LEGL 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Punitive Damages, Tortious Interference, Lanham Act
20 Aug 2016
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The criminal law is created on a contract, imposes duties of prohibits certain which creates conduct on all conduct. Leo steals kelly"s sell deirdre 5,000 falsely accuses a car. The pairs of sneakers private citizen of government at per pair, but being an alcoholic. prosecutes leo for fails to deliver. The plaintiff sues grand theft, and the them. Deirdre buys and wins money judge sentences the sneakers damages to him to two years in elsewhere for compensate for her prison. Kelly gets per pair and injured reputation. nothing. receives ,000, her extra expense. Tort- violation of a duty imposed by the civil law. Example: libel, fraud, negligence, battery, interference with a contract. The injured part for a tort case must seek their own compensation. Contract dispute case- based on an agreement two people have already made. The plaintiff in a tort case claims that the law itself creates a duty that the defendant has breached.
