Intent?

Answer 2

Purpose and Knowledge

Question 3

What is Purpose?

Answer 3

Subjective Desire

Question 4

What is Knowledge?

Answer 4

Substantial Certainty

Question 5

What is Negligence?

Answer 5

A breach of duty to use reasonable care with respect to another; conduct that foreseeabley subjects another to an unreasonable risk of harm

Question 6

What are the 2 major traditional defenses to Negligence claims?

Answer 6

Contributory Negligence & Assumption of Risk

Question 7

What is Contributory Negligence?

Answer 7

Failure to exercise reasonable care on one’s own behalf

Question 8

What is Comparative Negligence?

Answer 8

A partial legal defense that reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in a negligence-based claim based upon the degree to which the plaintiff’s own negligence contributed to cause the injury

Question 9

What is Comparative Fault?

Answer 9

Where the fault is divided between the two parties, part of negligence

Question 10

What is the opposite of Assumption of Risk?

Answer 10

Consent

Question 11

What are Punitive Damages?

Answer 11

Damages intended to reform or deter the defendant and others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the lawsuit.

Question 12

What is Strict Liability

Answer 12

Basically, you don’t have to do anything wrong and are still liable