BLAW 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Comparative Negligence, Long Island Rail Road, Punitive Damages
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Intentional attempt to cause harmful offense contact against a person: battery. Intentional, harmful, or offensive touching of another person without their consent: strict liability. The imposition of liability on a party without a finding of fault. The claimant only need prove that the tort occurred and that the defendant was responsible. The defendant intentionally causes emotional distress in the plaintiff: false imprisonment. Intentional confident of a person without their consent. The intentional intrusion in the solitude or closure of the other: malicious prosecution. Intentionally instituting and pursuing a legal action that is brought without probable cause: wrongful interference with contract relationship. There has to be a valid enforceable contract between two parties. A third party must know of the contract. To appeal they need to get a bond for the money. After a period of time we started to see more regulations: negligence.
