Criminal or Civil Law? Nov. 3

To make a good story, a magazine journalist makes up highly uncomplimentary "facts" about a show-business celebrity.

The owner of a convenience store is prosecuted for selling cigarettes to a minor.

Customer is accidentally poisoned in a restaurant after chef negligently mixed up ingredients in food the customer ate.

A driver finds himself in court after failing to pass a sobriety test.

A landlord wants financial compensation from a tenant who has damaged the apartment he's renting.

A fired employee brings a legal action against her employer for wrongful dismissal.

A 14-year-old girl is charged with an offense under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

A rock singer, who had contracted to put on a concert, fails to show up for the performance.