"A tort is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act."
The law governing civil wrongs or injuries caused to one person by another, and the legal remedies available to redress such wrongs.
Introduction: A general introduction to the basics of tort law including what constitutes a tort, types of torts, and the difference between tort and criminal law.
Negligence: This is the most common type of tort law and involves a failure to exercise reasonable care, resulting in harm or injury to another person or property.
Intentional torts: A broad category of torts in which someone intentionally causes harm to another person or property, including assault, battery, and defamation.
Strict liability: This is a special category of tort law in which a person or business is held responsible for harm caused, without requiring proof of fault or intent.
Product liability: Liability for harm caused by defective products, includes design defects, manufacturing defects, or failure to provide adequate warnings.
Vicarious liability: Companies or employers may be held liable for the tortious actions of their employees or agents.
Premises liability: Liability for accidents or injuries that occur on someone else's property, including slip and fall accidents.
Nuisance: Interference with the use and enjoyment of property or reasonable expectation of comfort, usually resulting from a neighbor's actions or inactions.
Cyber torts: Liability for harm caused by online activities, including defamation, invasion of privacy, or cyberbullying.
Tort reform: Laws or initiatives aimed at limiting the scope or impact of tort law, often supported by businesses or groups that feel tort law is too costly or unfair.
Damages: The monetary or other compensation awarded for harm or injury caused by a tortious action, including compensatory damages (lost wages, medical bills), punitive damages, and non-economic damages (pain and suffering).
Tort litigation: The process of filing a lawsuit for harm or injury caused by a tortious action, including pre-trial and trial proceedings, and possible appeals.
Negligence: This is the most common type of tort law, which refers to a breach of duty to take reasonable care that results in damages or injury to another person or property.
Intentional torts: These are torts committed with willful intent to harm another person or property. Examples include assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and defamation.
Strict liability torts: These are torts where the defendant is liable for damages or harm regardless of fault or intent. Examples include product liability, animal attacks, and hazardous activities that cause harm.
Economic torts: These are torts that concern economic loss such as fraud, misrepresentation, interference with contract or business relationships.
Nuisance torts: These torts involve a person's use or enjoyment of their property being disrupted by others. Examples include noise pollution, odor pollution, and invasion of privacy.
Vicarious liability: This is a type of tort that makes an employer responsible for the actions of their employees while they are acting within the scope of their employment.
Statutory torts: These are torts that are created by legislation, such as environmental or consumer protection laws.
Cyber torts: These are torts involving harm or damage caused by the use of electronic communication devices or technology, such as cyberbullying, defamation via social media, or invasion of privacy through hacking.
Joint and several liability: This is a type of tort where multiple defendants are held jointly and individually responsible for damages or harm caused to the plaintiff.
Professional liability: This is a type of tort that holds professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants, liable for damages resulting from their professional negligence or malpractice.
"While criminal law aims to punish individuals who commit crimes, tort law aims to compensate individuals who suffer harm as a result of the actions of others."
"Some wrongful acts, such as assault and battery, can result in both a civil lawsuit and a criminal prosecution in countries where the civil and criminal legal systems are separate."
"Tort law may also be contrasted with contract law, which provides civil remedies after breach of a duty that arises from a contract."
"While tort law in civil law jurisdictions largely derives from Roman law..."
"In common law jurisdictions, tort law derives from customary English tort law."
"Tort law is referred to as the law of delict in Scots and Roman Dutch law..."
"Rules regarding civil liability are established primarily by precedent and theory rather than an exhaustive code."
"A handful of jurisdictions have codified a mixture of common and civil law jurisprudence either due to their colonial past (e.g. Québec, St Lucia, Mauritius) or due to influence from multiple legal traditions when their civil codes were drafted (e.g. Mainland China, the Philippines, and Thailand)."
"Furthermore, Israel essentially codifies common law provisions on tort."
"While criminal law aims to punish individuals who commit crimes..."
"Tort law aims to compensate individuals who suffer harm as a result of the actions of others."
"Some wrongful acts, such as assault and battery, can result in both a civil lawsuit and a criminal prosecution..."
"Obligations in both tort and criminal law are more fundamental and are imposed regardless of whether the parties have a contract."
"In civil law jurisdictions based on civil codes, both contractual and tortious or delictual liability is typically outlined in a civil code based on Roman Law principles."
"Tort law is referred to as the law of delict in Scots and Roman Dutch law..."
"Rules regarding civil liability are established primarily by precedent and theory rather than an exhaustive code."
"...due to influence from multiple legal traditions when their civil codes were drafted (e.g. Mainland China, the Philippines, and Thailand)."
"While tort law in civil law jurisdictions largely derives from Roman law..."
"Furthermore, Israel essentially codifies common law provisions on tort."