LAW 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Malicious Prosecution, False Arrest, Public Nuisance
Document Summary
Chapter 3: tort: a wrongful act that causes harm in civil law. Many torts can also be crimes: 2 types of torts: Intentional: harmful acts that are committed on purpose and for which the law provides a remedy. Unintentional: someone acts carelessly or w/o thought, cause unintentional harm to another person or property: vicarious liability: The responsibility of an employer to compensate ( n b ) for harm caused by employees in the normal course of their employment: intentional torts: The intentional torts affect the right of business and customer are: false arrest and imprisonment: hold or confine a person against their will with no legal to do so. Store can use reasonable force to hold a shoplifter until the police arrives. Key element charge laid w/o reasonable grounds for improper motive: trespass to land/goods: entry onto another"s land or good w/o permission or legal right to do so.
