LAW 122 Test 2 | Questions and Answers | New
2025/2026 Update | With Complete Solutions
How to solve a legal question?
I - Issue
R- Rule
A - Analysis
C - Conclusion
Tort Law
includes almost every sort of private law wrong outside breach of contract
Types of torts
strict liability, intentional, negligence
Strict liability
Applies to very risky activities caused by wild or exotic pets or wandering cattle.
no intention
no carelessness
the fact that it happened is enough
Inentional
Committing battery by shoving someone or throwing something on another's person lawn
Negligence
when is harm is caused carelessly
, assault
D intentionally causes P to reasonably believe that offensively bodily contact is imminent
battery
offensive bodily contact
invasion of privacy
person, willfully and w/o a claim of right, violates the privacy of an individual
False imprisonment
confined a person w/in a fixed area w/o justification
trespass to land
improper interference w/ P's land
trespass to chattels
improper interference with chattels in P's possession
conversion
improper interference with chattels inP's possession in way that is serious enough to justify
forced sale
Detinue
D's failure to return chattels that P has right to possess
General defences in Tort
2025/2026 Update | With Complete Solutions
How to solve a legal question?
I - Issue
R- Rule
A - Analysis
C - Conclusion
Tort Law
includes almost every sort of private law wrong outside breach of contract
Types of torts
strict liability, intentional, negligence
Strict liability
Applies to very risky activities caused by wild or exotic pets or wandering cattle.
no intention
no carelessness
the fact that it happened is enough
Inentional
Committing battery by shoving someone or throwing something on another's person lawn
Negligence
when is harm is caused carelessly
, assault
D intentionally causes P to reasonably believe that offensively bodily contact is imminent
battery
offensive bodily contact
invasion of privacy
person, willfully and w/o a claim of right, violates the privacy of an individual
False imprisonment
confined a person w/in a fixed area w/o justification
trespass to land
improper interference w/ P's land
trespass to chattels
improper interference with chattels in P's possession
conversion
improper interference with chattels inP's possession in way that is serious enough to justify
forced sale
Detinue
D's failure to return chattels that P has right to possess
General defences in Tort
