Introduction to Tort

A person who commits a tort.

• Plaintiff

• Defendant

• Tortee

• Tortfeasor

A private wrong committed by one person against another.

• Negligence

• Tort

• Tortfeasor

• Crime

A wrongful injury to or interfering with the property of another is known as

• nuisance
• trespass
• defamation
• invasion of privacy

What is a Tort? It is:

• an injury or a civil wrong

• protects particular interests

• provides compensation

• all of the above

• none of the above

The tort of negligence protects against: (You may choose more than one answer)

• Personal Injury

• Damage to property

• Freedom of Speech

• Economic lost

The judges may use policy factors to determine a tortuous claim. What are the policy factors?

• morality, dams, future lost and potential lost

• morality, floodgates, economic and resource

• justice, economic, security and safety

• justice, floodgates, security and freedom

A hired B, a lawyer, to claim a property wrongfully taken away by D. B failed to do so. Due to this failure, A hired another lawyer, C, to claim said property. C advises A that since B had failed to do so, C will too, and C delayed in his application for A's claim to the property resulting in A losing the claim. A found out that if B and C had done as instructed, his claim would have been successful. A may claim from B and C for negligence because....

• B and C are not lawyers

• B and C are severally liable

• B and C are legally bound by duty

• B and C are best friends

What is joint liability?

• Two or more persons liable for two or more different and separate acts

• Two or more persons jointly liable for an act.

• Two or more persons who can claim from a single person

• Two or more persons who can combine and take action against one person

An employment contract is also known as...

• Contract with service

• Contract than service

• Contract of service

• Contract for service

An independent contractors contract is also known as...

• Contract for service

• Contract with service

• Contract at her majesty service

• Contract of service