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12 Cards in this Set
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assault
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you don't actually have to hit the person. threat to harm someone or giving them the impression that you will hurt them is assault
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battery
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is when someone hits you and you haven't given them permission, acutal contact not necessary
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slander
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oral defamation
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libel
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written defamation
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can pol. or famous individuals sue for defamation
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only if they can prove malice
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disparagement
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untrue comments about a service, product or reputation of a business
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intentional fraud
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the person made a false presentation and knew it was false and did it anyway. Party then relies on misrepresentation and is actually injured.
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causation in fact
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the defendant's negligent action must be actual cause of negligence
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proximate causation
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fault limited to a certain pt in the damage chain. the test is foreseeability
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negligence per se
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violation of a statute that proximately causes an injury. unjury must be covered in statute and person must be one be of a protected class.
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res ipsa loquitor
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the thing speaks for itself. were it not for the defendant the event wouldn't have occured. injury only occurred due to someone being negligent.
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strict libability
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your considered guilty regardless of whether you're at fault.
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