Revision of Torts



Stella Awards p. 20-21
True or made up?
•Case No. 1
•Case No. 2
•Case No. 3
•Case No. 4
•Case No. 5
•Case No. 6
•Case No. 7
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•Fabricated
•True
•Fabricated
•Fabricated
•True
•Fabricated
•Fabricated from a very old urban legend!

Railroad company
1.when
2.even though
3.while
4.so
5.caused
6.causing
7.result
8.resulted
9.cause
10.as/since
11.have
12.therefore
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Railroad company
a)hadn´t                           wouldn´t have
b)hadn´t reached            wouldn´t have
c)hadn´t exploded          wouldn´t have been
d)hadn´t been                 wouldn´t have sued
e)had been                       have been

A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong which
1. _______ causes someone else to suffer 2. _______  or harm resulting in legal liability for the
person who commits the
3. _______  act, called a tortfeasor.
Tort is a 4. _______ of some duty clearly set by law, not by a
5. _______  agreement between two parties, as in breach of contract. When such a duty is breached,
the injured party has the right to institute suit for 6. _____________  damages.
Torts may be 7. ___________  in several ways, with a particularly common
8. _______  between negligent and intentional torts.
Intentional torts include, among others, certain torts 9. _______ from the occupation or use of
land. The tort of nuisance, for example, involves strict liability for a neighbor who interferes
with another's 10. ___________  of his real property. Trespass allows owners to sue for 11.
__________  by a person on their land. Several intentional torts do not involve land. Examples
include false imprisonment - the tort of 12. __________  arresting or detaining someone, and libel,
where a
13. ___________ statement is published and damages the plaintiff's reputation.

1.FAIR
2.LOSE
3.TORT

4. VIOLATE
5. SPECIFY

6. COMPENSATE
7. CATEGORY
8. DIVIDE
9. ARISE

10. ENJOY
11. ENTER

12. LAW
13. DEFAME
unfairly
loss
tortious
violation
specific
compensatory
categorized
division
arising
enjoyment
entrances
unlawfully
defamatory

Legal terms – revision in pairs
•Provide an EXAMPLE and a DEFINITION of the term.
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•You cannot use the term itself!
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•The term consists of two words.
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•Example: You have been diagnosed with kidney problems. You have an operation and the surgeon
removes your left kidney instead your right kidney by mistake.
•Definition: The serious breach of a duty of care by a member of a profession.
•Colleague’s guess: gross malpractice
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1. Strict liability
2. Trespass to the person
3. False imprisonment
6. Vicarious liability
4. Actionable defamation
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