Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Active Measures, Punitive Damages, Tort

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

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The word tort describes any harm or injury caused by one person to another other than through breach of contract and for which the law provides a remedy. When you break torts down into distinct categories this is what you get (brie y): trespass to land. This involves wrongful interference with someone"s possession of land: deceit or fraud. This tort is based on a false representation intentionally or recklessly made by one person to another that causes damages: negligence. The tort of negligence compensates someone who has suffered loss or injury due to the unreasonable conduct of another. Torts can generally be categorized as falling into two main groups: torts committed intentionally and torts committed through negligence: the rst, called an intentional tort, is a harmful act that is deliberate or committed on purpose. Tort law and criminal law: the same event can give rise to two distinct legal consequences: one in tort law and one in criminal law.