Tort Law

A person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance

The action of damaging the good reputation of someone

Distinct act of dominion wrongfully exerted over another's personal property

What is reasonable doubt

The act of speaking about someone in a negative or belittling way

Confidential

A person in society who exercises average care, skill, and judgment in conduct

Failure to take proper care in doing something

If the defendant can demonstrate that the plaintiff voluntarily and knowingly assumed the risks

Failure of an injured plaintiff to act prudently

Foreseeable

Enter the owner's land or property without permission

A negative emotional reaction; experienced by a victim of a tort

What is a wrongful act or an infringement of a right known as

Liable means you are responsible by law

Liability that does not depend on actual negligence or intent to harm

Allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual

Is a partial legal defense that reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover

Measures an individual's characteristics independent of rater bias or the examiner's own belief

Person's internal life that are commonly held to be troubling, confusing or out of the ordinary

Related to an injury that the courts deem the event to be the cause of that injury

To give something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred

What is a Tortfeasor