ADMN 3250H Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hockey Puck, Contributory Negligence, Paintball
30 Mar 2020
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Lecture 4 damages for tort and property law fundamentals. Remember to see them as: elements to prove, defenses to the tort, damages arising from the tort. Intentional or unintentional: knew or ought to have known, negligence, duty, standard for that duty, breach of that duty, casual damages. Contributory negligence: when actions of the injured party contributed to their own injuries (plaintiff"s carelessness, or injured party is the author (partially or wholly) of their own misfortune, damages paid in proportion to degree of responsibility. Should insurance company have to pay? of contract: only the parties involved can sue. Act of god: unanticipated event that prevents the performance of a contract or causes damages to property. Waiver: an express or implied renunciation of a right or claim, usually must be written and cover the injury contemplated by the parties at the time. Release: promise not to sue or press a claim, or discharge of a person from any further responsibility to act.
