Test
CHAPTER 5
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Preguntas del test (4)
1Special situations:
Statutes may impose a duty of care where none exists at [blank_start]common[blank_end] law, or may create [blank_start]liability[blank_end] in the absence of [blank_start]fault[blank_end]
[blank_start]Strict liability[blank_end] means that liability is imposed even where there is no fault on the part of the defendant
[blank_start]Vicarious liabilit[blank_end]y means that liability is imposed on one party for the wrong committed by another; employers are held [blank_start]vicariously liable[blank_end] for torts committed by their employees
[blank_start]Occupiers’ liability[blank_end] refers to legislation that imposes a duty on occupiers to people who are injured on their property
Product liability:
Unlike in the United States, [blank_start]strict liability[blank_end] is not imposed on manufacturers in Canada
Manufacturers owe a duty of care to consumers of their products, but the plaintiff consumer must establish breach of that [blank_start]duty, causation, and damage[blank_end]- Acommon
- Bliability
- Cfault
- DStrict liability
- EVicarious liabilit
- Fvicariously liable
- GOccupiers’ liability
- Hstrict liability
- Iduty, causation, and damage
2[blank_start]Assault[blank_end]
1. Deliberate threat creating fear of imminent harm
2. No consent
[blank_start]Battery[blank_end] 1. Deliberate physical interference (contact. with one’s body
2. No consent
[blank_start]Trespass to Land[blank_end]
1. Deliberate interference with property
2. No consent/permission/lawful right to be there
[blank_start]Trespass to Chattels[blank_end]
1. Deliberate interference with goods of another
2. No consent
[blank_start]Conversion[blank_end]
1. Deliberate appropriation of the goods of another
2. The act is committed in such a way that a forced sale is justified
[blank_start]Detinue[blank_end]
1. Deliberate possession (detaining) of another’s goods
2. Wrongful refusal to return the goods to the owner
[blank_start]False Imprisonment[blank_end]
1. Deliberate restraint
2. Lack of lawful authority
[blank_start]Malicious Prosecution[blank_end]
1. Initiation of prosecution on criminal or quasi-criminal charges
2. Subsequent acquittal of the plaintiff
3. Prosecution was motivated by malice
[blank_start]Private Nuisance[blank_end]
1. Unusual use of property
2. Interference caused to neighbour’s enjoyment/use of property
3. Foreseeable consequences
[blank_start]Defamation[blank_end]
1. False statements made
2. Derogatory to the plaintiff’s reputation
3. Publication or communication to a third party
[blank_start]Injurious Falsehood (trade defamation[blank_end])
1. Publication of false statements
2. Derogatory to the reputation of the product or business of another
3. Statements were made with malice, without just cause or excuse- AAssault
- BBattery
- CTrespass to Land
- DTrespass to Chattels
- EConversion
- FDetinue
- GFalse Imprisonment
- HMalicious Prosecution
- IPrivate Nuisance
- JDefamation
- KInjurious Falsehood (trade defamation
3Defences to negligence:
If there is contributory negligence, courts may [blank_start]apportion the losses[blank_end]
If the plaintiff voluntarily assumed the legal risk, [blank_start]the defendant has a complete defence[blank_end]
If the plaintiff was hurt while engaged in illegal activity, he may be [blank_start]denied[blank_end] a remedy- Aapportion the losses
- Bthe defendant has a complete defence
- Cdenied
4Professional liability
Usually based on [blank_start]negligence[blank_end]
Professionals may be liable for:
[blank_start]False or inaccurate[blank_end] information that causes economic loss
Breach of [blank_start]fiduciary[blank_end] duty or of [blank_start]contractual[blank_end] obligations
Insurance
Designed to spread [blank_start]the risk of loss[blank_end]
[blank_start]Liability[blank_end], [blank_start]property[blank_end], business [blank_start]interruption[blank_end], [blank_start]life[blank_end], and [blank_start]health[blank_end] are the primary forms of insurance available
Insured must have an [blank_start]insurable interest[blank_end] in the subject matter; [blank_start]recovery[blank_end] is limited to the extent of that insurable interest
Contra proferentum rule: the policy’s ambiguities are interpreted in the [blank_start]insured’s[blank_end] favour
Insurance is a contract of [blank_start]utmost good[blank_end] faith
Insured has a duty to act [blank_start]fairly[blank_end], fully disclose [blank_start]material facts[blank_end], and be [blank_start]honest[blank_end]
Misrepresentation of material facts enables the insurer to have the insurance contract [blank_start]rescinded[blank_end]
When a claim is paid, the insurance company has [blank_start]salvage[blank_end] rights and is [blank_start]subrogated[blank_end] to the rights of the insured- Anegligence
- Bfiduciary
- Ccontractual
- DFalse or inaccurate
- Ethe risk of loss
- FLiability
- Gproperty
- Hinterruption
- Ilife
- Jhealth
- Kinsurable interest
- Lrecovery
- Minsured’s
- Nutmost good
- Ofairly
- Pmaterial facts
- Qhonest
- Rrescinded
- Ssalvage
- Tsubrogated
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- Test sobre CHAPTER 5, creado por nitya darbha el 28/08/2018.
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