LAW 122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Risk Management, Strict Liability, False Imprisonment
Document Summary
Chapter 3 introduction to torts jan 29, 2014. Tort generally consists of a failure to fulfill a private obligation that was imposed by law. Tortfeasor a person who commits a tort. Tort occurs when a person breaks a private obligation. Crime occurs when a person breaks a public obligation: public obligation is owed to society as a whole, rather than to any particular person. If anything goes wrong, government will prosecute the accused on behalf of the whole community, even if crime was affected only to a specific person. Then if found guilty, government will accuse guilty and subjected to punishment: tort law discourages people from committing private wrongs by requiring them to compensate victims, torts and crimes will overlap, sneak into your house. Tort of trespass to land and crime of break and enter: hit you. Tort of battery and crime of assault. The defendant owes an obligation to the plaintiff.