MANAGMNT 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Strict Liability, False Imprisonment, Punitive Damages
23 Jan 2017
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Put you in a position you would have been in if the contract had been honored. Unless there was a specific time element in the contract, then you cannot be held responsible for those consequential damages. Tort: suffered an injury that was the legal fault by someone else and you want to be compensated for it. Sometimes carry with them the option of punitive damages. If someone takes your picture and puts it on a cookie package without permission, that is a tort that you can sue them for. Communication to the third person that is untrue and. Communication to the third person that is untrue and would hurt their reputation. Need to prove that the statement was made with malice. Knowledge of faultiness or reckless disregard for the truth. The minute someone is detained, they are going to sue for false imprisonment. Businesses are losing a lot of money by defending these merchant"s defense claims.
