by uslawessentials | Sep 21, 2019 | Torts, video, What does . . . mean?
Assault is an intentional tort where defendant causes plaintiff to apprehend imminent harmful or offensive contact Be sure to watch the video below and try the quiz, too. If you ever played a game as a child in which you and your friends tried to make each other...
by uslawessentials | Nov 20, 2018 | Torts
The Reasonable Person Standard To determine whether a defendant breached his duty of care in a negligence case, a court will compare the defendant’s conduct to the conduct that we would expect from a ‘reasonable person.’ You might hear the...
by uslawessentials | Jul 23, 2018 | Torts, What does . . . mean?
Negligence is called an unintentional tort because the defendant caused the plaintiff injury – – not because he intended to cause her injury – – but because he was careless. That is, he either did something that a reasonably careful...
by uslawessentials | Feb 23, 2018 | Torts, video, What does . . . mean?
What is Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress? Intentional infliction of emotional distress — or IIED – – is a type of intentional tort. In some jurisdiction IIED is called “outrage”. To prove that defendant is liable,...
by uslawessentials | Dec 9, 2016 | Torts, video, What does . . . mean?
Alternative liability is a legal principle that a court may apply in a negligence case when multiple defendants could have caused plaintiff’s injury but the plaintiff cannot prove which one. Most classes will teach alternative liability as a way...
by uslawessentials | Sep 7, 2016 | Torts, video, What does . . . mean?
As discussed in the video below, negligence is what people in an everyday conversation would call carelessness or an accident. Negligence is a type of tort – – an unintentional tort.Because it is a tort, plaintiffs who have been injured as a result of...
