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Elements of wrongdoers act (how to prove Emotional distress – ✔✔1.) Intentional or reckless 2.) Outrageous/intolerable and not generally accepted. 3.) There was a connection between the conduct and the distress. 4.) Emotional distress is severe. Tort - ✔✔a wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil legal liability. If there is no verifiable harm there is no tort. Exceptions to Miranda - ✔✔Public safety concerns, voluntariness, only have to right to ask about the imminent danger (gun) Negligence per se - ✔✔use of statute to protect the public from a specific type of harm. Ex. A fire sign (look for a statue.) liability is presumed. Like the Norte Dame kid they were probably a statue that said don't work in wind, parents could have sued and most likely would have won.Strict liability - ✔✔Strict liability- intent is not an aspect. The material is ultra hazardous, high risk, not common use, stuff is likely to happens even if handle with safety.
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Elements of wrongdoers act (how to prove Emotional distress – ✔✔1.) Intentional or reckless 2.) Outrageous/intolerable and not generally accepted. 3.) There was a connection between the conduct and the distress. 4.) Emotional distress is severe. Tort - ✔✔a wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil legal liability. If there is no verifiable harm there is no tort. Exceptions to Miranda - ✔✔Public safety concerns, voluntariness, only have to right to ask about the imminent danger (gun) Negligence per se - ✔✔use of statute to protect the public from a specific type of harm. Ex. A fire sign (look for a statue.) liability is presumed. Like the Norte Dame kid they were probably a statue that said don't work in wind, parents could have sued and most likely would have won.
Strict liability - ✔✔Strict liability- intent is not an aspect. The material is ultra hazardous, high risk, not common use, stuff is likely to happens even if handle with safety. Look for an explosive ultra hazardous dynamite factory. Picard v. Barry Pontiac-Buick, Inc - ✔✔Assault and battery occur where the plaintiff has a reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm as a result of the defendant's conduct, and where the defendant intentionally comes into contact with something connected to the plaintiff. Womack v. Eldridge - ✔✔Womack (not connected) gets taken to court for sexual assault case. Can you get held accountable for emotional distress? Yes with the impact wrongdoers rules. Product liability - ✔✔Product liability giving a warning on product they know may cause or danger (McDonald's case was product negligence) dangerous activities - ✔✔assumption of risk it is either... 1.) Expressed: you knew it dangerous going into it 2.) Implied: like a sporting event. "Baseball rule" Ploof v. Putnam - ✔✔Ploof docked on the owner putman dock and putman claims he can't do that. Ploof did it for safety establishment the doctrine of necessity
Contributory negligence and comparative fault defense (auto accidents)