LPP 255 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Puffery, Malicious Prosecution, Damages
26 Jan 2014
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Tort law= compensate those who have suffered a loss or injury due to another persons wrongful act: compensatory damages= intended to compensate or reimburse a plaintiff for actual losses, special damages= quantifiable monetary losses. Medical expenses, lost wages: general damages= nonmonetary aspects of harm suffered. Pain, suffering: punitive damages= punish the wrong doer and deter others from similar wrongdoing. Gross negligence= intentional failure to perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard of the consequences of such a failure for the life or property of another. Intentional tort=intends to commit an act: tortfeaser= the one committing the tort, assault= immediate harmful or offensive conduct. Words and acts: battery= unexcused or harmful offensive physical contact, intentional, false imprisonment=intentional confinement or restraint of another person activities, infliction of emotional distress= extreme and outrageous conduct resulting in severe without justification emotional distress to another. Actionable= capable of serving as a ground for lawsuit: defamation= wrongfully harming a persons good reputations.
