MCS 3040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Punitive Damages, Contributory Negligence

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 3040
• Professor: Joseph Radocchia

Document Summary

Tort: any harm or injury caused by one person to another other than through breach of contract and for which the law provides a remedy: damages can be paid for: Wrongful interference with someone"s possession of land. False representation intentionally or recklessly made by one person to another that causes damages. Compensates someone who had suffered loss or injury due to the unreasonable conduct of another: categorization: Less common alternatives are equitable remedies, such as an injunction a court order requiring or prohibiting certain conduct. Injunctions are ordered if money will not suffice for example if they"d rather a certain activity being stopped rather than the recovery of monies. Liability in tort: there are two kinds of liability in tort law, primary. Arises due to one"s own personal wrongdoing: vicarious, vicarious. Arises due to the relationship that someone has to the person who actually commits the tort: joint tort-feasors: A person who commits a tort is called a tort-feasor.