Exam 9: Torts

Offensive or derogatory language used by one person to describe another constitutes the tort of slander.

Trespass to personal property requires:

Governments are generally immune from tort liability.

Trespass applies to:

The use of someone's car without that person's permission is a trespass to personal property.

Civil (noncriminal) wrongs, including breaches of contract, are governed by tort law.

Oral or spoken defamation is:

The degree of care required of a person is:

A trespass to personal property is any unpermitted entry below, on, across, or above the land of another.

If a crime does not hurt an identifiable person, it is not a tort.

Defamation of a public figure requires what additional element?

A victim of a tort may sue and recover money damages.

A person who makes public information stored in a computer can never be held liable for invasion of privacy.

Motive is an essential element of tort liability.

Maria intentionally attempts to have Patty break a contract Patty has with Alfred. Maria will be liable under which theory of tort?

Torts are classified as:

For tort liability to be imposed, the perpetrator of the tort must have acted with the intent to do wrong.