ENVS 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Contributory Negligence, Intentional Tort
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Standard of care: how serious is the consequences would be. Special cases, professionals: professionals are subject to a higher standard of care; standard is based on variety level of your professional industry and educations. If update the training and follow all the professional instruction, you have great chance to meet the mind of care. Causation: rule is defendant must a cause in face and in las of plaintiff"s injuries. (what is the outcome) Defenses to negligence: partial defense contributory negligence, plaintiff was partially to blame for how accident happened or extended of injuries. (what did you do to help the outcome happened?) full defense voluntary assumption of risk. Ask what are you really plan to do , a tort occurs when a person intentionally acts in a defined wrongful was. Intent to act battery & assault (battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact.
