LES 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Larceny, Extortion, Embezzlement
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Memorandum due friday look at page 382 of text book. Driver has duty towards the passengers in the car: duty of care , passenger sues the driver regardless if it"s the driver"s fault or not. Before, a person can not sue their spouse: it would cause conflict in the marriage, fraud, in the case of a car injury, they collect insurance money. Courts did away with that rule ^ (1970"s: as an individual, one has the right to sue, the situation of fraud is the insurance company"s problem. 10: crime is a serious act that cause harm to the community, you have harmed one of us, then you have harmed all of us . An act someone wanted to do: state of mind. I must have had some state of mind. You must find that the defendant was guilty of. [the crime] and acted with [state of mind] Negligence: people involved, principal (the person who committed the crime, accomplice.