Why Torts Went Wrong
As we have already learned in class, a tort is a form of wrongful action that brings or causes harm to someone else that can lead to a lawsuit. Some torts are intentional, negligent, or strict liability. If you were intentionality trying to hurt someone or you were being reckless, you weren’t not making safe and conscious actions that only affect you. There are many different forms of intentional torts that are committed every day and there are consequences for those actions. The main intentional torts that are committed are: battery, assault, fraud, false imprisonment, intentional inflection of emotional distress, and defamation. Battery and assault seem like very similar concepts and are easily mistaken. Battery is when you physically come in contact with someone else. Assault however, is basically like a verbal threat to harm someone but not actually hitting someone. Fraud is considered “lying for someone else” or “intentionally deceiving others.” This becomes an issue in law because people rely on what other people say. False imprisonment is exactly how it sounds; someone with no legal authority is falsely keeping someone in confined area. An issue surrounding this term is trying to decide when and how it is acceptable to keep someone confined when you have no authority. Intentional inflection of
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An intentional tort can have severe consequences so I am glad I learned all of the differences between these actions. Regarding the CRAAP test, this resource scored pretty well. Something the source was missing is a current date and author, which can really affect the authority of the source. However, it was completely relevant compared to what we have learned in class. I look at a couple different options but I thought this had the best information for me to be able to discuss the topic. I thought it was very accurate because I made sure to cross check the
An intentional tort can have severe consequences so I am glad I learned all of the differences between these actions. Regarding the CRAAP test, this resource scored pretty well. Something the source was missing is a current date and author, which can really affect the authority of the source. However, it was completely relevant compared to what we have learned in class. I look at a couple different options but I thought this had the best information for me to be able to discuss the topic. I thought it was very accurate because I made sure to cross check the