LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Vicarious Liability, Liability Insurance, Shoplifting
28 Jan 2016
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Law 122 september 17th 2015 avner levin ch. 3 torts. A tort is a failure to fulfill a private obligation imposed by law. A tortfeasor is a person who commits a tort. Tort law includes almost every sort of private law wrong outside of breach of contract. An act may be both a tort and a crime (failure to fulfill private and public obligation) Parties to private lawsuit are plaintiff and defendant. Regulating behavior: discouraging people from committing private wrongs. Remedies: compensating and restoring the wronged party to their pre-harm conditi0on. A tort occurs when a person intentionally acts in a defined wrongful way like shoving somebody or throwing something on another"s person lawn. Meaning of intention differs depending on tort: intent to harm. E. g. , intimidation; or just: intent to act (intent to harm not necessary) A tort occurs when a person acts carelessly like accidentally amputating the wrong limb: negligence, product liability, professional negligence, occupier"s liability, nuisance.
