AFM231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Contributory Negligence, Assault, Endangerment

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Accounting & Financial Management
• Course: AFM231
• Professor: Robert Timberg

Document Summary

Tort: a harm caused by one person to another, other than through breach of contract, and for which the law provides a remedy. Trespass to land: wrongful interference with someone"s possession of land. Deceit or fraud: false representation intentionally or recklessly made by one person to another that causes damage. Negligence: unreasonable conduct, including a careless act or omission, that causes harm to another. Compensate the injured party when the injury is a result of someone else"s blameworthy conduct. The nature of precedent still applies to these cases. Intentional torts: harmful acts that are committed on purpose: assault: threat of imminent physical harm, battery: intentional infliction of harmful or offensive physical contact, negligence: liable for damages even though she didn"t intend it. Same event can rise to both tort and criminal legal consequences. Objective of criminal law: to censure behaviour and secure punishment of a fine, imprisonment, or both.