Strict Liability
Trespass to Chattels
Plaintiff
Conversion
No Tort (Shop Keeper's Privilege to False Imprisonment)
Negligence
False Imprisonment
Transferred Intent
Conversion
Intentional Tort
Private Nuisance
Trespass to Land
Legal responsibility for harm
Trespass to Land and Conversion
That the other side will be found liable and owe money damages (sometimes an injunction)
No tort- the police officer had a privilege to enter the property
Battery
Preponderance of the evidence
This is an Attractive Nuisance so Scott must use reasonable care to eliminate the dangerous conditions on his property
Nuisance
Assault
Settlement
Thin Skull Doctrine (Take your victim as he exists)
No because a reasonable person would not have found the contact offensive
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Donald stepped onto his neighbor Stanley’s property to tend to Stanley’s garden. Stanley paid Donald $10 per day to water, weed, and tend to his garden. While there, Donald took it upon himself to pick 23 tomatoes from Stanley’s garden in order to make marinara sauce to give to Stanley as a surprise birthday present. Stanley was furious that Donald did this without his permission. Which tort(s), if any, have occurred?
Scott owned land near an old lead mine. The mine shaft openings were located near the center of his property and consisted of five square holes in the ground. On several occasions he chased small children away from the area, yelling: “the mine shafts are unsafe and not a playground.” Despite this, the children continue to go onto his land and play near, and sometimes in, the mine shafts. What duty, if any, does Scott have towards the kids?
What tort occurs when a person permanently deprives another of his property and then materially alters the property, requiring a forced sale?
What tort doctrine occurs when a person with extreme physical susceptibility is harmed in tort by another, which would not have caused harm against a person without such a susceptibility?
What tort has occurred if a store manager stops a shoplifter from leaving his store by blocking the doorway until the police arrive to arrest him 10-minutes later?
What is the standard of proof in civil cases?
Donald stepped onto his neighbor Stanley’s property without receiving permission and picked 23 tomatoes from Stanley’s garden. He then used the tomatoes to make marinara sauce. Which tort(s), if any, have occurred?
What tort doctrine occurs when a person intends to harm one person but actually harms another?
What is a mutual agreement between two sides in a civil lawsuit that ends the dispute?
What tort has occurred if A plays a joke on B and tells B that a loved one was killed in a violent car crash and then shows pictures of an unrecognizable dead body, causing B to suffer a heart attack?
What tort occurs when a person intentionally enters onto the land owned by another person without permission?
What tort has occurred if a person releases his violent pit bull on a neighbor, trapping him in his car for an extended period of time, and causing him to miss an important business meeting?
Jake ran an automotive garage near Ned’s property, where he farmed three acres of land in order to sell his produce at a local farm stand. One day Ned found out that oil had been leaking from Jake’s garage onto his land and that it would be unsafe for him to continue farming on his property until the contamination is remediated. The cost of the remediation would be $135,000. Which tort(s), if any, have occurred?
Has the tort of battery occurred if Oliver taps Evan on the shoulder to inform him that he dropped his wallet?
Which type of tort occurs when a person acts with the intent of injuring a person, his property, or both?
Which type of tort occurs if an injury results from an activity so dangerous that there is a serious risk of harm even if a person acts with the utmost care?
Which type of tort occurs as a result of a person’s failure to use “reasonable care” that causes harm to another?
What tort has occurred if a person intends to make contact with another and acts in a way that causes harmful or offensive contact against her?
Which party files a civil lawsuit?
What tort occurs when a police officer, investigating a suspicious persons call, enters the property of another without permission?
What tort occurs when a person intentionally moves someone else’s personal property to temporarily deprive him of the use of his property?
What tort occurs when a person’s intentional action causes substantial and unreasonable interference with another person’s use and enjoyment of his real property?
What tort has occurred if a person threatens to make contact with another and acts in a way that causes her to fear that harmful or offensive contact will occur?
What type of responsibility best describes the idea of liability?
What is usually the goal of the party that files a civil lawsuit?
