MCS 3040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Financial Compensation, Active Measures, False Imprisonment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 3040
• Professor: Joseph Radocchia

Document Summary

Defining tort law: tort: a harm caused by one person to another, other than through breach of contract, and for which the law provides a remedy. In other terms: injuries suffered by a party as a result of the wrongful conduct of others. It may encompass damages personal injury suffered, for example, in a motor vehicle accident or as a result of falling in dangerous premises. It may include compensation for injury caused to the reputation of a business or a product. It may provide damages for injury to honor in cases of defamation and libel. How torts are categorized: torts can generally be categorized as falling into two main groups, torts committed intentionally and torts committed through negligence. Prosecution is considered to be critical to maintaining a rights- respecting society. In tort law, however, the objective is to compensate the victim for the harm suffered due to the culpability of another.