COMM 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Contributory Negligence
2 Feb 2017
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Duty to repair n a s t i f i r e t t a m t n s e o. Mom"s rules : e. g. spill coffee on floor, keep on walking, e. g. break a law (e. g, e. g. break a law (e. g. speeding) When causes damages we have a duty to repair. An accident gives rise to a simple fault [ gross fault = intentional fault] Damages: e. g. prof in a green speedo on the waterslide, hits a bump on slide three types of damages: bodily = cut up side, material = ripped speedo, moral = embarrassment. Other examples of moral damages: pain, suffering. In waterslide example: fault = not maintaining slide (has to be the direct and immediate cause of the damage) Cause = usually hardest thing to prove for a lawyer. Contributory negligence = when first fault not separated by a large amount of time from second fault.
