Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Contingent Liability, Ipad, Contributory Negligence

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: James F Hildebrand

Document Summary

Business torts cont"d: battery + the doctor not common in canada. People who have a surgical procedure and the doctor did not disclose the full side effects of the procedure the doctor can be successfully sued. The patient may have signed a form giving their consent, but they were not told all the details involved with the procedure: false imprisonment ex. No authority or justification for imprisonment: class action lawsuit a large group of people who were wronged by one defendant and decide to sue the defendant. More efficient for the party who is suing: deceit (fraud) telling somebody something that you know is false. Used to con somebody into a contract by making false statements. These statements have to be relevant to the contract: fraudulent conversion of goods ex. Used a cheque where there was no money in the account or used a non-existent bank account.