Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Truck Driver, Contributory Negligence, Strict Liability

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

Document Summary

Tort: a harm caused by one person to another, other than through breach of contract, and for which the law provides a remedy. Trespass to land: wrongful interference with someone"s possession of land (e. g. parking without a parking pass) Negligence: unreasonable conduct, including a careless act or omission, that causes harm to another (e. g. me leaving my bucket of poison outside on my lawn) Tort law seeks to impose liability based on fault: Example 1: truck driver falls asleep at wheel, and crashes into a park car. Example 2: truck driver suffers an unforeseeable heart attack and crashes into a car: the driver has committed negligence, and owner can successfully sue, not due to careless act, owner cannot successfully sue. Jones was driving truck, truck broke down so jones parked it on side of highway and set up flares to warn people. Someone stole these flares, police then turned head lights on.