Law_294_-_Chapter_3.txt

Consists of a failure to fulfill a private obligation that was imposed by law.

A person who has committed a tort.

• 1. Intentional tort
• 2. Negligence tort
• 3. Strict liability tort

When someone intentionally acts in a certain way.

When a person acts carelessly.

When a person does something wrong without intending to do so and without acting carelessly.

A contract in which an insurance company agrees, in exchange for a price, to pay damages on behalf of a person who incurs liability.

When an employer is held liable for a tort that was committed by an employee.

Compensatory damages

Punitive damages

Nominal damages

Injuctions

Defendant is required to pay for the losses that it caused the plaintiff to suffer.

In tort, plaintiff back to position the party enjoyed before tort occurred.

In contract, plaintiff back to position that the party expected to enjoy after contract was preformed.

A loss is remote if it would be unfair to hold the defendant responsible for it.

When the plaintiff takes steps to minimize the losses that result from the defendant's tort.

Rat bite example.

Intended to punish the defendant.

Symbolically recognize that the defendant commited a tort even though the plaintiff did not suffer any loss.

Neighbor going into your yard for a ball...

A court order that requires the defendant to do something or refrain from doing something.