LAW 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Intentional Tort, Cough Medicine, Comparative Negligence
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Torts: a civil wrong: caused when there"s a breach of a duty, arise from careless errors or intentional acts, a big issues for business because they lose a lot of money, 3 types: A person could be harmed by a product that is made or distribute. Ex) makes cars and its wheels fall of: role of tort law the remedy in a torts suit is to put the injured person in the position they"d been in had the act not occurred. Common law is primarily statutory (negligence law) The accidental tort (a whoops, you may not knowingly do it: ex) i bump you down the staircase, you don"t have to know you did it. 3 elements (every situation you go through for negligence you analyze these 3 elements- and you have to have all 3): breach of duty, causation, damages. Duty of care: the duty to be reasonable under the circumstances. Case squish la fish v. thomco specialty products.
