BLBU 2234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Product Defect, False Imprisonment
3 Feb 2019
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Tort: wrongful act that causes injury to another"s body/property/reputation. Intentional tort: a willful act that results in injury. Intentional tort is committed when a duty owed by one person to another is breached and proximately causes injury or damage to the owner (of a legally protected interest) Negligence: behavior that creates unreasonable risk of harm and causes unintentional harm or injury (if you"re being careless you should pay for actions) Strict product liability: responsibility for harm/injury caused by product defect regardless of fault. Actor desires to cause consequences of their actions. Consequences substantially certain to result from it. What idea came into your head and if you carried the idea out (why is irrelevant) Doesn"t require a hostile or evil motive. Consent: person may/may not recover for injury to which he willingly consents. Privilege/self-defense: may take appropriate action to prevent harm to themselves where time does not allow resort to the law. Battery: intentional infliction of harmful/offensive bodily contact.
