Intro to Law -- Chapter 4 -- Torts

Conversion is wrongfully taking or retaining an individual's personal property and placing it in the service of another.

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A reasonable person standard determines whether allegedly negligent conduct resulted in a breach of a duty of care.

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If no harm or injury results from an allegedly negligent act, there is no tort.

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An intervening (non-superceding) event can break the connection between a wrongful act and an injury to another.

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In analyzing unintentional torts, the formula for analysis is: 1. Act, 2. Causation, 3. Harm

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To avoid liability for negligence, a business owner must protect its patrons against every risk.

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Proximate cause refers to the degree of connection between the act and the injury.

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Punitive damages are awarded in cases of ordinary negligence.

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Professional codes of conduct may create a duty where none otherwise existed.

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Puffery is fraud.

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