Tort Law

Question 1

Tort

Answer 1

An action that wrongly causes harm to someone but that is not a crime and that is dealt with in a civil court

Question 2

Intentional Torts

Answer 2

An intentional wrongful act by a person or entity who means to cause harm.

Question 3

Slander

Answer 3

To make false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone

Question 4

Libel

Answer 4

A false accusation that is made with malicious intent to hurt the reputation of a person who is living or the memory of a person who is dead

Question 5

Res ipsa loquitur

Answer 5

A doctrine or rule of evidence in tort law that allows an interence or presumption that a defendant was negligent

Question 6

respondeat superior

Answer 6

A doctrine in tort law that makes an employer liable for the wrong of an employee

Question 7

common law

Answer 7

The laws that developed from English court decisions and customs and that form the basis of law in the u.s