QST LA 245 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Intentional Tort, Confidence Trick, Product Liability
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Tort: french word- wrong, a violation of a duty imposed by the civil law. A surgeon who removes the wrong kidney from a patient commits a type of tort- negligence. A business executive who deliberately steals a client away from a competitor, interfering with a valid contract, commits a tort called interference with a contract. Con artist who tricks you out of money with a phony offer to sell you a boat commits a fraud. >defendant"s action might be both crime and a tort. >plaintiff has no power to send the defendant to jail. > not necessarily mean that defendant intended to harm the plaintiff. Intentional torts: harm caused by a deliberate action. Contract cased based on agreement two people made. Law of defamation concerns false statements that harm someone"s reputation. Defamatory statement scan be written or spoken, libel- written defamation and slander- oral defamation.
