LAW 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Ant-Zen, False Imprisonment, Mens Rea
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Tort: private wrong; a violation of interference w/ someone"s personal. Can be different from a crime: public wrong; punished by the gov"t. In a civil court, there are 3 types of torts: intentional: wrongdoers engage in intentional conduct, negligence, strict liability. Statue of limitations: you have 1 yr. from the day of defamation to file a lawsuit. There are 6 intentional torts: assault: an intentional conduct that threatens a person w/ a well- founded fear of imminent harm coupled w/ the present ability to carry out the threat of harm. Elements: intentional conduct, threatens, imminent harm, able to carry out threat of harm. Q: what if a person"s entire family is threatened, can. A: no, b/c the law states it"s only for the person being another person w/out that person"s consent. Person doesn"t have to be injured or proof they have to be injured to sue.
