BUS 115 Chapter 7 Tort Law

A private wrong committed by one person against another

• Crime
• Tort
• Tortfeasor
• Negligence

Occurs when one person carelessly injures another

• Negligence
• Tort
• Crime
• Tortfeasor

In tort law, the ____ brings the civil action.

• Judge
• Defendant
• Prosecutor
• Plaintiff

Tort is a french word meaning:

• Fraud
• Wrong
• Element
• Negligence

An example of an intentional tort is:

• Defamation
• Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
• Assault
• All of these

In order to win a lawsuit for negligence the person must suffer ____

• Assumption of risk
• Defamation
• Actual Harm
• Nuisance

All of the following are elements required to prove negligence except:

• A breach of duty owed by the defendant
• A reasonable person
• Defendant's conduct caused injury
• A duty of care owed to the plaintiff by the defendant

An accident where you are 20% at fault, and the total loss was 100,000. Under Comparative negligence what should be awarded?

• 80000
• 20000
• 100000
• Nothing

Interfering with somebody's real property is the intentional tort called___

• Trespass
• Conversion
• Nuisance
• Disparagement

The tort of ___ prohibits intentional interference with a valid and enforceable contract.

• Tortious interference
• Defamation
• Misappropriation
• Fraud