Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Equitable Remedy, Vicarious Liability, Punitive Damages

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

Document Summary

2 main groups torts committed intentionally and torts committed through negligence. Intentional torts: harmful act that"s committed on purpose: assault: threat of imminent physical harm no physical contact, battery: intentional infliction of harmful/offensive physical contact. Tuesday, october 20, 2015: damages through negligence may not be intentional but still need to pay. Tort law and criminal law: same even can lead to 2 distinct legal consequences, one in tort, one in criminal. Purposes of the actions: purpose of criminal prosecution is to censure behaviour and secure punishment as fine/imprisonment/both, parliament of canada determined that anyone who violates criminal. In criminal law, legal action is called prosecution brought most often by crown prosecutors employed by federal/provincial gov"ts: injured party = complainant , accused party = defendant or accused . In tort law, injured party brings legal action: civil action b/c enforcing right belonging to individual, injured party = plaintiff , accused party = defendant .