Business Law Chapter 9

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Tort

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civil wrong that interferes with one's property or person

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Intnetional torts

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civil wrong that results from intentional conduct

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negligence f

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failure to exercise due care under the circumstances in conxequence of which harm is prosimately caused to one to whom the defendant owed a duty to exercise due care

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strict liability

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civil wrong for which there is absolute liability because of the ingerent danger in the underlying activity, for example, the use of explosives

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false impriosonment

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intentional detention of a person without taht person's consent; called the shop-keepers tort with shoplifters are unlafully detained

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shopkeeper's privilege

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reight of a store owncer to dtain a suspected sholifter based on resonable cause and for a resonable tiem without resulting in liability

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intentional infliction of emotional distress

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tort that produces mental anguish caused b conduct that exceeds all bounds of decency

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invasion of privacy

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tort of intentional intrusion into the private affairs of another

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defamation

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untrue statement by one party about another to a third party

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slander

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defamation of character by spoken words or gestures

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libel

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written or visual defamation withought legal justification

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absolute privilege

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complete defenxe against teh tort of defamation as int eh speeches of members of congress ont eh floor and witness in a trial

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qualified privilege

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media privilge to print inaccurate information without liablilty for defamation, so long as a retraction is printed and there was no malice

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slander of title

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malicious making of false statemtns as to a seller's title

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trade libel

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written defamation about a product or service

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product disparagement

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false statements made about a product or business

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contract interference

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tort in which a third party interferes iwth other's freeedom to contract

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trespass

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unauthorized action with respect to person or property

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malpractice

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when services are not properly rendered in accordance with commonly accepted stadnards; negligence by a professional in performing hes or her skill

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contributory negligence

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neglignence of the plaintiff that contributes to infury and at common claw bars form recovery fromt he drendant althought he defendant may have been more begligent that the plaintiff