BU231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Credit Card Interest, Nuisance, Vicarious Liability
Document Summary
Contract law: the laws between two parties who are familiar with each other. Tort law: laws intended for those who are not acquainted with one another (ex. Car accident) it is first and foremost about compensating victims for their losses: a loss resulting from someone else"s wrongful act or failure to act. A category of civil law (private law) that covers many different causes of action. There are intentional and unintentional torts conduct not harm. Intention is harm is not the issue fault is. Goal is not to punish but to compensate for the loss of the suffered. Hockey game, you throw your stick and trip someone =broken jaw. Baseball game, accidently throw bat back = broken jaw. Unintended bc harm is not the issue the conduct is. [com]plaintiff (the person suing aka the victim, name goes first in lawsuit)/defendant: charles v mcgill (pronounced charles & mcgill) Cause of action (lawsuit must name this)
