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Assault
Battery
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Interference with Contractual Relations
Deceit
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1. Intentional Torts
2. Negligence
3. Strict Liability
False Imprisonment:
Invasion of Privacy
The wrongful act of injuring another persons reputation by making false statements.
Ex. Going to a baseball game you assume the risk of getting hit by a ball or bat.
Survival: allows lawsuits to be brought even if the plaintiff or defendant are deceased.
Wrongful Death: preserves the right of third parties affected by death to bring suit.
Contributory
Comparative:
1. Be False
2. Communicated to a third party
3. Bring the victim in disrespute, contempt, or ridicule by others.
Exceptions to Defamation Laws
Public officials, prominent personalities
Judges, lawyers, jurors etc.
Activities that are so dangerous, that if these activities injure someone or damage property, then the people engaged in those activities will be held liable, REGARDLESS of how careful they were.
Examples: Ultrahazardous activities (using explosives, keeping wild animals)
To Prove Negligence All of the following must be met:
1. Defendant owed a “duty of care” to the plaintiff
2. Breach of the duty (would a “reasonable” person do this)
3. Was the breach the PROXIMATE CAUSE
4. The Plaintiff suffered actual harm
Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in the same circumstance (Being Stupid)