[BUS 207] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (41 pages long)
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Judge"s instruction to the jury: choice of jury trial or bench (judge) trial ix. xi. xii. If granted, new trial is granted on all or limited issues. In personam jurisdiction over the parties in the case or jurisdiction over the property that is at the center of the case. Tort - a civil wrong against persons or their property can be hurt physically or economically. Defense - make it so the plaintiff is partially not liable or completely not liable. Goal of tort law is to compensate injured persons for such harms sue (compensatory) damages. Punitive damages (usually associated with intentional torts) Deter future wrongdoing seeks to shift the risk of loss to parties/defendants who may be in a better position to bear a loss and who can in turn recoup that loss by spreading it out to society. Intentional torts - usually involve some type of intentional, malicious, or reckless behavior.
