BU111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Strict Liability, Tort
19
BU111 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
19 documents
Document Summary
Tort: wrong interference: wronging a person, property, reputation. Different types of torts: strict liability, intentional, negligence (unintentional): business torts. Different things in torts that we need to know about. Result of that wrong is a physcial/ financal harm. Tort overlaps in the sense that you can a civil and a tort crime. Purpose of tort law: for physical or financial loss: primary purpose is compensation (cid:523)remedy(cid:524): find fault, who"s liable, general: putting a value on injuries, not easy. Affecting their life: secondary purpose is punitive. Two big questions to ask when it comes to suing. Sued the microwave company for not telling him not to put the cat in the microwave. Getting so hard to get an investment. San jose county had nets in playgrounds because when kids were falling off gonna sue you for my financial loss the slides they fall. The person who commits a tort is called a tort-feasor.
