1 Unit 5 Torts ARE 306

2 Definition n Civil Wrong

3 Types n Intentional n Negligent n Strict liability

4 Intentional Torts n Intent n Punitive (exemplary) damages n Types (many) u Trespass u Battery u Assault

5 Negligence n Elements u Duty u Breach of duty u Proximate causation (legal cause) F Foreseeability u Actual damages

6 Negligence - definition n The failure to act as a reasonable person

7 Negligence - common law defenses n Contributory negligence u Last clear chance n Assumption of the risk n Comparative fault

8 Negligence - burden of proof n Preponderance of the evidence n Res ipsa loquiter

9 Insurance n Intentional torts/crimes generally not covered u Exceptions: defamation u Acts of third parties n restricted to legal obligations n Review policies carefully

10 Liability for pesticide application n Theories u Strict u Negligence u Intentional F Trespass n Regulatory

11 Entrants upon agricultural land n Trespassers u Slight duty F No malicious injury F No excessive or deadly force u Necessity exception

12 Entrants upon agricultural land n Licensees u Duty to warn of dangerous conditions and animals, and hunters of other hunters u Note: Nelson v. Freeland

13 Entrants upon agricultural land n Invitee u Duty to make premises safe or warn of conditions that cannot be made safe n Special rules for children