LAW 122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Tort
8 Apr 2015
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Tort law: definition: a tort is a failure to fulfill a private obligation imposed by law, an obligation in tort law is owed to a person, tortfeasor is a person who commits a tort, tort law includes almost every sort of private law wrong outside of breach of contract, social purpose: tort law discourages people from committing private wrongs by requiring them to compensate & restore the wronged party. damages or restitutions) obligations, tortfeasor(defender) person/company who committed the tort, tort: primary(ex. promising to build a house(contract)) and secondary(looking for, tort law is always going to be retrosected(looking back, contract(obligation agreeing to do something/promise to do something, tort laws are never planned. Interference with contractual relations: unlawful interference with economic relations, deceit, interference with chattels, conspiracy, a tort occurs when a person intentionally acts in a defined wrongful way, meaning of intention differs depending on tort, intent to harm, intent to act.
