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| Civil wrong that interferes with one’s property or person |
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| Amount that a person is responsible to pay |
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| The connection between the action of omission and the injury th is the caual relation to the breach of duty |
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| You did something that you were not legally allowed to do or didn’t do your legal responsibilities- breach of duty |
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| Legal action or omission of a legal action that a people has to or are supposed to do, legal responsibility to do something or do it well |
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| Negligence for the plaintiff that contributes to injury and at common law bars from recovery from the defendant although the defendant may have been more negligent than the plaintiff |
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| When services are not properly rendered in accordance with commonly accepted standards; negligence by a professional in performing his or her school |
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| Unauthorized action with respect to person or property |
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| Tort in which a third party interferes with others’ freedom to contact |
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| False statements made about a product of business |
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| Written defamation about a product or service |
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| Malicious making of false statements as to a seller’s title |
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| Media privilege to print inaccurate information without liability for defamation, so long as a retraction is printed and there was no malice |
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| Complete defense against the tort of defamation, as in the speeches of members of Congress on the floor and witnesses in a trial |
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| Written or visual defamation without legal justification |
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| Defamation of character by spoken words or gestures |
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| Published untrue statement by one party about another to a third party |
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| Tort of intentional intrusion into the private affairs of another |
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| Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress |
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| Tort that produces mental anguish caused by conduct that exceeds all bounds of decency |
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| Right of a store owner to detain a suspected shoplifter based on reasonable cause and for a reasonable time without resulting liability for false imprisonment |
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| Intentional detention of a person without that person’s consent; called the shopkeeper’s tort when shoplifters are unlawfully detained |
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| Civil wrong for which there is absolute liability because of the inherent danger in the underlying activity, for example, the use of explosives |
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| Failure to exercise due care under the circumstances in consequence of which harm is proximately caused to one to whom the defendant owed a duty to exercise due care |
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| Civil wrong that results from intentional conduct |
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