Media, Information and Technoculture 2156A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Contributory Negligence, O. J. Simpson, Vicarious Liability
11 Feb 2018
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Tort law: the law of actionable wrong (things that the court thinks you can sue for) Concurrent liability, the same series of events can be determined in both courts of law. When you use someone privately, the litigants themselves are doing the prosecution. In private law suit if you sue someone, the plaintiff has the ownce of proving their case. The standard proof: (civil action) on a balance of probability. Oj simpson: trial, he was acquitted (found not guilty), the state or crown have to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. The law imposes a duty or obligation on you. Intentional: you intend to do what the law sees as wrong (trespassing, battery, assault which means a threat of violence, defamation) Unintentional: law is reluctant to impose positive . Actionable per se: successfully sue in an of their selves (law is granting the plaintiff because something was done wrong)
