| A | B |
|---|
| assault | placing another in fear of harmful or offensive touching |
| assumption of the risk | choosing to remain in a situation despite awareness of a danger that could cause injury |
| comparative negligence | system in which damages are awarded in proportion to the plaintiff's negligence |
| contributory negligence | system in which recovery is barred if the injury is partly the result of carelessness by the plaintiff |
| conversion | wrongfully depriving another of possession of personal property |
| criminal battery | the intentional causing of bodily harm to another person |
| damages | monetary compensation for loss or injury |
| defamation | injury of a person's reputation by false statements, oral or written |
| false imprisonment | depriving a person of freedom of movement without consent and without privilege |
| fraud | intentional misrepresentation of fact, relied upon by another to her or his injury |
| intentional torts | offenses in which the defendant intended either the injury or the act |
| interference with contractual relations | a third party's enticing or encouraging a breach of contract, in which the third party may be liable in tort to the nonbreaching party |
| invasion of privacy | unlawful intrusion into another's private life causing mental or emotional injury |
| libel | written defamation |
| negligence | causing injury by failing to act as a reasonable person |
| proximate cause | reasonably foreseeable cause or injury |
| punitive or exemplary damages | added damages intended to punish and make an example of the defendant |
| slander | oral defamation |
| strict liability | responsibility for injury regardless or negligence or intent |
| tort | an offense against an individual |
| vicarious liability | responsibility of one person for the torts of another |
