Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Financial Compensation, Punitive Damages, Contributory Negligence

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Cristin Keller

Document Summary

How torts are categorized: torts are generally be categorized as falling into two man groups: torts committed intentionally and torts committed through negligence. Tort law and criminal law: criminal law, the purpose of criminal law is to sanction behaviour and secure punishment of the perpetrator. Criminal law does not compensate the victim of crime, leaving compensation to other areas of law: the legal action is called a prosecution and is brought most often by. Rarely by injured parties, though it is technically possible for them to do so. It enforces the victim"s private right to extract compensation from the party who has caused the loss: the injured parties bring the legal action. Civil action because it is enforcing a right belonging to an individual. Defendant: plaintiff proves on the balance of probabilities, the injured must convince the judge that there is a better than 50% chance.