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**Grounds for actions in torts can be divided into three categories. What are they?
1. intentional interference
2. strict liability
3. negligence
To have a valid cause of action for negligence, four prerequisites must exist. What are they?
1. a duty to protect others
2. a failure to exercise an appropriate standard of care
3. the existence of a causal connection between act and injury, proximate or legal cause
4. an injury must occur, damage or loss
There are four general defenses for negligence. What are they?
1. contributory negligence
2. comparative negligence
3. assumption of risk
4. immunity
The word "tort" is derived from the Latin word ____, meaning twisted.
tortus
Grounds for actions in tort cases can be divided into three categories: _____, _____, _____.
intentional interference
strict liability
negligence
An overt act or intent to harm is called _____.
assault
An intentional tort that occurs through physical contact is _____.
battery
The doctrine of _____ holds that the teacher or school official stands in the place of the parent.
in loco parentis
_____ may accrue if an activity of a school is classified as "hazardous" or "ultrahazardous".
After a hurricane had damaged a tree near a school , the tree was removed, but a stump remained. When Alice Watson took her class out to play at recess, she told them to stay away from the stump. Van was playing near the stump and was warned two additional times to stay away. the teacher, while observing another part of the playground, did not see Van get hurt on the stump. Van sustained a lacerated pancreas. Van's parents sued the teacher for negligence.
(Held for the teacher. teacher could not insure total safety, and the child had been warned twice.)
Defendant
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