2.  Actions taken to deliberately harm another person or their property  Intent, desire or motive do not count only the action

3.  1. Compensatory damages  Example: money for hospital bills, lost wages, pain and suffering. Juries decide what amount  2. Nominal Damages -an award to show that the claim was justified- symbolic, usually can’t prove serious injury  3. Punitive Damages Amounts of $$ awarded to punish the defendant, warns others not to do the same

4.  Torts that injure persons  Battery and Assault  Infliction of Emotional Distress  False Imprisonment  Torts related defamation  Torts that harm property  Real Property  Personal Property  Intellectual Property  Patents & Copyrights

5.  Obvious-assault and battery  Infliction of emotional distress-words or actions that cause extreme anxiety or emotional distress. Not often awarded a lot of money

6.  False Imprisonment-right to be free from unreasonable restraint.  Issue: Can a shopkeeper use restraint to detain a shoplifter?

7.  Defamation of character  Libel-false and malicious written words  Slander-spoken words that are false and malicious  Which is more difficult to prove  Private citizens  Public citizens who claim defamation must prove that the action was false and prove malice

8.  1. Person’s use of property can’t be interfered with  2. protects person against property being taken or damaged  Three types of property that are protected  1. Real Property  2. Personal Property  3. Intellectual Property

9.  Can require you to use reasonable care to protect other persons from harm while on your property  Must fence in construction sites, swimming pools

10.  Taken, damaged or interfered with  A burglar breaks into Laura’s house, steals her computer and the criminal is caught and convicted  Burglar can also be sued by Laura under conversion-someone unlawfully exercises control over the personal property of another person

11.  Reasonable force can be used to protect property  Deadly force can’t be used to protect property  Only applies to protect from serious threat of bodily harm

12.  When a person has a patent or copyright, any use by another person without permission is a tort called infringement  Patents-rights to inventions, processes, new machines, products  Fair use-allows limited legal reproduction of copyrighted works for certain purposes-scholarship, research, news

13.  1. Consent-consent forms for medial care, emergency not needed. Can be stated consent or assumed  2. Privilege-police officers that take the liberty of a person by arresting them are not liable for false imprisonment.  Best known privilege is self defense, not revenge though  3. Defense of Property-reasonable not deadly—see Castle Doctrine