COB 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Comparative Negligence, Contributory Negligence, Product Liability
Document Summary
The basis of tort law: damages available in tort actions. Compensatory damages: a monteary award equivalent to the actual value of injuries or damage sustained by the aggrieved party. Punitive damages: monetary damages that may be awarded to a plaintiff to punish the defendant and deter similar conduct in the future: classifications of torts. Legally recognized reasons why the plaintiff should not obtain damages. Intentional torts against persons: intentional tort: requires intent, a wrongful act knowingly committed, tortfeasor: one who commits the tort, assault. Any intentional and unexcused threat of immediate harmful or offensive contact: battery. Unexcused, harmful, or offensive physical contact with another that is intentional: false imprisonment. Intentional confinement or restraint of another person"s activities without justification: intentional infliction of emotional distress. An extreme and outrageous act, intentionally committed: defamation. Anything published or publicly spoken that causes injury to another"s good name, reputation, or character. Statements made on the internet may be libel.
