L201 Tort exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Compensatory Damages - --Answer --A monetary award equivalent to the
actual value of injuries or damage sustained by the aggrieved party.
Punitive Damages - --Answer --Monetary damages that may be awarded to a
plaintiff to punish the defendant and deter similar conduct in the future.
Tortfeasor - --Answer --one who commits a tort
Assault - --Answer --occurs when an individual threatens to harm an
innocent person using words, gestures, or both.
Battery - --Answer --unlawful touching of another person without consent
Recklessness - --Answer --"willful and wanton conduct" a conscious
indifference to a known and substantial risk of harm created by ones behavior
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress - --Answer --an intentional tort
in which the harm results from extreme and outrageous conduct that causes
serious emotional harm
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, Defamation - --Answer --Act of harming or ruining another's reputation
4 elements of defamation - --Answer --1) a false statement purporting to be
fact
2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person
3) fault amounting to at least negligence
4) damages, or some harm caused to the reputation of the person or entity who is
the subject of the statement. (Clear and convincing)
Libel - --Answer --written defamation
Slander - --Answer --spoken defamation
invasion of privacy - --Answer --revealing personal information about an
individual without his or her consent
4 elements of invasion of privacy - --Answer --1) intrusion on a person's
seclusion or solitude
2) public disclosure of embarrassing private facts about a person
3) publicity that places a person in a false light in the public eye
4) appropriation, for the defendant's advantage, of the person's name or likeness.
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Answers
Compensatory Damages - --Answer --A monetary award equivalent to the
actual value of injuries or damage sustained by the aggrieved party.
Punitive Damages - --Answer --Monetary damages that may be awarded to a
plaintiff to punish the defendant and deter similar conduct in the future.
Tortfeasor - --Answer --one who commits a tort
Assault - --Answer --occurs when an individual threatens to harm an
innocent person using words, gestures, or both.
Battery - --Answer --unlawful touching of another person without consent
Recklessness - --Answer --"willful and wanton conduct" a conscious
indifference to a known and substantial risk of harm created by ones behavior
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress - --Answer --an intentional tort
in which the harm results from extreme and outrageous conduct that causes
serious emotional harm
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, Defamation - --Answer --Act of harming or ruining another's reputation
4 elements of defamation - --Answer --1) a false statement purporting to be
fact
2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person
3) fault amounting to at least negligence
4) damages, or some harm caused to the reputation of the person or entity who is
the subject of the statement. (Clear and convincing)
Libel - --Answer --written defamation
Slander - --Answer --spoken defamation
invasion of privacy - --Answer --revealing personal information about an
individual without his or her consent
4 elements of invasion of privacy - --Answer --1) intrusion on a person's
seclusion or solitude
2) public disclosure of embarrassing private facts about a person
3) publicity that places a person in a false light in the public eye
4) appropriation, for the defendant's advantage, of the person's name or likeness.
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