Exam 3: Commonly Committed Workplace Torts

If a communication tends to harm the reputation of an individual to lower him or her in the estimation of the community or to deter third persons from associating or dealing with him or her, this is considered a:

Why do courts shy away from negligent infliction of emotional distress?

Employers reinforce their common law rights by:

Defamation through speech is known as:

If a state recognizes tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress, how will the defendant of that state be liable for damages?

Which of the following applies to the protection of proprietary information by common law or state statute?

In the Haegert v. McMullan case, a supervisor was accused of abusing:

Explain the differences between libel or slander that is per se or not per se.

Which of the following is a requirement to submit a claim to binding arbitration?

Define the tort of defamation.

Which of these forms of invasion of privacy is closely related to the tort of defamation?

Defamation by writing is known as:

In the HAUN V. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. case, it was found that Pennsylvania law does not recognize a claim for tortious interference with contract in the context of contracts for:

Which of the following can be considered to be a civil wrong?

What is qualified privilege and which kind of privilege is provided to public and private employees?

How is a third party responsible for tortious interference with contract?

In defamation per se, what does "per se" connote?

Under which law is the context of tortious interference with contract extracted from?

Explain the similarities and differences between libel and slander.

Which tort is only recognized by a minority of jurisdictions?