Legal 2700 – Questions With Accurate Answers
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Contracts that protect employers from employees leaving to compete against
them.
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1 Tort 2 Covenants not to compete
3 Conversion 4 Punitive damages
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Terms in this set (167)
Tort a civil wrong other than breach of contract
Compensatory damages damages awarded to compensate for actual losses
actual financial losses (e.g., medical bills, lost wages,
Special damages
property damage, etc.)
compensates people (not companies) for non-monetary
General damages damages (e.g., pain and suffering, diminished quality of
life, reputation, loss of consortium)
, damages awarded in cases of egregious intentional acts
Punitive damages
or wilful and wanton disregard
reasonable apprehension of immediate harmful or
Assault
offensive contact
illegal touching of another without justification and
Battery
without the consent of the person being touched
Intentional Infliction of outrageous, intentional conduct that carries a strong
Mental Distress probability of causing mental distress
appropriating name or likeness for his or her own use,
Invasion of Privacy intrusion upon physical solitude, or public disclosure of
highly objectionable private information
intentional, unjustified confinement of a nonconsenting
False Imprisonment
person
Malicious Prosecution false arrest done to harass
entering another's land without consent or remaining
Trespass
there after being asked to leave
wrongful exercise of dominion and control over the
Conversion
personal resources of another
publication of untrue statements about another that
Defamation hold up that person's character reputation to contempt
and ridicule
Slander oral/spoken defamation
Libel written defamation
a person who must prove knowingly false or reckless
Public figure
disregard for the truth in defamation cases
failure to take proper care in doing something, leading
Negligence
to damage or injury to another
liability that does not depend on actual negligence or
Strict liability
intent to harm
really bad intentional acts that may lead to punitive
Egregious acts
damages
Reasonable suspicion a standard used to justify detaining a person
Mental anguish emotional suffering caused by an event or situation
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Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study with Learn
Contracts that protect employers from employees leaving to compete against
them.
Choose an answer
1 Tort 2 Covenants not to compete
3 Conversion 4 Punitive damages
Don't know?
Terms in this set (167)
Tort a civil wrong other than breach of contract
Compensatory damages damages awarded to compensate for actual losses
actual financial losses (e.g., medical bills, lost wages,
Special damages
property damage, etc.)
compensates people (not companies) for non-monetary
General damages damages (e.g., pain and suffering, diminished quality of
life, reputation, loss of consortium)
, damages awarded in cases of egregious intentional acts
Punitive damages
or wilful and wanton disregard
reasonable apprehension of immediate harmful or
Assault
offensive contact
illegal touching of another without justification and
Battery
without the consent of the person being touched
Intentional Infliction of outrageous, intentional conduct that carries a strong
Mental Distress probability of causing mental distress
appropriating name or likeness for his or her own use,
Invasion of Privacy intrusion upon physical solitude, or public disclosure of
highly objectionable private information
intentional, unjustified confinement of a nonconsenting
False Imprisonment
person
Malicious Prosecution false arrest done to harass
entering another's land without consent or remaining
Trespass
there after being asked to leave
wrongful exercise of dominion and control over the
Conversion
personal resources of another
publication of untrue statements about another that
Defamation hold up that person's character reputation to contempt
and ridicule
Slander oral/spoken defamation
Libel written defamation
a person who must prove knowingly false or reckless
Public figure
disregard for the truth in defamation cases
failure to take proper care in doing something, leading
Negligence
to damage or injury to another
liability that does not depend on actual negligence or
Strict liability
intent to harm
really bad intentional acts that may lead to punitive
Egregious acts
damages
Reasonable suspicion a standard used to justify detaining a person
Mental anguish emotional suffering caused by an event or situation
