ADMS 2610 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: False Imprisonment, Product Liability, Unfair Business Practices
3 Jan 2020
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Tort: latin word for tortus, which means wrong, used to describe a wrong committed by one person to another. Interference with a person"s: property, person and reputation: can be intentional or unintentional. Distinction between torts and crime: a tort and crime can arise from the same incident, criminal is public (crowd beings in action), torts is private (injured party brings action in civil court) Business aspect: affects business: product liability, trespass, general liability, contract law: relationship created by contracts, torts: may be a stranger. Similarly, false imprisonment is an offence under the criminal code when it takes the form of kidnapping or abduction. Assault: a threat of violence or injury to a person, an assault usually occurs before the application of force, or accompanies it. Battery: the unlawful touching or striking of another person. In some cases, a battery need not be violent.
