torts

Intentional torts

when person deliberately engages in acts that result in harm to another person

Negligent torts

when someone fails to use reasonable care, resulting in harm to another person or property

Strict Liability tort

when defendant is held liable for harm caused by their actions regardless of their intent or level of care

battery

intent to cause harmful or offensive contact

assault

any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury upon the person of the other

intentional infliction of emotional distress

when defendant engages in extreme or outrageous conduct that is likely to cause severe emotional distress

false imprisonment

act of confinement to a bounded area

trespass to land

intention to intrude without authorization and without privilege under law

private nuisance

inference with the use and enjoyment of property of another person

Coming to the Nuisance

you can't sue if the nuisance was there before you

trespass to chattel

an attempt to interfere with the personal property of a person where act does interfere with plaintiff right of possession and plaintiff is harmed by the interference.

voluntary

no intentional torts if plaintiff consents

self defense

use of force that appears reasonably necessary for self-protection

castle doctrine

some states allow plaintiffs to use deadly force against intruders without duty to retreat

stand your ground

some states have no duty to retreat from place you are legally entitled to be

shopkeeper's privilege

right of a store owner to detain a suspected shoplifter based on reasonable cause

Nonfeasance

You have no duty to take action to come to the aid of others

plaintiff

a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.

defendant

an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime

Torts

A civil wrong that causes harm or loss to someone leading to legal liability to the person who commits the act