LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intentional Tort, Partial Defence, Contributory Negligence

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 122
• Professor: Sari Graben

Document Summary

Intentional torts: involve intentional, rather than merely careless, conduct. The tort of battery consists of offensive bodily contact: (cid:862)(cid:271)odil(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)ta(cid:272)t(cid:863) is (cid:374)ot stri(cid:272)tl(cid:455) applied. E(cid:374)ough if the defe(cid:374)da(cid:374)t (cid:373)akes (cid:272)o(cid:374)ta(cid:272)t (cid:449)ith the plai(cid:374)tiff"s (cid:272)lothi(cid:374)g or (cid:449)ith so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that plaintiff is holding: not every form of contact is offensive. Contact may be offensive even if it not harmful. Photographer (cid:449)ho s(cid:374)eaks o(cid:374)to so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s propert(cid:455) to o(cid:271)tai(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)did pi(cid:272)tures (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)its the tort of trespass to land. Employees who publish embarrassing details about their emplo(cid:455)er"s pri(cid:448)ate life (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e liable for breach of confidence. Recognized a tort of abuse of private information. A (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)(cid:455) that (cid:373)akes u(cid:374)authorized use of a (cid:272)ele(cid:271)rit(cid:455)"s i(cid:373)age to sell its o(cid:449)(cid:374) its own products may commit the tort of misappropriation of personality. A newspaper that ig(cid:374)ores a judge"s i(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d pu(cid:271)lishes of a poli(cid:272)e offi(cid:272)er (cid:449)ho had been sexually assaulted during an undercover investigation may commit the tort of negligence.