| Term | Definition |
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| Battery | Is intentional harmful or offensive touching |
| Assault | Is putting another in apprehension of an imminent battery. No contact is necessary |
| Preponderence of Evidence | Means that when both sides present their evidence, the greater weight of the believable evidence must be on the plantiffs side |
| Intentional Tort | Types of behavior that indicate either the wrong doers conscious desire to cause harm or the wrongdoer's knowledge that such a harm was substantially certain to result |
| Libel | Written Defamation |
| Slander | Oral Defamation |
| Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress | A tort that results in extreme emotional distress. Has to be outrageous and serious |
| Disparagement | False statements about the seller's products or services, but proof of actual damage is necessary for a successful disparagement |
| Torts of Negligence | is an unintentional breech of duty by the defendant( Wrongdoer) that results in harm to another. A plaintiff must prove serveral things to recover.: A person owes a duty. He/she violated that duty; an injury arises becasue of the violation of that violation;and the injury was reasonably foreseeable as a result of the persons actions. |
| Negligent per se | The persons do not do what a statute requires |
| Proximate cause | Places a limit on the extent of a negligent person's liability. |
| Strict Liability | Means that person who participates in certain kinds of activities is held responsible for an resulting harm to others, despite the use of the utmost care and caution |
Combine with other sets
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