BUS 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Intentional Tort, Contributory Negligence, Punitive Damages

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 393
• Professor: Robert Adamson

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China, the netherlands) but it is unclear whether the cause of those accidents was driver error or the tesla technology: the government (ministry of transportation) has approved. How do these differences impact the business strategy for businesses, including tesla? (see casebook #1 (part two)) Torts are acts that cause harm to others and justify some form of compensation. Important to determine whether someone intended the harm or not. Intentional or not: example: it is halloween and you take it seriously and so you jump out of the bushes around your house scaring a child and his grandparent. The grandparent is so frightened he has a heart attack. What did you intend: example: a person attempting suicide lands on someone passing by and both survive but both suffer serious injuries. What did you intend? (casebook #2: example: you walk on someone else"s property not knowing that you are on their property.