LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Qualified Privilege, Vicarious Liability, No Liability
Document Summary
Defendant threatens to commit an unlawful act. Defendant performs illegal, unlawful prohibited or if defendant indirectly induces third party unauthorized act. Plaintif sufers a loss as a result of reasonable reliance on the statement. Defendant unreasonably interferes with plaintif"s use of land strict liability. Defendant makes non-natural use of their land something associated with that use escapes from defendant"s land. Plaintif"s reputation lowered in eyes of reasonable person. Defendant makes false statement about plaintif"s business or property. Definition: disruption of contract between plaintif and another. Forms of interference with contractual relations indirect inducement to breach of contract. Eg convince customer to break agreement or employee to quit job. Ask: did defendant encourage plaintif to commit a breach of k. Defendant intended to cause breach of contract. Eg prevent employees from going to work, or steal worker"s tools to prevent. Plaintif must prove: same factors as direct inducement.
