A | B |
Assumption of Risk | knowing of risk and still taking the chance |
Comparative Negligence | negligence of each party is compared |
Contributory Negligence | plaintiff helps cause his or her injuries |
Defamation | injuring another’s reputation |
False Imprisonment | false arrest |
Intentional Tort | know and desire the consequences of your act |
Invasion of Privacy | interfering with a person’s right to be left alone |
Libel | false statement made in writing |
Negligence | Failure to exercise a degree of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in |
Nuisance | anything that interferes with the enjoyment of life |
Proximate Cause | legal connection between unreasonable conduct and the resulting harm |
Proximate Cause | ”something that produces a result |
Slander | false statement made orally |
Strict Liability | participation in ultrahazardous activity |
Tort | “One person’s interference with another person’s rights |
Tortfeasor | person who committed a tort |
Trespass | wrongful damage to or interference with the property of another |
Unintentional Tort | lacks the determination of mind |