Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ginger Beer, Intentional Tort, Misfeasance

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Cristin Keller

Document Summary

Insurance (another type of tort) (and a little bit of chapter 4) Prove the elements of the tort if you"re the plaintiff. Then it is up to the defendant to either disprove the elements and/or defend his case. Balance of probabilities it is a civil case it is up to the plaintiff and defendant. What are the elements of defamation (one example of intentional tort) Defenses against defamation: qualified privilege, absolute privilege, it"s true, it"s a matter of opinion. Every negligence case is proven the same way. This is a different type of tort. Two female friends go to the club. One of the women got a divorce, lost her job and had a bad day. So the friend goes and buys the ginger beer in an opaque (dark) glass. We have a contract really important piece of the story. Both sides have to give something in order to have a contract. So the friend has a legal contract.