BUS 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Strict Liability, Medical Malpractice
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Summons copy of the complaint with a court ordered summons to the. After pleadings, you can only argue within the frame (pleadings) defendant. Counter claim defendant against plaintiff for anything defense has against. Reply plaintiff to defendant about counter claim. State all facts in separate, numbered counts. Answers have to be answered in numerical order of complaints. 2-deny now plaintiff must prove it. 3-confess and avoid confess but avoiding any liability ya i did it so what? . 4-demurrer (dismiss) ask judge to eliminate the count or complaint. 5-insufficient knowledge we don"t know enough to answer . Word of art latin meaning twisted behavior. Results in damage to property or injuring a person. Crime breached duty to everyone in society government/society vs. Tort breached duty to other people (specifically the victim) victim vs. Torts are in common law (past court cases) look for star . Negligent tort reason is because someone was negligent was an accident.